I think he will still replace Reid.[…] The USA will get more and more isolated from the world. Watch coverage of this, mostly for what won’t be said on tv news/infotainment shows. BTW Cruz said last night during the debate one of the first things he would do if POTUS would be to move US embassy to Jerusalem.
HarryLaw
August 7, 2015 4:18 am
As I have argued in the past, this is more about conventional weapons and regime change than non existent nuclear weapons [and known to be non existent]. As for Iran being a state sponsor of terrorism, it depends how you define terrorism. Iran clearly supplies weapons and money to Hezbollah, and the military wing of Hezbollah is labelled a terrorist group [at least by the US State Dept and the EU], therefore, [as far as the US is concerned] it ‘is’ a state sponsor of terrorism and from a purely legal standpoint Schumer is correct. But this agreement is about Iran’s nuclear ambitions only, and how Iran’s legal pursuit of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes can be monitored, and to ensure that they cannot have a break out capacity in the foreseeable future, it has nothing to do with conventional weapons. I happen to believe Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization, they exist as a resistance group, and are a substantial and integral part of the Lebanese people, they exist to protect them from frequent and murderous Israeli aggression. UN Resolutions give such people the right to resist, and to use arms to do so. Therefore it is unreasonable, and foolish for Schumer to tie the nuclear and conventional weapons files together, I can see why he has done so, and he is correct to assert that Israel’s enemies will be strengthened [that’s inevitable] the question is what can Schumer do about it, except to look foolish?
Bornajoo
August 7, 2015 5:08 am
Good comment HarryLaw
I think Scott Roth has it spot on:
“The truth is the deal is probably going 2 pass & assholes like @SenSchumer and @RepSteveIsrael will get 2 say they were the tough holdouts.”
I doubt this double agent would have come out against the deal if he really believed it would be defeated. But it’s obvious that his reputation to his tribe is much more important than his loyalty to his country.
At least that’s been exposed a bit more
JLewisDickerson
August 7, 2015 5:25 am
RE: “The politician everyone’s been waiting for, NY Senator Chuck Schumer made his announcement against the Iran deal tonight” ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Was there really ever any doubt?*
* FROM THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS (opensecrets.org):
■ Pro-Israel: Money to Congress
• All cycles
• Top 20 Members
• Pro-Israel
Candidate /// Amount
Obama, Barack (D) $2,224,126
Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) $2,036,124
Kirk, Mark (R-IL) $1,832,119
Levin, Carl (D-MI) $1,609,085
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $1,548,271
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) $1,405,855
McCain, John (R-AZ) $1,252,932
Specter, Arlen (D-PA) $1,231,995
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $1,204,816
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) $1,164,061
Wyden, Ron (D-OR) $1,028,407
Durbin, Dick (D-IL) $999,362
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) $903,144
Landrieu, Mary L (D-LA) $881,919
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) $831,765 ■ Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $814,399
Lowey, Nita M (D-NY) $778,484
Cardin, Ben (D-MD) $775,915
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) $767,893
Harkin, Tom (D-IA) $756,560
The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more.
All donations took place during the -1-All election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, March 09, 2015.
Schumers attitude to Iran is probably the same as the London Metropolitan police, in this amazing incident in central London. A family had left their motor home [parked up in central London] with a sign on the side ‘Iran is great’ upon return they found it had been broken into and a large area had been sealed off. “Cristian particularly felt agitated that the police had not left any note behind, explaining what had happened. “I went to the police station and they accused me of provoking the whole thing, they wanted me to feel responsible for expressing my views about this country, Iran.” He has not received an apology”. http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/aug/07/the-family-behind-the-iran-is-great-van-what-happened-to-us-was-serendipity Read this and weep.
I think he will still replace Reid.[…] The USA will get more and more isolated from the world. Watch coverage of this, mostly for what won’t be said on tv news/infotainment shows. BTW Cruz said last night during the debate one of the first things he would do if POTUS would be to move US embassy to Jerusalem.
As I have argued in the past, this is more about conventional weapons and regime change than non existent nuclear weapons [and known to be non existent]. As for Iran being a state sponsor of terrorism, it depends how you define terrorism. Iran clearly supplies weapons and money to Hezbollah, and the military wing of Hezbollah is labelled a terrorist group [at least by the US State Dept and the EU], therefore, [as far as the US is concerned] it ‘is’ a state sponsor of terrorism and from a purely legal standpoint Schumer is correct. But this agreement is about Iran’s nuclear ambitions only, and how Iran’s legal pursuit of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes can be monitored, and to ensure that they cannot have a break out capacity in the foreseeable future, it has nothing to do with conventional weapons. I happen to believe Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization, they exist as a resistance group, and are a substantial and integral part of the Lebanese people, they exist to protect them from frequent and murderous Israeli aggression. UN Resolutions give such people the right to resist, and to use arms to do so. Therefore it is unreasonable, and foolish for Schumer to tie the nuclear and conventional weapons files together, I can see why he has done so, and he is correct to assert that Israel’s enemies will be strengthened [that’s inevitable] the question is what can Schumer do about it, except to look foolish?
Good comment HarryLaw
I think Scott Roth has it spot on:
“The truth is the deal is probably going 2 pass & assholes like @SenSchumer and @RepSteveIsrael will get 2 say they were the tough holdouts.”
I doubt this double agent would have come out against the deal if he really believed it would be defeated. But it’s obvious that his reputation to his tribe is much more important than his loyalty to his country.
At least that’s been exposed a bit more
RE: “The politician everyone’s been waiting for, NY Senator Chuck Schumer made his announcement against the Iran deal tonight” ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Was there really ever any doubt?*
* FROM THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS (opensecrets.org):
SOURCE – http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=Q05&cycle=All&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U
Schumers attitude to Iran is probably the same as the London Metropolitan police, in this amazing incident in central London. A family had left their motor home [parked up in central London] with a sign on the side ‘Iran is great’ upon return they found it had been broken into and a large area had been sealed off. “Cristian particularly felt agitated that the police had not left any note behind, explaining what had happened. “I went to the police station and they accused me of provoking the whole thing, they wanted me to feel responsible for expressing my views about this country, Iran.” He has not received an apology”. http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/aug/07/the-family-behind-the-iran-is-great-van-what-happened-to-us-was-serendipity Read this and weep.