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By Curtis A Bradley, Duke University | (The Conversation) – On March 9, forty-seven Republican Senators signed an open letter directed at Iran’s leaders, ostensibly to warn them about the limited effect of any agreement they might reach with President Obama about their nuclear program. Embarrassingly, the letter’s effort to provide a civics lesson to […]

Constitution

Iran’s Khamenei: GOP Letter Disgusting, shows Decline of American System

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei spoke Thursday about the letter signed by 47 Republican senators that had been sent to him warning that any nuclear deal he concluded with President Barack Obama would have no staying power. Khamenei called the letter “stupid” and “disgusting and said he was negotiating with […]

Iran

Just How dangerous is Sen. Tom Cotton, Iran Letter Crackpot? You’d be Surprised

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By Medea Benjamin and Nalini Ramachandran | (Foreign Policy in Focus) Hailing from Arkansas, 37-year-old Senator Cotton boasts the title of being the youngest member of the Senate, but he spouts the same old warmongering rhetoric of 78-year-old Senator John McCain. From Guantanamo to Iran, food stamps to women’s rights, here are 10 reasons why […]

Barack Obama

Did GOP Leaders Betray Our Country By Writing Letter to Iran?

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “”Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses the continuing developments between the United States and its allies and Iran regarding their Nuclear program. Forty seven republicans in the Senate have sent a letter to the leaders of Iran without asking the permission of the officials in […]

Constitution

Dems on Hill line up with Obama on Iran Deal after GOP Letter Stunt

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By Luke Johnson | (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON — Democratic Party backers of a bipartisan bill requiring congressional review of a potential deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program are concerned that a Republican letter to Iran could hurt the measure. “I think it raises real questions about whether there remains a bipartisan commitment to supporting negotiations,” Senator […]

Constitution

The Letter: Top 5 Similarities of GOP and Iran Hard Liners

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – 47 GOP senators sent a letter to Iran on Monday warning that country that any agreement only signed off on by President Obama might not last longer than his last day in office. This intervention of the senate in a foreign policy matter is not, as some observers […]

Constitution

Iran FM Zarif Schools GOP Senators on Int’l Law: This is a UNSC Resolution

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From the web page of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Dr. Zarif’s Response to the Letter of US Senators Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that “in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda […]

Barack Obama

“Kiss Me!” Bibi Tells Boehner: Bibi and Boehner as Mario and the Magician

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By Raouf J. Halaby | (LeMonde Diplomatique) – Published in 1929, German author Thomas Mann’s novella Mario and the Magician is not only Mann’s evocatively compelling and poignantly potent comment on the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany, but it is also a character template for successive egotistically sycophantic megalomaniacs enamored with their delusional […]

Foreign Policy

Some U.S. leaders to refuse meeting with Israeli PM during Washington trip

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CCTV America | — “Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with lawmakers a few weeks before elections in Israel. CCTV America’s Nathan King filed this report from Washington.” CCTV: “Some U.S. leaders to refuse meeting with Israeli PM during Washington trip”