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KamaAina

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Wed Apr 15, 2015, 02:26 PM Apr 2015

McCain’s dilemma: trust Ayatollah or trust U.S. officials?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mccains-dilemma-trust-ayatollah-or-trust-us-officials

When Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei disagreed with the U.S. interpretation of the recently negotiated nuclear framework last week, the White House was quick to dismiss the posturing. Congressional Republicans weren’t so sure.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), in particular, seemed to endorse the Ayatollah’s credibility over the U.S. Secretary of State’s. “I think you’re going to find out that they had never agreed to the things that John Kerry claimed that they had,” McCain said Friday....

Asked if he considered the Iran supreme leader’s version of the truth more believable than the American version, McCain added, “I don’t know… I don’t know who’s more believable.”

Just so we’re clear, the Republican senator could trust American officials – including John Kerry, his friend and former colleague – or the ayatollah. McCain freely admits he feels torn on the matter.


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McCain’s dilemma: trust Ayatollah or trust U.S. officials? (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP
How Reaganesque. GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #1
Can we call the "traitors" now, no matter the definition?? Seditious, without a doubt? Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #2
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