Obama: Iran overtures on nukes a step toward relationship of 'mutual respect'

[TomCADem]

Source: NBC

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that recent overtures from Iran on its nuclear program could start the United States and Iran down a “long road towards a different relationship — one based on mutual interest and mutual respect.”

In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, Obama stressed that the United States is determined not to let Iran develop a nuclear weapon.

But he suggested that two statements — an edict from Iran’s supreme leader against the development of nuclear weapons and a statement from Iran’s new president that his country will never develop a nuclear weapon — represent crucial progress.

“We should be able to achieve a resolution that respects the rights of the Iranian people, while giving the world confidence that the Iranian program is peaceful,” Obama told world leaders at the meeting.

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It will be interesting to see how Netenyahu tries to undermine this effort, since Netenyahu's regime lies heavily on fear mongering of Iran.

[Botany]

1. Grown ups are now in charge

[underpants]

3. Yeah, Iran came around pretty quick didn't they?

Seeing how close we came to unleashing our war juggernaut on Syria must have been wake-up call.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Somehow, belligerent fantasies notwithstanding, I don't think that's it.

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

"It will be interesting to see how Netenyahu tries to undermine this effort, since Netenyahu's regime lies heavily on fear mongering of Iran."

He's calling Congress right 'effing now!

[DCBob]

4. The Republican/Israeli GOP will say Iran cant be trusted and they are just fooling Obama.

and McCain lead a chorus of "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" on the Senate floor.

President Obama is doing the right thing though it certainly will be a difficult nearly impossible process given the circumstances.

[rbixby]

5. Its so funny how certain folks in the Israeli government

don't want peace with Iran at any cost.

I'm not sure why though, like if everyone dialed back their rhetoric and started talking reasonably, we could actually have some kind of certainty that these folks, even though they don't like each other, wouldn't start WW3 over there.