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Matilda

(6,384 posts)
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 10:16 PM Nov 2013

Iran nuclear deal: ill-informed friends of Israel are refusing to face facts

"The CFI warned Tory MPs that “the world’s most dangerous regime has taken a significant step towards obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapon” – echoing Mr Netanyahu almost verbatim.

"This was not merely propaganda. It was ignorant and poorly informed. Under the accord reached in Geneva, Iran must convert all uranium enriched to the 20 per cent level (the closest to weapons grade) into harmless oxide. That cannot fairly be described as a “step towards” a nuclear bomb. It’s obviously a welcome step in the opposite direction."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10478464/Iran-nuclear-deal-ill-informed-friends-of-Israel-are-refusing-to-face-facts.html


The article also goes on to praise the work of John Kerry:

"Mr Kerry has, of course, experienced combat, in Vietnam. This is rare among contemporary statesmen, and may be one reason why he prefers diplomacy to war. He also seems not to be constrained, like his busy but pointless predecessor Hillary Clinton, by ambition. That means that he will not make her mistake and allow domestic politics to thwart substantive achievement. I believe that he can be a great secretary of state, comparable to Baker, Kissinger or even Marshall."

May I add that I have also been enormously impressed by John Kerry as Secretary of State - just goes to show what America and the world missed out on in 2004!

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