Good Cop-Bad Cop: Obama and Boehner on Iran?

[Sarpedon]

After multiple failures to move high-profile legislation due to his divided caucus, Boehner is trying to look like a leader, and failing.

 

[ZiprHead]

If I hear Boehner talk about Obama overstepping his bounds, I think I'll puke.

 

[Medicine Man]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-step-too-far--2

"Inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu without consulting the administration is clearly a breach of protocol and an unwelcome injection of partisan politics into our foreign policy. It puts the United States in the middle of Israel’s election, which is highly inappropriate ... I also believe imposing additional sanctions on Iran in the midst of negotiations — which is what Netanyahu will reportedly discuss — would collapse the negotiations and ruin a historic diplomatic opportunity. Imposing sanctions now is reckless and dangerous.”

Does this turn out to be a drama of Good-Cop/Bad-Cop where the Republicans in Congress make Iran think about what **NOT** negotiating with Obama might create?

I think it's more a matter of "conservatives" rushing towards another o' those "Tear down this wall!" moments, when....just like the ReRon Years....things are ALREADY Changing.


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[Medicine Man]

If I hear Boehner talk about Obama overstepping his bounds, I think I'll puke.

Yeah....it's lookin' like.....​

...ANOTHER "W", For Obama!!!
January 28, 2015

"Israeli intelligence has confirmed that Iran has rolled back its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, Obama said.

The President said imposing new sanctions now would give Iran a way out of the talks, an outcome no one wants.

"For us to undermine diplomacy at this critical time for no good reason is a mistake and that what we need to do is to finish up this round of negotiations, put the pressure on Iran to say yes to what the international community is calling for," he said.

Obama said he's confident he can successfully lobby Congress to approve a deal once it's struck.

"I've said before that we will take no deal over a bad deal," Obama said. "But if I can prove that the deal we've put in place assures us through indisputable verification mechanisms that Iran cannot achieve breakout capacity, if I've got a bunch of scientists and nuclear experts saying this assures us that Iran is not on the brink of being a nuclear weapons power, then that's a public debate we should have."

"And I will then ask every member of Congress to ask why would we reject that deal and prefer a potential military option that would be less effective in constraining Iran's nuclear program and would have extraordinarily ramifications at a time when we've already got too many conflicts in the Middle East," he said. "And I'm pretty confident I can win that argument."

 

[Medicine Man]

I'm really glad that some are still standing for the idea that American politics ends at our borders.

....Unless, of course, there are....​

...Indirect-Inve$tment$ To Be Made!!!
January 30, 2015


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