Retired US Generals, Admirals Back Iran Nuclear Deal, Say No Option Of
“We don’t subscribe to that notion, but we are skeptical that, should Iran attempt to consider moving to a nuclear weapon, we could deter them from pursuing it through economic sanctions alone”.
Congress has 60 days to review the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
White House rips Sen.
According to your article (“Leaked Telegram Reveals Israeli Concerns”), Haaretz is trying to make a big deal out of an alleged telegram from Israel’s Mid-Atlantic Region consul general to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, “stating that American Jews do not stand united” with regard to the Iran deal.
“There is no better option to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon”, the letter said.
Republicans are nearly universally opposed at this point.
Congress is facing a September 17 deadline to vote on the deal.
Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX Strategy, BK Asset Management, told Reuters: “The reality of the situation is that the U.S. dollar hasn’t been this strong in decades”.
On Tuesday, three Democratic House members from California – Lois Capps, Mark Takano and Doris Matsui – announced they would vote for the Iran deal.
In a speech last week, President Barack Obama warned that the alternative to the Iran agreement was war.
Meanwhile, Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, announced his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal in an op-ed in the Palm Beach Post.
“Whenever it’s needed to send arms to our allies in the region, we will do so”, he said. He was concerned about provisions for the P5+1 nations to re-impose sanctions if Iran didn’t hold up its end of the bargain.
Schumer was one of 98 senators who voted in favor of authorizing the Iran deal before anyone had even had an opportunity to read it. Under the nuclear deal that panel will be abolished in the coming months.
Firstly, it can lead to a new conflict, most probably more devastating that the one in the Middle East, which has already been strangled in uninterrupted conflicts and wars. The US dollar would thus lose the status of the reserve currency. For the most part, no matter the time restrictions, “we would be better off without the deal”, he said.
“Some of the opposition has political and partisan goals, but fortunately the truth will come out”.
“What I see in Hillary Clinton is possibly the most qualified person in my lifetime to run for president”, said Mr. Dinowitz, the chair of the Bronx Democratic County Committee (second in command of the Bronx’s Democratic Party, behind Assemblyman Marcos Crespo).