Susan Rice on Iran Nuclear Negotiations: 'A Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal'

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Source: National Journal

In a Hebrew-laden speech Monday at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Susan Rice interlaced personal anecdotes about her own visits to Israel with an unequivocal message about the nation's security: that the United States is "committed to ensuring that Israel is never alone."

A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to not only Israel, she said, but also to the United States and the rest of the world. American officials are "keeping all options on the table" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but they have limits. Rice insisted that Iran is further away from developing a nuclear weapon than it was a year ago and that the United States is looking beyond that country's promises to ensure the negotiations are taken seriously.

"We are not taking anything on trust. What matters are Iran's actions, not its words," Rice said.

"I want to be very clear: A bad deal is worse than no deal," Rice said to much applause.

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[madokie]

1. This is who the congress should be listening too

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Well, at least she stays true to administration policy.

Always seek a bad deal rather than risk not making a deal at all.

[candelista]

5. I guess anything worth doing is worth doing wrong.

[yallerdawg]

3. "Blessed are the Cheesemakers."

Any deal, any cooperation with Iran is a good deal better than what we have had.

The Congressional/Military/Industrial Complex is frothing at the mouth with the idea we could peacefully solve a Middle Eastern problem -- again. We should be invading and occupying, like we have all around Iran. This is one of the 2 remaining members of the Axis of Evil! We don't talk to them for good reason.

Unless we do secret deals like Saint Reagan did. Repeatedly.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. There's a whole lot of absolute bullshit in this whole Iranian "threat" thing.

"A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to not only Israel, she said, but also to the United States and the rest of the world. "

Can someone explain to me how Iran having a couple of nuclear weapons is a threat to the US? Not to mention "the rest of the world"? Are they quaking in the boots in Sao Paulo? Are they hunkering down in their bunkers in Lagos?

Why is it that a country with a history of armed aggression and 6,000 nuclear weapons isn't a threat to the rest of the world? Seems like that's an easier case to make.

[bigdarryl]

6. She needs to shut the fuck up she isn't helping Obama's case

[DonViejo]

7. Locking...

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