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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan Promises House Will Do Everything Possible to Sabotage Peace with Iran
Today, the Obama administration will begin lifting economic sanctions on the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism. As the president himself has acknowledged, Iran is likely to use this cash infusionmore than $100 billion in totalto finance terrorists. This comes just weeks after Tehrans most recent illegal ballistic missile test, and just days after the IRGC detained ten American sailors. A bipartisan majority in the House voted to reject this deal in the first place, and we will continue to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear Iran.
However, speaking from Vienna Saturday, Kerry said,
To get to this point, ladies and gentlemen, Iran has undertaken significant steps that many and I do mean many people doubted would ever come to pass. And that should be recognized, even though the full measure of this achievement can only be realized by assuring continued full compliance in the coming years. In return for the steps that Iran has taken, the United States and the EU will immediately lift nuclear-related sanctions, expanding the horizon of opportunity for the Iranian people. And I have even tonight, before coming over here, signed a number of documents over those sanctions that the State Department has jurisdiction over in order to effect that lifting.
In the words of the agreement itself, today January 16th, 2016 we have reached implementation day. Today marks the moment that the Iran nuclear agreement transitions from an ambitious set of promises on paper to measurable action in progress. Today, as a result of the actions taken since last July, the United States, our friends and allies in the Middle East, and the entire world are safer because the threat of a nuclear weapon has been reduced. Today we can confidently say that each of the pathways that Iran had toward enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon has been verifiably closed down.
None of this is good enough for Ryan and his Republican allies. It is not simply the United States and the Obama administration that are satisfied, but, as Kerry points out, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany. With as much as Republicans love Vladimir Putin, you would think Russias inclusion would, by itself, be enough to assuage their fears.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/16/paul-ryan-house-sabotage-peace-iran.html
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cheapdate
(3,811 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)A University of New Hampshire Professor's letter to the Editor of the
NY Times.
To the Editor:
Re G.O.P. Senators Write to Tehran on Nuclear Pact (front page,
March 10): The letter this week by 47 Republican senators to Iranian
leaders informing them that any agreement on nuclear activities signed
by President Obama could be reversed with the stroke of a pen by a
future president shows a glaring disregard for American and
international law.
Starting with George Washington, presidents have signed thousands of
executive agreements with other nations that have the force of law
under the United States Constitution and international law.
The Constitution has been construed by the Supreme Court as allowing
the president to enter into such binding agreements as part of his
executive powers. While such agreements in theory could be abrogated
by an American president or a subsequent law, under international law
such agreements would continue to be binding on the United States. The
attempted breach would give rise to a charge that the United States
was violating international law.
Senators, who are sworn to uphold the Constitution, should be more
careful in making irresponsible statements about the United States
international obligations.
ANDREW VORKINK
North Hampton, N.H.
The writer teaches international law at the University of New
Hampshire School of Law.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/opinion/outrage-over-a-gop-letter-to-iran.html?mabReward=A7&moduleDetail=recommendations-2&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion
®ion=Footer&module=recg&pgtype=article
malaise
(267,824 posts)Political correctness to them is following the Constitution. They want nothing to do with law - constitutional, statute or Common Law unless you fugg with their guns. And don't even think about international law.
Botany
(70,291 posts)They might not like it but it is the law and they will have to follow it ...... Ryan knows that
too so this just kabuki for the base.
BTW From my buddy Ernie Moniz
"As a nuclear physicist at the negotiating table .... "
After years of negotiation and months of preparation, we've reached a milestone.
Today, we are officially implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a historic agreement to ensure that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful in nature. Before this agreement, Iran's breakout time -- or the time it would take for Iran to gather enough fissile material to build a weapon -- was just two to three months. Today, because of the Iran deal, it would take them 12 months or more.
Thanks to American leadership, Iran's four pathways to a nuclear weapon have now been blocked. Watch:
Here's how we got to this point:
Since last October, Iran has shipped 25,000 pounds of enriched uranium out of the country and has removed and placed in monitored storage two-thirds of its centrifuges and associated infrastructure. The core of Iran's Arak Heavy Water Research Reactor was removed and filled with concrete, eliminating Iran's potential source of weapons-grade plutonium. To block covert pathways, Iran has allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unprecedented access to its nuclear facilities and supply chain. And for the first time, the IAEA will be using modern safeguards technologies in its monitoring and verification efforts in Iran.
As a result of these actions, earlier today, the IAEA reported that Iran has completed all of the necessary nuclear steps required to reach Implementation Day.
To date, experts at DOE headquarters, seven national laboratories, and two DOE nuclear sites have been actively involved in reaching and now implementing the agreement. For instance, our experts helped shape the negotiations with rigorous technical analysis of the parameters of the agreement, ensuring Irans breakout time is at least a year. In addition, our labs support the IAEA's monitoring and verification activities in a number of ways, including by every IAEA inspector in nuclear materials measurement training since 1980.
These experts will continue to play a critical role as the Department leads the U.S. effort to help ensure that Iran meets its key nuclear commitments.
You can stay up to date on the Iran nuclear agreement at wh.gov/Iran-Deal.
As a nuclear physicist at the negotiating table, and by working continuously with my Iranian counterpart right up to Implementation Day, I know it took a lot to get here. Based on hard science and analysis, the Iran nuclear agreement enhances our global security and provides verification to ensure that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful from now on.
Thank you,
Secretary Ernest Moniz
Department of Energy
malaise
(267,824 posts)While they have been pouting and attempting to sabotage, people with knowledge have been doing our planet's work.
They're getting over Cuba - this too will pass.
They are treasonous scumbags.
Botany
(70,291 posts).... the production of nuclear materials then the list of people who are as good
or bettter is pretty damn short.
http://energy.gov/contributors/dr-ernest-moniz
He's clearly an expert
Botany
(70,291 posts)B.S. w/honors in Physics from Boston U, PhD in theoretical physics* from Stanford,
Professor of Physics including nuclear physics @ M.I.T., Chair Dept. of Physics @ M.I.T.,
and 30 years in working in nuclear non proliferation but please tell me what Tom Cotton,
Lindsey Graham, or Karl Rove has to think of the deal he worked on.
* trying to explain the universe w/math
malaise
(267,824 posts)rather than listen to experts like Moniz.
Faux pas
(14,583 posts)sabotage from the right (WRONG) should be punished.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Saudis are paying him. He's doing their bidding, that much is clear.
spanone
(135,636 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)They are necromancers.