Clinton: GOP Iran Letter Either Meant To Help Iranians Or Harm Obama
Source: TPM
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed a group of Senate Republicans who signed a letter to Iran meant to undermine the Obama administration's efforts to strike a deal on the country's nuclear program.
"Either these senators were trying to be helpful to the Iranians or harmful to the commander in chief in the midst of high stakes international diplomacy," Clinton said Tuesday at a press conference at the United Nations. "Either answer does discredit to the letter's signatories."
Clinton's comments came a day after 47 Senate Republicans signed a letter to Iranian leaders saying a nuclear deal with the Obama administration would likely not last beyond Obama's time in office. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) took the lead on the letter. It came as Obama officials are said to be nearing an agreement that would end economic sanctions on Iran if its nuclear program is halted.
"The president and his team are in the midst of intense negotiations. Their goal is a diplomatic solution that would close off Iran's pathways to a nuclear bomb and give us unprecedented access and insight into Iran's nuclear program," Clinton said. "Now reasonable people can disagree about what exactly it will take to accomplish this objective and we all must judge any final agreement on its merits. But the recent letter from Republican senators was out of step with those traditions of American leadership."
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TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)groundloop
(11,513 posts)Oh wait.... she's just a private citizen now. Never Mind.
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)The American people need to demand this administration set up
a grand jury!!
Marthe48
(16,894 posts)Fines and/or jail time? And who would get the honor or slapping the Farsi-47 down?
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:20 PM - Edit history (1)
We need to expose this deed to everyone in American, so
they know GOP party is not loyal to America
Marthe48
(16,894 posts)but more like stopping a coup
lewebley3
(3,412 posts)McCarthyism, never had any facts support their claims,
We have letter of proof, logan law, and we have Cotton working
against the USA, helping our emmies
No witch hunt :, the American people need understand if GOP committed
treason, this about the law: we need to know,. before they were just awful Americans,(no law against that),
but now this more serious: their behavior could get Americans killed.
Marthe48
(16,894 posts)by Joseph Welch to Joseph McCarthy: "Youve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
Which was finally somebody standing up to McCarthy and ending the witch hunt. I understand the huge difference between McCarthy's search for Communists and the 47 letter. But we do need someone (Bernie Sanders made an excellent statement, for instance) to make the Republicans stop eroding our national security and our standing in the world.
blm
(113,005 posts)Glad she went there.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Her first comment was an expression of thanks to the UN for hosting the conference on women.
blm
(113,005 posts).
perfect!
samsingh
(17,590 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)The gloves are off, that was bareknuckle!
blm
(113,005 posts)Let the email drown the GOP in pout rage while this ramps up.
Don't let the TraitorTots get away with their sedition.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)criminal, un-patriotic because we all know that the GOPs are your ultimate patriots who loves America unconditional - NOT.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)WTF HILLARY ??
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)This is not just about Obama, is it about treason against the United States of America,(the American people: "Us", Obama
will not always President, traitors are all Americans business, it is crime against our safety, the GOP are trying to start a war!!)
we use to shoot these people!!! George Washingon would, if he had caught Benedict Arnold,
he would have executed him.
The GOP were calling for heads of soldier that have deserted!!
American needs to know if GOP has become a fraction, working against American, in short
American's need to know from a grand jury if the GOP party can be trusted as loyal Americans.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)That is the way a diplomat takes spoiled children to the figurative woodshed.
MBS
(9,688 posts)lewebley3
(3,412 posts)If a crime has been committed the Americans need to know!!
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)As to what that letter is, I don't think Hillary is prepared to get right down to it at this time. And I have no doubt not one of those 47
senators has any real idea about just what they all have stepped into. And we still have a do nothing congress .If that letter is supposed to be a reflection of doing something than they have done nothing more than place a lame foot forward.
groundloop
(11,513 posts)azureblue
(2,144 posts)Article Three of the U.S. Constitution, Section 3, defines treason and its punishment.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)But this was a good, clear, not calculated action. Good Job!
Cha
(296,775 posts)Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I hope some of the other former Secretaries of State under Democrats will do the same.
lewebley3
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I like your story, and I stand with Hillary: however, I think when Americans
see traitors they need to speak up, and call a spade a spade. These 47 Senators
can no longer be trusted with the American peoples lives, they want to go to war, and willing committed treason to
do it. We need a grand jury to find out about their emails and what else they are doing
to start a war. Cotton motives are clear he is owned by the defense contractors, he would
sell American lives for money.
GOP can not be Trusted!!!
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)was the Republicans in Congress might get ahold of her sensitive foreign-policy correspondence and work to undermine her efforts or leak them to the enemy.
greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)Just the opposite of the Traitor Tots.