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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrance 24: 'Netanyahu threatens openly to take fight against Iran Nuclear Deal to American
political arena - will use influence with US right-wing to try to scupper it.'An overt menace to interfere in the American political process. He's going over the edge.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)I hope the President and State Dept. put him firmly back in his cage.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,151 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)marble falls
(58,934 posts)U.S. aid to Israel totals $233.7b over six decades
Moshe Arens: Generous assistance reflects common strategic interests and values, rather than lobbying pressure.
By Ora Coren and Nadan Feldman 09:19 20.03.13 17
The United States has provided Israel with $233.7 billion in aid after adjusting for inflation? since the state was formed in 1948 through the end of last year, research by TheMarker has found.
And hundreds and hundreds of millions more from UJA, AIPac etc.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)continue to fund him.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)yet we continue "wasting" our money in this way
something is drastically wrong!
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)as a token of our gratitude for his efforts.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Divernan
(15,480 posts)France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel based in Paris. The channel is owned by the French Government and was launched in 2006.
But the article I've linked to didn't include the statement from your OP, so there must be another article, and I'd like to have a link to that as well.
Netanyahu got a lot of right wing support from the GOP for his speech to Congress, and a thread last March on DU provided links to statements of support for Netanyahu from Cruz, Walker, Jeb Bush, Rubio, Carson, Santorum, Huckabee, Perry & Trump.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026303810
He has many mouthpieces/puppets he can use to parrot his opinions from within the U.S. - I think of them as collaborators in the Quisling tradition. So it's not a simple matter of the State Department trying to muzzle Bibi.
As per my link above, McConnell is openly critical and ready to oppose the deal.
'Tough sell' in Congress
The agreement also faces hurdles within the US political establishment, with comments from both senior Republican and Democratic senators on Sunday suggesting that any deal would face tough scrutiny in the US Congress.
Republican lawmaker and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the deal will prove a "hard sell". "It appears as if the administration's approach to this was to reach whatever agreement the Iranians are willing to enter into," he told Fox News.
And congressional approval may prove key to implementing the deal the Senate voted overwhelmingly in May to pass a bill giving Congress the right to review, and potentially reject, any agreement that US diplomats conclude with Iran.
"The president has extensive authority under the law to provide sanctions relief to Iran as part of a comprehensive nuclear agreement," said Larry Hanauer, a senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. "Nevertheless, Congress can take a range of steps to facilitate, hinder, or even block the executive branch's efforts to relieve economic sanctions."
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)News is moving so fast that the print media is having trouble keeping up. I'll post something in print when I find it.
Divernan
(15,480 posts)Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Divernan
(15,480 posts)They rehearsed it the day before, so I got to see it, although I was celebrating in the countryside on Bastille Day. Now watch this scene from Casablanca - brings tears to my eyes everytime.
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=You+tube+le+marseilles&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)The facist.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Are we the only country that has a serious internal opposition faction to this deal?
Netanyahu needs to learn to stay out of our business or Israel should lose their aid.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)The President and his team have done their best to get this historical and sane deal. Any scuttling of this deal and the consequences that result rest fully on the shoulders of those who successfully vote against it.
Thank you Mr. President.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Have you seen this?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026971881
spanone
(136,274 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)And fuck the right wingers who invited him into our political arena. They are traitors.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Join me in a rousing chorus of "go fuck yourself, Bibi."
still_one
(92,777 posts)override a veto. It requires 2/3 majority in both house to do that.
However, even if that did happen, the other nations that are part to the deal would resume trade with Iran, regardless of what we do, unless, their parliaments vote against it, which is unlikely.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)marmar
(77,278 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)So that he can openly advocate for a position different than our sitting President.....again.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)nothing like the bellicose blather coming out of Bibi's mouth.
They say he's weakening his already tenuous hold on the government with this kind of warmongering.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)He doesn't represent anybody other than his ugly base.