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In reply to the discussion: Hillary just said even if nuclear agreement she will immediately build a coalition against Iran [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)The reason this deal happened is BECAUSE OF Hillary Clinton. She did the bulk of the negotiation work while she was SECSTATE. Incredible that you didn't know that.....
She takes issue with state sponsorship of terrorism, which is a 'bad behavior' doncha know, and imprisoning US citizens (how dare she get upset about that...
). That's, in essence, what she is griping about.
She's always been unhappy with their crappy human rights record, and she is not alone on that score--another bad behavior they engage in is the execution of LGBT people for their orientation, or the execution of rape victims for not being chaste.
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just in case one wasn't enough. She's pleased with this deal, and she wants to keep working with the community of nations to push them towards better behaviors. There's nothing wrong with that. I don't think anyone thinks some of the antisocial shit they've been doing is "OK."
More coverage on these comments:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/politics/hillary-clinton-iran-nuclear-deal/
What's bound to draw attention as the agreement's political ramifications come into focus: Clinton owns a piece of it. She helped the negotiations get started.
The Democratic presidential front-runner said President Barack Obama -- who tapped her as America's top diplomat in his first term in office -- called her late Monday night to tell her that negotiators had struck a deal: Iran will rein in its nuclear program and allow for close monitoring....."We have to treat this as an ongoing enforcement effort, which I certainly strongly support and as President would be absolutely devoted to ensuring that the agreement is followed," Clinton added, leaving shortly thereafter without answering reporter questions.