i must admit i didn't have much faith in Kerry, he came off to me as more of a buster and demanding glad i didn't bet the farm on that one.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers clinched a deal on Sunday curbing the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for initial sanctions relief, signaling the start of a game-changing rapprochement that could ease the risk of a wider Middle East war.
Aimed at ending a long festering standoff, the interim pact between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia won the critical endorsement of Iranian clerical Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.U.S. President Barack Obama said the deal struck after marathon, tortuous and politically charged negotiations cut off Tehran's potential path to a nuclear weapon. But Israel, Iran's arch-enemy, denounced the agreement as an "historic mistake".
i understand Israel's concern since the death threat was made directly at them but i think they are too enveloped in war as a decisive problem solver that they then would do what Iran threatened them with annihilation.
"This is only a first step," said Iranian Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif. "We need to start moving in the direction of restoring confidence, a direction which we have managed to move against in the past."Hard-pressed by sanctions, many Iranians were elated by the breakthrough and prospect of economic improvement. The Iranian rial currency, decimated earlier this year due to sanctions, jumped more than 3 percent on news of the deal on Sunday.
this is another good reason to keep republicans out of office their saber waving ways and reluctance to talk can be a u turn of regret. i remember Bush when asked about talks with Iran he replied, "i'm not going to reward them with a seat at the table", who the hell told him he was to good for diplomacy and even more who the hell did he think he was that he could deny other world leaders the opportunity to debate?
