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There is hubris and a brouhaha, thanks to Republicans that decided to use a figurative trampoline to launch their opinions above the authority of our President.
Attention whoring to create a diversion ? When you toss garbage into the midst of internationl negotiations, expect world wide derision and disgust.
47 republican senators interfere with U.S.-Iran relations
Remember When GOP Rep. Accused Pelosi Of Breaking Law By Interfering With Foreign Policy?
2007
Iowa Congressman Steve King said then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in violation of the Logan Act
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/remember-when-gop-rep-accused-pelosi
3/10/15
March 9, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after 47 Senate Republicans sent an open letter to Iran’s leaders in an apparent attempt to undermine the negotiations:
This partisan letter from several of my colleagues is nothing more than another attempt by members of the Republican caucus to undermine ongoing negotiations and undercut the credibility of the American negotiators. Of course Congress will always have the authority to weigh in on any agreement the President signs with another nation, but to suggest that a future President would cancel a deal that hasn’t even been concluded yet unmasks the true intention of the letter's signers. Let's be honest - if we successfully convince Iran to abandon their nuclear weapons program in a verifiable way, no future President - Republican or Democrat - is going to walk away from that.”
http://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsro...hy-statement-on-gop-letter-to-iranian-leaders
Richard Nephew, who was on U.S. teams negotiating with Iran during both the Bush and Obama administrations-
Nephew said, "The idea that a sitting group of senators of either party would write to the other side of a negotiation to say, 'Eh, don't sign a deal with these guys' — to me, it really smacks of a misplaced understanding of how the international system is supposed to work."
http://www.wbur.org/npr/392067866/iran-calls-gop-letter-propaganda-ploy-offers-to-enlighten-authors
Attention whoring to create a diversion ? When you toss garbage into the midst of internationl negotiations, expect world wide derision and disgust.
47 republican senators interfere with U.S.-Iran relations
Remember When GOP Rep. Accused Pelosi Of Breaking Law By Interfering With Foreign Policy?
2007
Iowa Congressman Steve King said then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in violation of the Logan Act
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/remember-when-gop-rep-accused-pelosi
3/10/15
March 9, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after 47 Senate Republicans sent an open letter to Iran’s leaders in an apparent attempt to undermine the negotiations:
This partisan letter from several of my colleagues is nothing more than another attempt by members of the Republican caucus to undermine ongoing negotiations and undercut the credibility of the American negotiators. Of course Congress will always have the authority to weigh in on any agreement the President signs with another nation, but to suggest that a future President would cancel a deal that hasn’t even been concluded yet unmasks the true intention of the letter's signers. Let's be honest - if we successfully convince Iran to abandon their nuclear weapons program in a verifiable way, no future President - Republican or Democrat - is going to walk away from that.”
http://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsro...hy-statement-on-gop-letter-to-iranian-leaders
Richard Nephew, who was on U.S. teams negotiating with Iran during both the Bush and Obama administrations-
Nephew said, "The idea that a sitting group of senators of either party would write to the other side of a negotiation to say, 'Eh, don't sign a deal with these guys' — to me, it really smacks of a misplaced understanding of how the international system is supposed to work."
http://www.wbur.org/npr/392067866/iran-calls-gop-letter-propaganda-ploy-offers-to-enlighten-authors