Monday, February 23, 2015

Rumblings about Iran

++Al Jazeera is about to release thousands of cables from Mossad obtained by Edward Snowden that reveal Israeli's spy agency true assessment of the Iranian nuclear program. The story "Spy Cables" is set to be released this week.

++After only one day of meeting with John Kerry, Iran's chief negotiator threatens to leave for tehran is the West keep pressing him.

++Bibi says that the West should stop talking to Iran since they haven't come clean on their past programs.

++Russia has offered Iran a new deal on anti-missile defense programs.

++Ayatollah Khomeini says that if attacked by Israel Iran will destroy Tel Aviv.

++Joe Lieberman asks everyone to listen to Bibi's speech.

++Fred Hiatt in the Post says that since President Obama has a credibility problem in Foreign Policy--i.e. the Middle East--he should not press for an Iranian deal because it will antagonize Congress.

++Congress is confused about the Authorization for Military force because Senate Republicans want it open-ended with the possibility of large numbers of combat forces. House Republicans doubt the President and mistrust him so they are reluctant to give him anything. Democratic House members want it to be severely limited. Whether it gets done is a matter of speculation.

++The Daily Beast has a piece about how the United States created ISIS in the detention camps in Iraq. ISIS used the camps as recruitment sites for their re-emergence. 



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