Monday, July 20, 2015

John Kerry's TV Marathon And Bibi's Catchup

++John Kerry made the stops on four Sunday talk shows ,sometimes with Bibi, sometimes not.

++This morning's Security Council Vote almost makes the subject moot. Now Bibi urged this morning that Congress should at least keep American sanctions in place. Does anyone get a sense of a sinking ship.

++The Israeli Ambassador has been rushing around the Senate, while Jolt'in Joe Biden has made the rounds in support of the agreement. AIPAC launched over the weekend their $20 million ad campaign against the agreement.

++Bibi told the Sunday audiences if Israel is safer with the agreement, then why is Washington offering us more arms. O.K., Bibi, let's withdraw the offer. 

++Bob Menendez,is battling both his corruption case and the Iran deal. Sheldon Adelson is paying his legal expenses because of his anti-Iran position.

++The question, in my mind,is whether the United States wants to be isolated in the world. The Republicans, unwittingly, answer yes by their positions. The Obama Administration was very clever by drafting a Security Council resolution almost immediately when the deal was signed. Senator Corker had sent the White House a letter to delay the Security Council Action. 

++What the Security Council Action does is leave non-nuclear sanctions in place for several years, lift the others. The EU met before the UN Security Council and have lifted theirs. So America can do what it wants. 

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