By Samuel Rudd on August 5, 2015
america, american public, consensus, division, iran, iran nuclear deal
U.S.
VIA Politico by Nahal Toosi Recent polling suggests Americans both support and oppose the agreement, depending on how the question is asked. Congratulations to supporters and opponents of the Iran nuclear deal! According to the polls, the American people are on your side. Except for when they’re not. As forces pro and con lobby Congress on […]
By Samuel Rudd on August 5, 2015
barack, iran, iran nuclear deal, ISIS, middle east, nuclear weapons, obama, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction
Middle East, Politics, Stories
VIA NPR by Eyder Peralta Iran, the United States and five other world powers have reached a landmark agreement about the future of Iran’s nuclear programs. The agreement that emerged after years of diplomacy and a final, marathon negotiating session by top diplomats over the past three weeks in Vienna is complex and highly technical. We’ve […]
By Sam bot on March 14, 2015
iran, iran deal, nuclear program, obama
Politics, Stories
VIA “weeklystandard.com” by Fred Barnes Weekly Standard President Obama is headed for disaster in the nuclear deal with Iran. The nearly completed agreement, as best we know, would allow Iran to keep its nuclear infrastructure intact and its centrifuges churning out enriched uranium. The mullahs would be free to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons […]
By Sam bot on March 5, 2015
america, iran, israel, john kerry, mohammad javad zarif, netanyahu, nuclear, us
Middle East, Politics, Stories
VIA “Aljazeera.com” Officials claim progress in talks in Switzerland, a day after Israeli PM called for nuclear negotiations to be ditched. The United States and Iranian foreign ministers have wrapped up three days of talks over Iran’s nuclear programme, ignoring a passionate plea by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ditch their negotiations. US Secretary […]
By Sam bot on March 2, 2015
iran, israel, judaism, nuclear program, nuclear weapons
Politics, Stories
VIA “Bloomberg.com” by Jonathan Ferziger. Video VIA “IsraeliPM” youtube channel He says the U.S. disagrees with Israel on how to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will tell U.S. lawmakers that he has “a moral obligation to speak out” against an Iranian regime that threatens to […]
By Sam bot on January 19, 2015
economics, global economy, iran, oil prices, russia, venezuela
Europe, Middle East, Politics, South America, Stories
VIA “washingtonpost.com” by Jackson Diehl As oil prices continued to plunge last week, it was instructive to watch the disparate reactions of three governments whose whopping losses are likely to produce some of the biggest international stories of 2015. There was the panicked scrambling of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who skipped his own state of […]