BOOM: John Kerry Wins Gulf States’ Cautious Support for Iran Deal

[Cali_Democrat]

Looks like the only people now opposed to the deal are Israel and the Republican-controlled US Congress.

There goes the GOP/Israeli claim that the Gulf States opposed the deal.

Well done, Secretary Kerry:

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John Kerry Wins Gulf States’ Cautious Support for Iran Deal

DOHA, Qatar — Persian Gulf monarchies issued a cautious endorsement on Monday of the accord Secretary of State John Kerry negotiated last month to constrain Iran’s nuclear program.

“This was the best option among other options,” said Khalid al-Attiyah, the foreign minister of Qatar, who hosted a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council that Mr. Kerry attended.

In a news conference with Mr. Kerry, Mr. Attiyah said that the secretary of state had repeated his assurance that the United States would stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon if Tehran failed to adhere to the accord.

“We are confident that what they undertook makes this region safer and more stable,” he added.

Mr. Kerry and his counterparts from the Persian Gulf states also agreed on ways to expedite the military support and training efforts that President Obama promised at a meeting in May at Camp David with senior gulf state officials.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/world/middleeast/gulf-states-cautiously-support-iran-nuclear-deal.html

[awoke_in_2003]

1. K&R

I had a weird dream last night. Hillary was SoS, and she brought me on to work at the State Department. That will teach me to go to bed without a beer or two in me.

[MBS]

2. the only other opponents are the hard-line faction in Iran

.. thereby (as Pres. Obama impishly noted today, to laughter from the audience ) aligning hard-liners in Iran with the Republican Caucus.

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. Well, that leaves Israel and the Republicans in opposition. And some bad Democrats.

[MBS]

4. yeah, those bad Dems are infuriating.

Are you listening, Sens. Schumer and Menendez? GRR.