red states rule
11-27-2013, 11:19 AM
Is there anything this administration will not lie about or do to try and change the subject from Obamacare?
Yesterday, Iran accused the US of lying about the terms of the deal (http://freebeacon.com/iran-white-house-lying-about-details-of-nuke-deal/) on nuclear proliferation announced over the weekend, which produced this lament by John Hinderaker at Power Line (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/11/iran-calls-obama-a-liar-they-may-have-a-point.php): “One yearns for the good old days when, if there was a conflict between the U.S. government and Iran’s mullahs, you could assume it was the American government that was telling the truth.” Now it appears that the White House and State Department may have not been entirely honest about whether we actually have an agreement or not. The Times of Israel reports (http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-enjoying-pre-implementation-window/) that the back and forth between Iran and the US forced the State Department to acknowledge that “technical details” have not been concluded — and that the agreement hasn’t gone into force yet:
Iran is currently enjoying a “window” of time before the six-month deal signed in Geneva early Sunday goes into effect, during which it is not bound to take any credible steps toward disabling its ability to produce a nuclear weapon, the State Department acknowledged Tuesday.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the six-month interim period, during which Iran would take steps to rein in its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, has not yet begun. Furthermore, there are still a number of details to be worked out, she said, without specifying what points had yet to be finalized.
Her comments created confusion as to whether the much-touted interim deal, supposedly reached by P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva in the early hours of Sunday morning, had actually been completed as claimed. Iran on Tuesday accused the US of publishing an inaccurate account (http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-rejects-uss-one-sided-version-of-nuclear-deal/) of what had been agreed. And its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an address to the Iranian parliament Wednesday (http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-vows-to-continue-work-at-arak-plutonium-site/) that Iran would continue construction on the Arak heavy water plant, in an apparent breach of the ostensibly agreed terms.
“The next step here is a continuation of technical discussions at a working level so that we can essentially tee up the implementation of the agreement,” Psaki told reporters Tuesday. “Obviously, once that’s — those technical discussions are worked through, I guess the clock would start. Obviously, there’ll also be a reconvening of the political track with the P5+1, which Under Secretary Sherman will continue to be our lead negotiator on.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/27/surprise-iran-deal-not-actually-a-deal-yet/
Yesterday, Iran accused the US of lying about the terms of the deal (http://freebeacon.com/iran-white-house-lying-about-details-of-nuke-deal/) on nuclear proliferation announced over the weekend, which produced this lament by John Hinderaker at Power Line (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/11/iran-calls-obama-a-liar-they-may-have-a-point.php): “One yearns for the good old days when, if there was a conflict between the U.S. government and Iran’s mullahs, you could assume it was the American government that was telling the truth.” Now it appears that the White House and State Department may have not been entirely honest about whether we actually have an agreement or not. The Times of Israel reports (http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-enjoying-pre-implementation-window/) that the back and forth between Iran and the US forced the State Department to acknowledge that “technical details” have not been concluded — and that the agreement hasn’t gone into force yet:
Iran is currently enjoying a “window” of time before the six-month deal signed in Geneva early Sunday goes into effect, during which it is not bound to take any credible steps toward disabling its ability to produce a nuclear weapon, the State Department acknowledged Tuesday.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the six-month interim period, during which Iran would take steps to rein in its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, has not yet begun. Furthermore, there are still a number of details to be worked out, she said, without specifying what points had yet to be finalized.
Her comments created confusion as to whether the much-touted interim deal, supposedly reached by P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva in the early hours of Sunday morning, had actually been completed as claimed. Iran on Tuesday accused the US of publishing an inaccurate account (http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-rejects-uss-one-sided-version-of-nuclear-deal/) of what had been agreed. And its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an address to the Iranian parliament Wednesday (http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-vows-to-continue-work-at-arak-plutonium-site/) that Iran would continue construction on the Arak heavy water plant, in an apparent breach of the ostensibly agreed terms.
“The next step here is a continuation of technical discussions at a working level so that we can essentially tee up the implementation of the agreement,” Psaki told reporters Tuesday. “Obviously, once that’s — those technical discussions are worked through, I guess the clock would start. Obviously, there’ll also be a reconvening of the political track with the P5+1, which Under Secretary Sherman will continue to be our lead negotiator on.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/27/surprise-iran-deal-not-actually-a-deal-yet/