47 Republicans May Have Just Broken the Law By Writing An Outrageous Letter To Iran
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Source: The Daily Banter
Just when you thought congressional Republicans couldnt look any more like a troupe of treacherous clowns hellbent on circus-ifying anything President Obama tries to do, they pull another bag of tricks from the trunk of their tiny car.
On Monday, 47 Republican senators signed an open letter addressed to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran on U.S. Senate letterhead. The correspondence basically indicated that Irans ongoing negotiations on its nuclear program with the Obama administration are an all but futile endeavor. The weirdest thing about the letter other than the fact that it was written in the first place is that it doesnt address anything specific regarding Irans nuclear program. It advances no alternative proposals, it elucidates no conditions under which the GOP would assent to a deal of any kind, and thus, it offers no hope of resolving one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy challenges of the last 35 years.
Youd think considering the letter is official correspondence from Senate Republicans, it wouldve addressed specific leaders within the Iranian government such as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani, or the members of the Guardian Council, but it does not. Regardless, the letter is unlike anything seen in recent memory. Not only does it explicitly attempt to undermine negotiations between the U.S. and Iran concerning the latters nuclear program, its written in an unbelievably condescending tone:
Read more: http://thedailybanter.com/2015/03/how-not-to-do-diplomacy/
samsingh
(17,595 posts)sakabatou
(42,148 posts)MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)For wimping out. This crap is oddly similar to the 1980 hostage crisis politics. Maybe we wouldn't be here talking about this and may have not entered wars in the Middle East if Democrats would've gotten to the truth about Bush Sr negotiating with Iran in 1979 to keep the hostages imprisoned until after Reagan won the election.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)They should go to jail for breaking the law and then resign for not knowing the Constitution of the U.S.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)KT2000
(20,576 posts)They have no respect for the law. They have gone nuts with their hatred of President Obama. There is no bottom for these fools.
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)repub who didn't sign this letter.
Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)Doubt they just typed it up and sent this letter, they had to ask at least 40 other congresspeople if they would sign it so am sure this action was cleared with the shot callers in the GOP. Remember Iran has been our sworn enemy (cash cow) for years and we have paid billions to the defense industry to protect us from those darn Iranians. The problem is Obama and Kerry and some others in the democratic party are looking at the Iranian issue from a world perspective and trying to bring some peace to the middle east and that is not what those that make money from demonizing Iran want.
I have faith the universe knows what its doing and these greedy politicians will get whats coming so I am getting some popcorn going to watch house this plays out
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...but we've seen GOP madness run riot for years without any real consequences for them, so who knows...:-/...and welcome to DU!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Pukers would ship us off to GITMO.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)''It's a bird!''
''No, it's a plane!''
''It's.....''
- If we can have one for giving blowjobs on government property, then we can have one for this......
K&R
Elmergantry
(884 posts)Cant find out as am unable to find its content. Anybody have a link?
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)I want all 47 arrested for treason.
This is a clear violation of the Logan act.
Let them be judged by a jury.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)They put it right out in public. Very sick people.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)I know I'm geing silly, expecting people to get arrested for breaking the law.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)are heavily fined or get Jailtime (or both) but its not going to happen. These guys could murder someone in cold blood on national TV and still get away with it.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Doesn't hurt to ask.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-47-us-senators-violation-logan-act-attempting-undermine-nuclear-agreement/NKQnpJS9
Elmergantry
(884 posts)The Logan Act has been violated by both parties since forever. Nothing will become of it as both sides would like to keep doing it.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)paleotn
(17,911 posts)Obama has got to take gloves off with these wankers. I can't even imagine the amount of political hay that can be made out of this idiotic letter if only Obama will take full advantage of it.
Galraedia
(5,022 posts)Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. It is very interesting that while negotiations are still in progress and while no agreement has been reached, some political pressure groups are so afraid even of the prospect of an agreement that they resort to unconventional methods, unprecedented in diplomatic history. This indicates that like Netanyahu, who considers peace as an existential threat, some are opposed to any agreement, regardless of its content.
Zarif expressed astonishment that some members of US Congress find it appropriate to write to leaders of another country against their own President and administration. He pointed out that from reading the open letter, it seems that the authors not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy.
Source: http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2015/mar/09/part-ii-iran-responds-gop-letter
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Please consider posting in GD. There are a few threads regarding this very topic there.