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New Iran sanctions will lead to war, White House warns
Times of Israel ^ | November 13, 2013, 4:33 am | Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Posted on 11/13/2013 7:26:47 AM PST by Dave346

Administration ups efforts to prevent Congress from passing new penalties against Tehran that could put kibosh on nuclear deal

The Obama administration Tuesday stepped up lobbying against congressional action for new sanctions on Iran, with the White House warning such a move would lead to war.

“The American people justifiably and understandably prefer a peaceful solution that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and this agreement, if it’s achieved, has the potential to do that,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. “The alternative is military action.”

Earlier in the day State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said John Kerry would use a closed door briefing with the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday to warn that passing new sanctions would be a “mistake.”

The intensified effort to head off any new penalties against Iran come days after a meeting between Tehran and six world powers — the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany — failed to produce a deal that would see eased sanctions in return for a promise to curb nuclear activity. Another meeting is scheduled for next week.

US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke by phone Tuesday to discuss the Iran talks and affirm their support for continuing the diplomatic track.

Carney told reporters that Americans did not want a “march to war,” which is what new sanctions would bring, indicating that lawmakers could pay politically if diplomacy with Iran failed.

Fresh from the nuclear talks, Kerry will defend the administration stance during a meeting with lawmakers Wednesday, where he will face a tough crowd.

Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) said Tuesday that the administration is boxing Americans into a lose-lose situation.

“The American people should not be forced to choose between military action and a bad deal that accepts a nuclear Iran,”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; congress; illinois; iran; iransanctions; israel; markkirk; nuclear; obamairantalks; obamasecretirandeal; secretirandeal; terror; waronterror
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To: Dave346

Odd, that didn’t seem to stop Baraq when he was talking about Syria.


21 posted on 11/13/2013 8:17:11 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Dave346

What next? Now Obama has become the spokesman for the Iranian regime.


22 posted on 11/13/2013 8:24:18 AM PST by livius
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To: Dave346
New Iran sanctions will lead to war, White House warns

I'd rather fight a war than die in bed from another Islamic sneak attack.

23 posted on 11/13/2013 8:35:03 AM PST by Rapscallion (The people of the lie compel you to buy Obamacare.)
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To: Dave346

Shouldn’t the administration be quietly using this as a bargaining chip instead of complaining about it?


24 posted on 11/13/2013 8:54:14 AM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: Dave346

Wouldn’t a war give Obama more chances to brag about his ability to kill?


25 posted on 11/13/2013 9:08:20 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Dave346

Iran has attacked America in the past,
... but like al Qaeda,
OBAMA IS IN LOVE WITH THEM
even as the Tyrant shows his daily, weekly hate
against the American people, their Constitution,
and their (previous) allies.


26 posted on 11/13/2013 9:16:32 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Dave346
New Iran sanctions will lead to war, White House warns

What will surrender lead to?

27 posted on 11/13/2013 9:20:38 AM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Zero wants to pick the winners and losers .

Obama is only good at picking losers.

28 posted on 11/13/2013 9:22:14 AM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: Dave346

What a bunch of imbeciles. Why do we put up with them and let them tell us what to do?


29 posted on 11/13/2013 9:46:06 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Dave346

Kerry, the spermatazoa, ought to know a mistake when he sees one. Remember when he got caught keeping his yatchet out of state to avoid taxes-—the list goes oooooonnnn——


30 posted on 11/13/2013 11:22:05 AM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Dave346
Carney told reporters that Americans did not want a “march to war,” which is what new sanctions would bring...

Now if only he could learn the words, "Peace for our time"...

“The American people should not be forced to choose between military action and a bad deal that accepts a nuclear Iran"...

Very well stated.

31 posted on 11/13/2013 12:12:52 PM PST by AmericanExceptionalist (Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
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To: Bender2
... Period.

0bama has perpetual PMS.

32 posted on 11/13/2013 12:31:58 PM PST by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of 0bamaÂ’s America)
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To: circlecity

A Hiroshima-sized EMP bomb would kill us all in the US....slowly.


33 posted on 11/13/2013 12:32:39 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: FreedomStar3028
Iran has a military.

That has no gasoline products to run on if imports are cut off.

34 posted on 11/13/2013 2:05:50 PM PST by Tonytitan
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To: Tonytitan

That has no gasoline products to run on if imports are cut off. ....................... and all their oil exports would come to a quick halt as each oil field burns. A second revolution would occur in Iran if it ever went to war, the Mullahs couldn’t handle that. They would be hanging from every lamp post in Teheran, if I can believe everything my Iranian friends tell me.


35 posted on 11/13/2013 7:59:21 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Remember Ty Woods? Glenn Doherty ? Forgot already?)
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To: Dave346

President Obama Lessens Iran Sanctions Before Nuclear Deal Is Reached -

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3089337/posts


36 posted on 11/13/2013 8:51:28 PM PST by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: Dave346

Hussein is pro Iran and anti Israel. He declared war on the American people the moment he got in office!


37 posted on 11/14/2013 8:05:53 AM PST by opres
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Dave346.

> with the White House warning such a move would lead to war

Gosh, that sounds familiar.

Nasrallah: Only alternative to deal with Iran is war
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3090973/posts

U.S. threatened with ‘heaviest damage in history’
(Iran threatens war as Obama surrenders)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3090849/posts

-and, related, SoS Peepants:

Kerry warns fresh Iran sanctions could scuttle nuclear talks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3091081/posts


38 posted on 11/17/2013 2:31:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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