Posted on 03/20/2015 3:58:58 PM PDT by gwgn02
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—France is again adopting the toughest line against Iran in negotiations aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, potentially placing Paris at odds with the Obama administration as a diplomatic deadline to forge an agreement approaches at month-end.
President Barack Obama called French President François Hollande on Friday to discuss the Iran diplomacy and try to unify their positions. The presidents “reaffirmed their commitment” to a deal “while noting that Iran must take steps to resolve several remaining issues,” the White House said.
French diplomats have been publicly pressing the U.S. and other world powers not to give ground on key elements—particularly the speed of lifting United Nations sanctions and the pledge to constrain Iran’s nuclear research work—ahead of the March 31 target.
Paris also appears to be operating on a different diplomatic clock than Washington, arguing that the date is an “artificial” deadline and that global powers should be willing to wait Tehran out for a better deal if necessary.
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Levin is all over this breaking story right now...
Mark Levin is talking about this article on his radio show and said it is quite significant breaking news and he will be talking about it after the break in a few mins.
http://player.listenlive.co/25111
"Counterproductive and Dangerous" would have been much more accurate than "Hope and Change" for Obama's elections.
Come on Hollande ,Rub Obama’s Nose in it
HUGE..HUGE story
The socialist president of France is now the effective leader of the free world.
Seriously, I never saw that one coming!
de Gaulle of dat man.
Vive La France!
When the Socialist President of France is tougher than the President of the USA you know the USA has a big problem.
Our president is a violent fem.
Every day - more evidence that the real JV team resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and Foggy Bottom.
How embarrassing is this. The French surrender monkeys holding the line while the “President†of the United States rushes head first towards capitulation. What a disgrace!
The disgrace that Jarrett and 0bummer have brought to the U.S in the free world is high treason. I am not afraid to say it. 0bummer’s rush to surrender to the Islamist totalitarian state of Iran is but the latest example of treason and clearly evidences the behavior of an Islamist sympathizer of Iran, a country that is a sworn enemy of the United States. The circus he calls ‘negotiations,’ with Iran is historically important because it clearly defines to the world what our country under 0bummer has become. America used to consider our enemies as the totalitarian regimes around the world that subjected its citizens to tyranny. Our foreign policy consistently included efforts to bring freedom to beleaguered souls living in those dark places. Sadly, this situation has now been flipped on its head. Whether you want to admit it or not, under 0bummer we have now joined the ranks of totalitarian regimes in the world. Worst yet, 0bummer is aggressively declaring war on remaining freedom loving democracies in the world. Under 0bummer the U.S. is deliberately and actively giving aid and comfort to totalitarian regimes around the world and America is now the enemy of France, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and all other freedom loving countries. This is fundamental transformation not only of America but the free world. No one in this country appears willing or capable of stopping the tyrant. This time it may be necessary that the countries Americans fought, bled and died for in the past consider coming to help and save us from this tyranny.
Let me be the first to say this is HUGH and SERRIUS.
FR insider joking aside, I guess Hollande is a secret right wing nutjob, right?
It didn’t take long for bambi and company to start beating on France.
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