Posted on 09/04/2015 9:17:27 AM PDT by BerniesFriend
Secretary of State John Kerry predicted on Thursday that nine in 10 Americans would back President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran once it has been in place for a year or more.
“The fact is, a lot of polls show that the country actually supports it, and that’s a fairly even divide,” Kerry said of enthusiasm for the agreement now, according to The Huffington Post. “I think that’s pretty good, considering the amount of money that’s spent with myths being promulgated.” “If Iran destroys its Arak plutonium reactor core, filing it with cement, and it exists no longer, and Arak dismantles two-thirds of their centrifuges and is no longer enriching, and it lowers its stockpile to 300 kilograms, and it is only enriching to 3.67 percent and it has done everything it would do to live up to the agreement,” Kerry said, “[then] if a new president came in and said, ‘Oh, I’m going to [end the deal],' that would be absurd.
“The country will be 90 percent supportive by that point in time, because they will see that it is in fact working, and it has eliminated the threat of a nuclear weapon in the Middle East,” he added.
Kerry also argued on Thursday that he is skeptical of 2016 presidential candidates who claim they would void Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran should they get elected next year.
“I cannot see a president willfully taking the United Nations [and] five other nations who supported us in this negotiation and saying, ‘Sorry, we’re just going to walk away from this and create a more dangerous situation in the Middle East,’” he said. “I just don’t see that happening.”
Kerry additionally admitted on Thursday that he dislikes the lobbying by wealthy special interests against the Iran pact.
“There has been a huge bombardment of distortions, and outright, you know, just untruths, is the word I’ll use, about what this deal does and how it does it,” he said, adding that “enormous money” has been spent against its implementation.
The Obama administration announced it had reached its landmark diplomatic bargain with Tehran in July.
It eases economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for greater restrictions on its atomic energy capabilities going forward.
Obama secured enough Congressional support earlier this week for keeping the deal alive despite fierce opposition to what it entails.
Congress is voting on Sept. 17 for a resolution either approving or disproving the historic international agreement.
I think he means 90% of the State Department.
“Secretary of State John Kerry predicted on Thursday that nine in 10 Americans would back President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran once it has been in place for a year or more.”
It will be out of site, out of mind and they could then make up whatever number they want.
90% approve?
Like 2/3 to pass a treaty.
Must be commie core math.
Does that mean the deal would get 90% of the Senate’s votes?
From the skipper who went AWOL.
Francois has never been right about anything, save his own perceptions of self-glorification.
90% *WILL* support it! OR WE WILL BEHEAD THEM!
The Israeli issue is a big galvanizing force in American politics. Most Americans won't defend other countries but they will Israel.
That hurts the Democrats.
Obama wants to sideline the middle east and make Israel a side line and that is why he pivoted to Asia. To make Americans forget Israel and the region's problems. Sideline Israel and it is no longer an issue in debates, etc.
I have no proof - just my theory.
Who do you believe: Kerry or Netanyahu? Kerry is a disgraced dishonorable lightweight who believes that giving Iran billions of dollars will not result on more terrorism. Kerry thinks that he can buy off Saudi Arabia and Israel by giving them money.
Netanyahu has a career and lifetime of tangible contributions to his country. He lives in the shadow of many countries dedicated to the annihilation of Israel. I would tend to believe him, not an empty suit.
Has the Obama regime done anything that makes America greater?
“Hey Craze!” That was a premier act from the glory days of politically incorrect humor!
It’s the same 90% that support Obamacare.
So Kerry thinks 90% of Americans want to destroy Israel? Repent John Kerry, you have little time.
90% of the Quds force is probably good with it too.
Kerry has been drinking his own bathwater again.
To get to such a number you would have to "think" in the same way that deluded leftist crapistocrats like Kerry "think".
One way to get there is to define "the country" and "supportive" in a way that is so deceitful and constipated as to make it true. For example, count survey responses as "supportive" for any response other than "FUBO".
Another way is to ramp up immigration of America-hating Islamists to a higher level, and then carefully select the audience that is polled for their views.
Nah, those things would require too much actual work for a craptastic lightweight such as Kerry.
Instead he'll do what he typically has done in the past, namely, he will lie about it.
That guy obviously has an unlimited supply of weapons-grade stupid at his disposal.
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