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WH: ‘Common Sense’ That Iran Will Use Money From Lifted Sanctions to Boost Economy, Not Fund Terror
cnsnews.com ^ | May 6, 2015 | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 05/06/2015 7:27:29 AM PDT by PROCON

(CNSNews.com) – White House press secretary Josh Earnest acknowledged Tuesday that the U.S. cannot proscribe how Iran chooses to spend the money it will get as sanctions are eased under a proposed nuclear deal.

But he said it was “common sense” to expect that the regime would use it to improve the ailing economy, rather than to step up funding for terrorism or destabilizing activities in the region.

Earnest said what had brought the Iranians to the negotiating table in the first place was a desire to ease the effects of sanctions imposed by the international community over the nuclear standoff.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hasobamasnameonit; iran; islamofascism; obamasnameonit; whitehouse; worldwarthree; wot
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To: Westbrook

Beyond stupid.


41 posted on 05/06/2015 8:30:22 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: PROCON

“But he said it was “common sense” to expect that the regime would use it to improve the ailing economy, rather than to step up funding for terrorism or destabilizing activities in the region.”

Ha ha ha ...

They know better.

This administration knows better!

We all do.


42 posted on 05/06/2015 8:36:15 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: PROCON
Recent article from the Jerusalem Post with the following excerpt.

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-increases-military-spending-despite-economic-woes-383891

” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will hike military spending by more than a third in the next fiscal year despite presenting a “cautious, tight” budget to parliament on Sunday in response to falling oil prices and punishing sanctions arising from the country's disputed nuclear program.”

It should be noted that oil prices are down and their spending on military is up.

John Kerry is a fool or traitor or both. Actually looking at his conduct during the Vietnam War, he is a traitor.

43 posted on 05/06/2015 8:36:31 AM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: PROCON

It’s common sense that over the years when sanctions were crippling their economy they would not spend money on funding terrorism.

But the did.


44 posted on 05/06/2015 8:36:55 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: cpdiii

here is the link

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-increases-military-spending-despite-economic-woes-383891


45 posted on 05/06/2015 8:38:22 AM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: PROCON

We are being played. Don’t fall for it!

We are being played for a fool!

This administration is setting US up!!


46 posted on 05/06/2015 8:39:48 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: rights with responsibilities
How any press secretary can say 75% of what comes out of his or her mouth is beyond me.

Josh Earnest is the perfect candidate for surgery as his mouth and * hole are interchangeable.

Regards,
GtG

47 posted on 05/06/2015 8:40:38 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: PROCON

Obama as a Moslem knows damned well the money he’s sending his islsmonazi comrades in Teheran is going directly into expanding Iran’s aggressive terrorist attacks in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi -— and most especially into their nuclear bomb and ICBM strike force. Even a one- celled bacterium has enough intelligence to see that. For Obama or his shill to stand up there at the WH and pretend that the money he’s sending them is magically going into humanitarian goodie goodie projects is so inane as to defy comment. It just reveals yet again Obama’s “big lie” technique of manipulating the American political system for his own ends — he has utter contempt for us and our country and as we see here again, our system of governance.


48 posted on 05/06/2015 8:41:39 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“When the righteous are in authority, people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, people groan)
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To: Westbrook

Even worse,the White House is defining what common sense is.


49 posted on 05/06/2015 9:40:19 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: A CA Guy

We’re talking Iran here,so is the fund for or against abuse of women and children?


50 posted on 05/06/2015 9:42:29 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: PROCON

Just like North Korea used all their money and foreign donations to feed North Koreans.

MY GOD. How can it keep getting stupider and stupider with these people? How? HOW is it possible. Just when someone says something so incredibly stupid they find a never before achieved lever of stupidity.


51 posted on 05/06/2015 10:48:09 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: PROCON

It is common sense that the b*r*ck *b*ma administration is an enemy entity.


52 posted on 05/07/2015 5:16:04 AM PDT by Mmmike
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To: PROCON

Seriously, haven’t Cuba, Iraq, and a few others taught us ANYTHING about what dictators do?


53 posted on 05/17/2015 4:29:35 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Organic Panic

“Just like North Korea used all their money and foreign donations to feed North Koreans.”

Or Cuba, or Iraq, or...


54 posted on 05/17/2015 4:30:07 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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