Looks like the following Dem is making "common cause" with the "Death to America!!" crowd: "Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has become the first high-profile Democrat to publicly oppose the nuclear deal the U.S. and six world powers struck with Iran. Outlining his rationale on the website Medium, Schumer said he would vote against the deal “after deep study, careful thought and considerable soul-searching.” His opposition centers on the fact Iran would be able to build a nuclear weapon after 10 years. And, Schumer says, under the deal, inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites was not “anywhere, anytime.” Even more troubling is the fact that the U.S. cannot demand inspections unilaterally. By requiring the majority of the 8-member Joint Commission, and assuming that China, Russia, and Iran will not cooperate, inspections would require the votes of all three European members of the P5+1 as well as the EU representative. It is reasonable to fear that, once the Europeans become entangled in lucrative economic relations with Iran, they may well be inclined not to rock the boat by voting to allow inspections. Congress has until September 17 to vote on the deal that was struck in July. President Obama has threatened a veto if lawmakers reject the historic accord. It’s unclear if opponents of the deal in Congress have enough votes to override a presidential veto." http://news.yahoo.com/why-senator-chuck-schumer-opposing-iran-deal-135334990.html
I wonder if you have ever spoken to any Iranians? Or to anyone who has visited Iran? All the Iranians I have met have been really nice, and people I know, and things I've read about visiting Iran talk of an extremely welcoming and friendly people. I get the impression that it is demonized to a ridiculous degree in the US, and seen as being populated exclusively by people whose sole goal is to destroy America. I guess it's not surprising if the only images you see of it are a mob with a placard - though I would have hoped that the US public, jingoistic as it can be, would realise that this is an exception rather than the rule. I guess if you peddle a narrative that suits someone's world view they lap it up (not that this is exclusive to the right).
I wonder who @badgerale is talking to... Do tell. I work with several arab docs, and have worked with a handful of others in the last 10 years. The fun-loving super friendly and cool people you reference are NOT the politicians/clerics running Iran. Any comment on the article I linked?
What an idiotically US-centered view ... Considering anything but the shortest-term interest of the US doesn't seem to have struck his mind.
Your view is focused on the short-term, while Schumer makes the point that 10 years is not very long. Schumer is American, thus the US-Centered view. 1 + 1 = 2.
... Did you miss or ignore where I pointed out that he is only thinking about the short term? As for him being an American and thus only having an US centered view, are you really fine with your politicians having the horizon of one country? That's pretty ... silly?
Did you miss or ignore my first sentence of a 1 line comment? He is an American, and has an American-centered view. You are not an American, and you do not have an American-centered view. Iran is reported to have ICBMs. Nukes are terrible enough, but an easy way to pop them to Europe and/or Israel and/or Shangri-La is catastrophically game changing. I can absolutely guarantee with 100% certainty that Schumer is NOT just thinking of one tiny horizon. He disagrees with you sir. C'est la vie.
As a politician youshould have a wide view. The fact that you view a politician having a narrow field of view as normal is unsettling. You're so terribly naive. And what is "game changing" about Iran habving nukes? The US has nukes, too, spooky scary!
Schumer is a jew and has mostly jew constituents. He is rejecting the deal with Obummers blessing because they figure the can easily pass it without him. This allows him to save face with his jewstituents and the motherland.
He's saying the German word for bad luck(?) Ungluck is similar to Urukhi or whatever the lord of the rings orks are called. edit: or that 'Die Juden sind Baskits Ungluck' sounds like 'the jews think Baskit's an Urukai'
