Obama secures veto override block on Iran deal

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pcgeek11

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You are either ignorant of Israel's open secret of a nuclear arsenal or are conveniently ignoring them....

That statement also presupposes that Iran is run by a bunch of irrational wackos who would willingly accept a retaliation upon their civilian population in order to nuke Israel... their willingness to negotiate with other countries over their nuclear capabilities seems to contradict that...

Now, about the rhetoric from some politicians and commentators? Well "irrationally wacko" seems to apply.


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I haven't seen Israel calling for the complete destruction of a country. Have you?

Have you seen Iran calling for the complete destruction of a country? I have, numerous times.
 

michal1980

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You are either ignorant of Israel's open secret of a nuclear arsenal or are conveniently ignoring them....

That statement also presupposes that Iran is run by a bunch of irrational wackos who would willingly accept a retaliation upon their civilian population in order to nuke Israel... their willingness to negotiate with other countries over their nuclear capabilities seems to contradict that...

Now, about the rhetoric from some politicians and commentators? Well "irrationally wacko" seems to apply.


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The left keeps saying that if/when Iran uses the nuke their will be retaliation. But really?

Given that Iran will have long range nuclear capacity, even if Iran directly nukes Isreal who on the left would support hitting them back?

The same points they use now against action towards Iran you lefty's will bring back up.

Things like, we should stay out of the middle east, Israel was bad, Israel had nukes so they deserved it. If we nuke them, they'll use more nukes.

Russia and China would continue to support them no matter what, and a country will be wiped off the map.


But the left really wants that? They hate having a balance of power titled in favor of US interests, so what if it a few million people die as long as the USA is weaker, its all good in your lefty minds.


If Iran was rational, then they wouldn't make statements like Israel will be wiped from the face of the planet. Theyd be saying how there will be new peace in the region, how this treaty insures that.

But that's not what Iran is saying is it?
 

Jhhnn

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The left keeps saying that if/when Iran uses the nuke their will be retaliation. But really?

Given that Iran will have long range nuclear capacity, even if Iran directly nukes Isreal who on the left would support hitting them back?

The same points they use now against action towards Iran you lefty's will bring back up.

Things like, we should stay out of the middle east, Israel was bad, Israel had nukes so they deserved it. If we nuke them, they'll use more nukes.

Russia and China would continue to support them no matter what, and a country will be wiped off the map.


But the left really wants that? They hate having a balance of power titled in favor of US interests, so what if it a few million people die as long as the USA is weaker, its all good in your lefty minds.


If Iran was rational, then they wouldn't make statements like Israel will be wiped from the face of the planet. Theyd be saying how there will be new peace in the region, how this treaty insures that.

But that's not what Iran is saying is it?

You are extremely well propagandized. Israel obviously has their own nuclear weapons & can deliver them via airplanes, missiles & submarines. That fact reduces your argument to rubbish.

Attacking Israel with nuclear weapons would also destroy the Pals as well, a fact not lost on anybody other than raving Zionist fools.
 

Moonbeam

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Poor CBDs and their fear fear fear. Iran is going to use nukes. The reason CBDs fear Iran is that they project onto Iran their own inner condition of hate and lust for violence. How can you trust others when you are feel worthless and evil yourself? The thief always fears being robbed, the murder that he will be killed, and the CBD that the other is also a CBD.
 

michal1980

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You are extremely well propagandized. Israel obviously has their own nuclear weapons & can deliver them via airplanes, missiles & submarines. That fact reduces your argument to rubbish.

Attacking Israel with nuclear weapons would also destroy the Pals as well, a fact not lost on anybody other than raving Zionist fools.

You keep siding with people that threaten to eliminate a nation because of their religion, and your calling me a raving fool?

You and your side gave them the go ahead to build nuclear weapons, and your calling me a raving fool?


Oh wait, Obama said it would be OK, and you as a member of his church you have true faith in him.
 
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Monk5127

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If Iran was rational, then they wouldn't make statements like Israel will be wiped from the face of the planet.

Citation needed.

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Specifically citation needed of threats of military action against Israel directly.
 
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fskimospy

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The left keeps saying that if/when Iran uses the nuke their will be retaliation. But really?

Given that Iran will have long range nuclear capacity, even if Iran directly nukes Isreal who on the left would support hitting them back?

The same points they use now against action towards Iran you lefty's will bring back up.

Things like, we should stay out of the middle east, Israel was bad, Israel had nukes so they deserved it. If we nuke them, they'll use more nukes.

Russia and China would continue to support them no matter what, and a country will be wiped off the map.


But the left really wants that? They hate having a balance of power titled in favor of US interests, so what if it a few million people die as long as the USA is weaker, its all good in your lefty minds.


If Iran was rational, then they wouldn't make statements like Israel will be wiped from the face of the planet. Theyd be saying how there will be new peace in the region, how this treaty insures that.

But that's not what Iran is saying is it?

Wait, your argument is that if Iran were rational they wouldn't say mean things about their enemies?

That's some deep strategic thinking there.
 

michal1980

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Wait, your argument is that if Iran were rational they wouldn't say mean things about their enemies?

That's some deep strategic thinking there.

What proof do you have of their rationality?

Is going on twitter saying “I am telling you, first, you will not be around in 25 years’ time, and God willing, there will be no Zionist regime in 25 years. Second, during this period, the spirit of fighting, heroism and jihad will keep you worried every moment"

proof that Iran is rational?



Oh wait, I'm guessing you like always know like 400 Iranian leaders and they are all the most rational people in the world.
 

fskimospy

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What proof do you have of their rationality?

Is going on twitter saying “I am telling you, first, you will not be around in 25 years’ time, and God willing, there will be no Zionist regime in 25 years. Second, during this period, the spirit of fighting, heroism and jihad will keep you worried every moment"

proof that Iran is rational?



Oh wait, I'm guessing you like always know like 400 Iranian leaders and they are all the most rational people in the world.

So now your argument is 'they aren't rational because their twitter account said something mean', combined with an attempt to shift the burden of proof.

If Iran's leadership is irrational it should be easy for you to show plenty of policies it has pursued that are irrational. What are these policies? So far we have the policy of saying mean things sometimes. What else?
 

K1052

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Senate Democrats banded together and blocked a resolution disapproving the landmark nuclear agreement between the U.S., Iran and five other nations on Thursday, and in doing so handed President Obama a major foreign policy victory.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/10/439294083/vote-to-down-iran-nuclear-deal-fails-senate-democrats-hand-victory-to-obama

The way that Obama and the party leadership got together in a full court press to get not only block the veto override but even block the rejection vote is pretty remarkable.
 

michal1980

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So now your argument is 'they aren't rational because their twitter account said something mean', combined with an attempt to shift the burden of proof.

If Iran's leadership is irrational it should be easy for you to show plenty of policies it has pursued that are irrational. What are these policies? So far we have the policy of saying mean things sometimes. What else?

what do you have to support giving them a nuclear weapon?

Faith?

For years they said they weren't working on nukes, until this deal comes along that Obama so badly wants to happen, and now we know they have been working on nukes.

If your take says its rational they were working on them, then why is it irrational to say the will use them?

One of there goals is to get rid of Israel, which they have worked against by funding groups attacking the nation. Now the 'great' Satan has allowed it to have both nuclear weapons and reopened billions of dollars which the the country will use to re-arm itself and others.

If a country has for years said it would destroy another, and for years worked to destroy that country, and now has the same capacity for destruction as the country it wants to destroy, what makes you think it wont destroy them?

Until now Israel had the trump card with nuclear weapons. A little while from now they wont. If you think that wont change the game for worse, for that country you are a fool.

Even Obama thinks so, which is why he wants to give Israel billions in weapons.
If as you claim Iran is rational and peaceful, and this deal will make them more peaceful, then why do we have to give our 'ally' more weapons?
 

hal2kilo

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Moonbeam

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what do you have to support giving them a nuclear weapon?

Faith?

For years they said they weren't working on nukes, until this deal comes along that Obama so badly wants to happen, and now we know they have been working on nukes.

If your take says its rational they were working on them, then why is it irrational to say the will use them?

One of there goals is to get rid of Israel, which they have worked against by funding groups attacking the nation. Now the 'great' Satan has allowed it to have both nuclear weapons and reopened billions of dollars which the the country will use to re-arm itself and others.

If a country has for years said it would destroy another, and for years worked to destroy that country, and now has the same capacity for destruction as the country it wants to destroy, what makes you think it wont destroy them?

Until now Israel had the trump card with nuclear weapons. A little while from now they wont. If you think that wont change the game for worse, for that country you are a fool.

Even Obama thinks so, which is why he wants to give Israel billions in weapons.
If as you claim Iran is rational and peaceful, and this deal will make them more peaceful, then why do we have to give our 'ally' more weapons?

Obama is a closet NRA member.
 

Jhhnn

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So now your argument is 'they aren't rational because their twitter account said something mean', combined with an attempt to shift the burden of proof.

If Iran's leadership is irrational it should be easy for you to show plenty of policies it has pursued that are irrational. What are these policies? So far we have the policy of saying mean things sometimes. What else?

The facts speak for themselves. Irrational leadership could not have wrung major concessions out of the world's only superpower.

They built a strong hand & they played it well, raised the bet with their nuclear program & forced us to abandon our long standing policy of isolation & trade restrictions that stymied development for decades. That's been the whole point all along.

It's not like we lost anything other than our delusions that such policy would ever work the way we wanted. Or we could drag it out for another 20 years like we have with Cuba so that right wing ravers & their own hardliners can keep one of their many fear mongering podiums.
 

trenchfoot

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And they thought it was lame duck time for Obama.

He's getting his second wind and kicking ass!

Payback for over six years of complete and sworn-on-the-bible blockage of anything and everything Obama and the Dems tried/are trying to get done.

The Repub's well-publicized clarion call for resistance against anything that Obama tried to accomplish simply makes Obama's successes even more impressive than they would have been and makes the Repubs, and especially their Congressional leadership look weak, non-sensical and feckless from a historical perspective. It also points a finger directly at the Tea Party for their failures against Obama's efforts.

I wonder if they ever thought about that before they launched their vaunted war of attrition against Obama.
 
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hal2kilo

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Payback for over six years of complete and sworn-on-the-bible blockage of anything and everything Obama and the Dems tried/are trying to get done.

The Repub's well-publicized clarion call for resistance against anything that Obama tried to accomplish simply makes Obama's successes even more impressive than they would have been and makes the Repubs, and especially their Congressional leadership look weak, non-sensical and feckless from a historical perspective. It also points a finger directly at the Tea Party for their failures against Obama's efforts.

I wonder if they ever thought about that before they launched their vaunted war of attrition against Obama.

It's awesome. Even Boehner could be on his way out. http://conservative-daily.com/2015/08/15/john-boehners-days-are-numbered/

It will be great if the conservatives get their way, congress will go into complete gridlock, and once again the voting public will see that that wing of the party has no clue about how to govern.
 
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trenchfoot

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It's awesome. Even Boehner could be on his way out. http://conservative-daily.com/2015/08/15/john-boehners-days-are-numbered/

It will be great if the conservatives get their way, congress will go into complete gridlock, and once again the voting public will see that that wing of the party has no clue about how to govern.

Boehner and McConnell leading their charges in their respective houses remind of that old adage "the unqualified commanding the unwilling to do the unnecessary". ;)
 

IGBT

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Key element of your obama's terribly flawed nuke deal just went belly up.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/12/us-iran-nuclear-uranium-idUSKCN0RC0A020150912


Import restrictions of you obama deal are now meaningless.

Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday.

The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the country had a low supply and sooner or later would need to import uranium, the raw material needed for its nuclear program.
 

Jhhnn

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Key element of your obama's terribly flawed nuke deal just went belly up.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/12/us-iran-nuclear-uranium-idUSKCN0RC0A020150912


Import restrictions of you obama deal are now meaningless.

Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday.

The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the country had a low supply and sooner or later would need to import uranium, the raw material needed for its nuclear program.

So lame. Iran has the right to mine & sell as much natural uranium as they want. They retain the right to enrich limited amounts to maintain specified stockpiles of <4% LEU as reactor fuel.

In no way is this discovery a breach of the agreement.
 

OutHouse

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Citation needed.

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Specifically citation needed of threats of military action against Israel directly.

lol WTF? Khamenei has been calling for Israel’s destruction for many years, or have you not been paying attention. a simple google search will show you this.
 

Jhhnn

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lol WTF? Khamenei has been calling for Israel’s destruction for many years, or have you not been paying attention. a simple google search will show you this.

While the US & Israel have supported "regime change" in Iran since 1978.

From a practical perspective, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.