GOP warns Iran about making a deal with Obama -

[Newt]

US allies fear Obama admin leaking information to Iran
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/03/27/n ... on-to-iran

Just how badly has Barack Obama and his administration damaged relations with our allies in the Middle East? NBC’s Richard Engel reports that the Sunni nations in the region have begun to fear that the Obama administration leaks intel to Iran as part of its efforts at rapprochement with the mullahs, which is why the US got blindsided by the Saudi-led coalition’s operations in Yemen. The White House’s “incoherence” in policy, Engel reports, has most of them losing confidence in American leadership, according to Engel’s contacts (via Free Beacon):

ENGEL (1:58): I know several people in the US military who were taken by surprise by this [action in Yemen]. Senior officials who would have been expected to know that there was going to be an operation in Yemen, they didn’t. They were finding out about it almost in real time.

And they believe, and some US members of Congress believe, that the reason Saudi Arabia and other states didn’t tell the US that it was going to launch this war against Shi’ite backed, or Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen, is because Saudi Arabia and other countries simply don’t trust the United States anymore, don’t trust this administration — think the administration is working to befriend Iran to try and make a deal in Switzerland, and therefore didn’t think that the intelligence frankly would be secure.

I think that is a situation that is quite troubling for US foreign policy, where traditional allies — like Saudi Arabia, like Egypt, like the United Arab Emirates — don’t know if the US is reliable at this stage to hold onto this information when it comes to Iran.

Initially, this looked like material for an update on my earlier post regarding the Saudi-GCC coalition and its decision to work around Obama, but it deserves its own thread for a couple of reasons. First, Engel reported this for NBC, and on MSNBC, the “Lean Forward” cable channel that usually acts as a clearinghouse for Barack Obama apologists (and the occasional slam on Middle America). Engel’s not among the apologists; he’s a first-class foreign correspondent whose reports follow no partisan agenda, and whose sources have usually provided him with highly accurate reporting.

More importantly, Engel’s report advances this to an allegation of betrayal, not just incompetence. Clearly, Saudi Arabia has little confidence left in the Obama administration; that much is evident from their actions to cut the US out of the loop on this coalition. Engel’s report strongly suggests that it’s not just incompetence that has the Saudis and other US allies rattled, but a suspicion that they’re being purposefully sold out by Obama to get a deal with Iran that will unleash their ambitions to dominate the region.

Yesterday, I wrote about this very point in my column for The Fiscal Times:

It has become abundantly clear that Obama wants a deal for the sake of claiming a foreign policy achievement, no matter what the cost, and no matter what it does to our allies, especially Israel. The situation is reminiscent of another confrontation between Western powers and an extremist dictatorship that professed its own destiny to rule the world, and where the dictator even wrote out his plans for world domination and practically begged everyone to read them.

In both cases, Western leaders told themselves that the extremist rhetoric was only intended for domestic consumption. Also in both cases, they treated with contempt their allies whose very existence was threatened by the new hegemon, who kept breaking international agreements and stalling negotiations until the West appeased them by betraying those same allies — even locking their democratic allies out of the negotiations.

At least Neville Chamberlain learned his lesson after Munich, albeit far too late for the Czechoslovakians, Eastern Europe, and millions of Jews. Obama and Kerry seem determined to repeat those same mistakes. That can be described many ways, but smart power isn’t one of them.

That argument pertained specifically to Obama’s treatment of Israel in his pursuit of a deal with Iran. Israel’s not the only country in the region feeling the knife nearing the back."

They must be feeling like the middle class of America. Who is representing us?

[Pine Mt Beagles]

Like you guy's keep saying your party is destroying this country ,,because well like you guy's ,,support anything that hurts this country.


The President... shall have Power, by ,and ,with the Advice and Consent ,,of the Senate, to make Treaties, ,provided two thirds of the Senators present concurs ARTICLE II, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 2

This is correct. The Senate should debate and come up with a resolution AS THE ENTIRE SENATE BODY to
advise and consent to or vote against any TREATY the PRESIDENT MAKES,,But under no circumstances do they have a right to tell An a Enemy of America to Ignore the Elected President.,,,it is ,,Treason.and Would come very close T Actual Mutany.

Second, a few republican TRAITORS to the Constitution should NOT in and of itself, contact an enemy of the United
States, in a propaganda ploy, and UNDERMINE the President, a separate branch of government who as PRESIDENT, also
has the power to make treaties and must not be UNDERMINED BY hateful, racist republicans.

The Republican Party, has Proven itself, to be Lead By ,TRAITORS ,You can Kick Out these Traitors ,,,,OR WEAR THE T,,,,ON YOUR FORHEAD,,LIKE MOST REPUBLICANS ALREADY DO.
I KNOW MANY GOOD REPUBLICAN,S GOOD MEN AND WOMEN ,,WHO JUST WILL NOT TAKE THE TIME TO READ A LITTLE DO SOME RESEARCH. IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE,,,When you are Kennel Blind it only hurts yourself and some Hounds, BLINDLY FOLLOWING EVIL ,WILL DESTROY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
PLEASE ,PLEASE,READ ,FOR YOUR SELF,,BELIEVE NOTHING ,,YOU HEAR,,,,BUT IN THE END I THINK EVERY MAN OR WOMEN SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR HEART.

THAT IS WHY, I ,CANNOT VOTE ,OR ,PARTICIPATE,,IN AMERICAS ELECTIONS ANYMORE ,,MY BELIEF IN GOD WANT LET ME,I STILL HAVE BEEN CHARGED ,WITH EXPOSING THE WORST EVIL ,TO HAVE EVER INHABITED THIS PLANET , TO AS MANY AS WILL LISTEN,,,THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A WORSE EVIL OR ,THREAT TO MAN KIND THAN WHAT REPUBLICANS ,POSE AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY.
GOD BLESS
AND PLEASE EDUCATE YOUR SELF.

[bluemouse]

Twisted lies by a clown once again. Explain clown what is your hero's motive for getting in bed with the worst terrorist in the world. Educate your self clown and you will come to understand obabblers motive its about him not the world. Really pinemooch your belief in God allows you to support abortion, hate and racism all in the the same day, its your liberal idiots that continue to attack people that truly worship God on daily basis and you continue to throw this out there and think nobody see's through it. One thing for sure clown you use the liberal playbook and take no responsiblilty for truth.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

You are A Republican

Nothing more than,A Traitor
A Terrorist
A Bigot
An Evil Creature,With Morals.incapable of rational thought.

You Have destroyed your self and your Family .

[Rabbithoundjb]

PMB you are one sad fellow. The truth is staring not only you but all of us in the face and yet you continue to babble the same lies, nonsense and leftist propaganda. I am glad that you are not going to vote, that's one less fact dodging leftist at the polls.

[bluemouse]

Good luck with that thought JB, he will vote for a raise I am sure.