Obama/Kerry‘s triumph with this peace deal

[applegrove]

with Iran on nukes proves once again how great the administration can be when they are unmolested by the GOP in the foreign policy arena. It should be that way everywhere.

[NBachers]

1. Republicans, as usual, are on the wrong side of history. They're on a hellbound train to extinction.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Iran, six world powers clinch breakthrough nuclear deal.

(Reuters) - Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough deal early on Sunday to curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief, in what could be the first sign of an emerging rapprochement between the Islamic state and the West.

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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who has been coordinating talks with Iran on behalf of the major powers, said it created time and space for talks aimed at reaching a comprehensive solution to the dispute.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/24/uk-iran-nuclear-idUKBRE9AI0TU20131124

I think you may find that its actually Catherine Ashton who is getting the credit for this.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. She's done well; I'll admit to being sceptical about her appointment in the EU

She seemed to have been a civil service administrator who rose without trace, and got the foreign policy post because no-one wanted any well-known politician to do it. But she's done well at negotiations - Serbia and Kosovo as well as this:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/24/iran-nuclear-talks-lady-ashton-geneva-triumph

This is a good result, for an ex-treasurer of CND - which was why UKIP and some Tories said she should have never got the EU job.

[Hekate]

3. KnR

[UTUSN]

5. R#16 & K n/t