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Tehran Tom Demands Iran Immediately ‘Disarm Nuclear Weapons,’ Which They Don’t Have
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/10/sen-tom-cotton-demands-iran-immediately-disarm-nuclear-weapons-which-they-dont-have-video/The author of the embarrassing “Letter to Iran” that was signed by 47 Republican Senators and quickly became a laughingstock the world over, says that Obama is wrong to deal with Iran until the country dismantles all of their nuclear weapons. That could be a problem because Iran doesn’t actually have any nuclear weapons to disarm.
While appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R) defended what many are calling a potentially illegal, possibly treasonous, definitely factually wrong letter meant for the leaders of Iran that had urged the foreign government to ignore any dealings with President Obama and suggested that Congress would kill any treaty they might agree upon sight unseen. Pressed to offer any kind of alternative short of war that would please Cotton and his ilk, the senator said that anything less than total “disarmament” of Iran’s nuclear program, including the dismantling of Iran’s “nuclear weapons” would be unacceptable....
Cotton must have been getting his information from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (he says as much in the interview) and not, say, U.S. intelligence or even common sense, because almost no one outside of Netanyahu’s own head believes Iran is anywhere near completing an actual nuclear weapon. But then again, Netanyahu has been predicting Iran is on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon for two decades. It may indeed be an ambition of the Iranian government to one day manufacture its own nuclear warheads, but there is no evidence to suggest that day is today.
Making Cotton’s proposal even more absurd is his reliance on the kind of hardline approach Republicans have enacted as U.S. policy for years – and Iran’s nuclear program (as measured in number of centrifuges) has only swelled. It’s clear that giving Iran the cold shoulder has not only not worked, but actually made things worse. Negotiating may require a bit of pride swallowing, but it cannot be less effective than the standing policy of isolation and sanctions because that policy has been an absolute trainwreck.
While appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R) defended what many are calling a potentially illegal, possibly treasonous, definitely factually wrong letter meant for the leaders of Iran that had urged the foreign government to ignore any dealings with President Obama and suggested that Congress would kill any treaty they might agree upon sight unseen. Pressed to offer any kind of alternative short of war that would please Cotton and his ilk, the senator said that anything less than total “disarmament” of Iran’s nuclear program, including the dismantling of Iran’s “nuclear weapons” would be unacceptable....
Cotton must have been getting his information from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (he says as much in the interview) and not, say, U.S. intelligence or even common sense, because almost no one outside of Netanyahu’s own head believes Iran is anywhere near completing an actual nuclear weapon. But then again, Netanyahu has been predicting Iran is on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon for two decades. It may indeed be an ambition of the Iranian government to one day manufacture its own nuclear warheads, but there is no evidence to suggest that day is today.
Making Cotton’s proposal even more absurd is his reliance on the kind of hardline approach Republicans have enacted as U.S. policy for years – and Iran’s nuclear program (as measured in number of centrifuges) has only swelled. It’s clear that giving Iran the cold shoulder has not only not worked, but actually made things worse. Negotiating may require a bit of pride swallowing, but it cannot be less effective than the standing policy of isolation and sanctions because that policy has been an absolute trainwreck.
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Until they do that they need to start dismantling
What was his degree in? Sleeping? 
That's supposed to be a secret! 
This one is truly dangerous. Thanks, Arkansas.
Cotton is a genius! 
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Tom Cotton should be the Poster Boy for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign '16....
The more you look at him, the more you find.
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