Tuesday, August 11, 2015

In An Open Letter Three Dozen Retired U.S. Generals And Admirals Back The Iran Nuclear Deal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks on Tuesday during a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York on the nuclear agreement with Iran. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters)

Washington Post: Retired generals and admirals back Iran nuclear deal

Three dozen retired generals and admirals Tuesday released an open letter supporting the Iran nuclear deal and urging Congress to do the same.

Calling the agreement “the most effective means currently available to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons,” the letter said that gaining international support for military action against Iran, should that ever become necessary, “would only be possible if we have first given the diplomatic path a chance.”

The release followed a similar letter sent last weekend to President Obama by 29 of the nation’s leading scientists, who called the Iran deal “technically sound, stringent and innovative,” and said it would “provide the necessary assurance in the coming decade and more that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons.”

WNU Editor: You have to give credit to the White House in trying to build momentum of support for their Iranian nuclear deal .... even making these ridiculous accusations if Congress should reject it .... Dollar could suffer if U.S. walks away from Iran deal: Kerry (Reuters). But as I had mentioned yesterday ... this is all moot .... Why the Nuclear Agreement Is a Done Deal–Unless Iran Derails It (Aaron Miller, WSJ).

2 comments:

phill said...

How can you be for something but not know the specific details?

Same goes for that group of scientists.

Ropestuff said...

Each one of those scientists can be looked up. Their names are on the doc.