Not a surprise, but it would be nice for Tim Kaine to stop spreading the lie that Israeli officials have come to “love” the disastrous Iran nuke deal.
Via CNS News.
Weeks before the Iran nuclear deal was finalized last summer, a former U.S. ambassador reportedly told a senior Hillary Clinton campaign adviser he was struck by “the depth of antipathy and distrust of President Obama” he encountered among Israeli officials and former officials across the political spectrum, who viewed the president as “‘weak,’ ‘pro-Muslim,’ and ‘anti-Israel.’”
The observation is contained in one of a series of emails purported sent by Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat to Clinton campaign adviser Jake Sullivan, among a batch of leaked Clinton campaign-related emails released by Wikileaks late last week and early this week.
“I was struck in my week in Israel, not only among Israeli officials, but among my friends across the political spectrum (most are former officials) and apolitical relatives, at the depth of antipathy and distrust of President Obama, as ‘weak,’ ‘pro-Muslim,’ and ‘anti-Israel,’” says the email, dated June 28, 2015.
Many of the purported emails from Eizenstat to Sullivan contained advice on how Clinton should respond to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal with Iran, and the troubled Israel-U.S. relationship….
In the leak itself, Eizenstat said that “it seems to be part of the Russian intrusion into our election and in that sense it’s unfortunate.” He had “no way of knowing” whether the emails had been altered or tampered with.
Eizenstat’s views on the JCPOA, various emails show, included some of the criticisms raised by opponents of the deal in Israel and the United States, such as concerns that it “does not cover Iran’s ballistic missile program, which would not exist if Iran simply wanted a civilian nuclear program,” that Iran will be “unconstrained” after a 10-15 year expiration period, and that sanctions easing “will transfer billions to Iran and enhance its funding for terrorism and its efforts to gain hegemony in the region.”
His advice to Clinton, via Sullivan, was that she endorse the agreement negotiated by her successor, Secretary of State John Kerry – but not too enthusiastically, and that in doing so, she take a tougher stance than the Obama administration.
“Hillary cannot oppose the [Iran] agreement given her position as the President’s Secretary of State …” said a June 22, 2015 email addressed to Sullivan.
“But she can and should point out concerns with it,” it said. “More broadly, she should appear more muscular [in] her approach than the President’s.”….
“In other words, one major flaw in the emerging agreement is that Iran would be free of constraints after the period. She should take the position that unless Iran radically changes its posture over this period of time, the U.S. should never allow Iran to become a nuclear weapons state, as North Korea is now,” it continued.
“This position would be supportive of the Obama Administration’s efforts, but would signal a tougher position on what a post-agreement world should look like.”….
Why Israel fears Obama’s last days
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