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Yemen update 5\15\2015..long term global problems
Saudi Arabia fires rockets into Yemen in violation of 5 -day ceasefire
Saudi Arabia ready to add ground troops to Yemen’s bombing cocktail
Yemeni army vows to retaliate Saudi violation of ceasefire
Obama vows to stand by Gulf allies amid concern over Iran
Obama accuses Iran of destabilizing Middle East
‘US policy of supporting regimes like Saudi will create long term global problems’
Iranian aid vessel inching closer to Yemen
Iran’s deputy FM raps Riyadh for hindering aid deliveries
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41846.htm
The Summer of War or Peace With Iran
By Jamal Abdi and Trita Parsi
…If Congressional hawks were to succeed in blocking a deal that our negotiators had agreed to, it would not just set a devastating precedent for any future US diplomatic efforts, it would unravel nuclear constraints and international sanctions on Iran and put war on the front burner….
…nothing is certain — especially for a showdown vote that powerful interest groups like AIPAC have been preparing for over a decade, according to a former lobbyist from the organization . Furthermore, if the President is only able to protect a deal by veto, it could encourage opponents to cry foul and pursue additional efforts to block and undermine the deal. Unless the attempt to kill an agreement is soundly defeated this summer, there could be further efforts to re-litigate the deal in Congress, limit the President from implementing it, and pass new sanctions to kill the agreement.
The endgame is now fast approaching. Iran and the United States will likely convert their agreement in principle into a historic deal this summer. Then, Congress will take a critical vote to determine whether the U.S. continues down the path toward peace or marches down the road to war. If accepted, it can be the beginning of the end of more than three and a half decades of US-Iran enmity….
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/05/yemen-update-5152015long-term-global.html
