Senator says of Iran: “They already control Tehran”
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@DEAD7 any comment on your hero Rand sending a letter to Iran? Does this cement his understanding of the constitution and foreign policy for you?
Slightly misleading.
Tom Cotton never "sent" the letter anywhere. It was an open letter. Meaning it was posted on his website and social media accounts.
It's also not unprecedented.
That being said, fanning war-flames is bad as a matter of like, general humanity. I would much rather Iran be America's go-to ally than Saudi Arabia.
Futuristic Eskimo
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Political theater.He's still the one who wrote this... which is patently false.
88m3
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Snowden, Wikileaks, and crew didn't publish classified material they just put it on the internet where anyone could access it.
I'm pretty positive congress openly saying we'll attempt to block any peace effort, turnover anything our government does is. We're dealing with nuclear proliferation, it's not like it's about trade agreements or something that effects no one.
Pointless semantics
In diplomacy, semantics actually matter. Posting an open letter on social media is a little different then sending it as a formal document of state, or nailing it to the door of some Iranian diplomat.
That politicians should know shyt like this and actually have an active interest in geopolitics let alone geography.
Didn't think I had to spell that out
88m3
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It's addressed to the Iranian Government specifically and signed by current American senators.
And?
Credible diplomatic communications don't happen via open letters on social media, no matter who the open letter is nominally addressed to. Even the Iranian Government basically said, "This is a political stunt and we don't take it seriously."
So I mean . . .
88m3
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Iran controls Tehran.
Yeah, that was a bad slip. Harvard education.
Doesn't matter. The Iranians (who aren't stupid, just religious and motivated) felt offended enough to reply.
This shyt isn't insignificant.
His job is to tell someone what to d who's gonna tell someone up to do.Sure didn't....
It could be as simple as.
Go deal with those rag heads over there and make sure they are more cooperative with American interests and some cac says yes sir.
Hey have experts to know that kinda shyt