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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2015, 03:43 PM Apr 2015

U.S. Senator And Iran Foreign Minister Face Off On Twitter

Source: Reuters

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Amid heated debate over Iran policy in the U.S. Senate, one of the leading congressional critics of the international negotiations with Tehran squared off with the country's foreign minister on Twitter.

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton used the social media service to challenge Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to come to Washington for a debate on Iran's "record of tyranny, treachery and terror" after Zarif mentioned Cotton in remarks at New York Univesity on Wednesday.

Zarif said sanctions would be lifted if there is an international agreement on Iran's nuclear program "whether Sen. Cotton likes it or not."

Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, also upped the ante with a jab at the Iranian, saying that Zarif "hid" in the United States during his country's war with Iraq in the 1980s.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3063126/U-S-senator-Iran-foreign-minister-face-Twitter.html

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U.S. Senator And Iran Foreign Minister Face Off On Twitter (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2015 OP

The war machine only knows stupid. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #1

What an asshole. And an idiot. Thanks, Arkansas. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #2

Conducting foreign policy again? And he's just not very good at it either! Elmer S. E. Dump Apr 2015 #3

Twit benld74 Apr 2015 #4

Zarif comes across as a mature statesman interested in solutions Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #5

I assume that Zarif knows enough about the US to know that Cotton is a very junior Senator karynnj Apr 2015 #6

Here's one of tommy cotton's boys: El Shaman Apr 2015 #7

What an embarassment... renegade000 Apr 2015 #8

Wow. Cotton is really immature and dumb. Hopefully he doesn't get us into a war. EEO Apr 2015 #9

Cotton is a national disgrace ellie Apr 2015 #10

Ten Horrifying Facts About Tom Cotton red dog 1 Apr 2015 #11

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

1. The war machine only knows stupid.

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:06 PM

Apr 2015

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

2. What an asshole. And an idiot. Thanks, Arkansas.

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:08 PM

Apr 2015

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)

3. Conducting foreign policy again? And he's just not very good at it either!

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:12 PM

Apr 2015

benld74

(9,911 posts)

4. Twit

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:29 PM

Apr 2015

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

5. Zarif comes across as a mature statesman interested in solutions

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:33 PM

Apr 2015

Tom Cotton comes across as little boy hell-bent on breaking things and throwing tantrums.

What a fucking embarrassment.

karynnj

(59,507 posts)

6. I assume that Zarif knows enough about the US to know that Cotton is a very junior Senator

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:35 PM

Apr 2015

who is rapidly proving himself to be as bad as Ted Cruz.

It is idiotic to say that he "hid" in the US during the war with Iraq. He was a junior diplomat at the UN. In fact, from wikipedia - he helped the US with hostages captured in Lebanon --- which means he helped Reagan!

Zarif was appointed a member of the Iranian delegation to the United Nations in May 1982—largely due to his English-speaking ability and relationships in America, rather than formal diplomatic training.[5] As a junior diplomat Zarif was involved in negotiations to win the release of U.S. hostages held by pro-Iranian gunmen in Lebanon, according to the memoirs of former United Nations envoy Giandomenico Picco. Even though the United States did not make a promised reciprocal goodwill gesture at the time, Zarif remained committed to improving ties.[10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif

Why is this lunatic sending tweets to foreign diplomats?

El Shaman

(583 posts)

7. Here's one of tommy cotton's boys:

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 04:37 PM

Apr 2015

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrTcdzXkUJVZSgAlR4nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?p=donald+rumsfeld+bowing+to+saddam&tnr=21&vid=9DD24BC7A380CA4454599DD24BC7A380CA445459&l=142&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.VXEsXRkzXVfocwZZjZ%252bybQ%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=121c76r0k&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIXWdBi6fw_k&sigr=11blml5um&tt=b&tit=When+Rumsfeld+met+Saddam+-+CNN+-+Sept.+12%2C+2002&sigt=11fu2ha5m&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Ddonald%2Brumsfelt%2Bbowing%2Bto%2Bsaddam%26hsimp%3Dyhs-002%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-002%26ei%3DUTF-8&sigb=13vdr34e5&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002

renegade000

(2,301 posts)

8. What an embarassment...

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 05:06 PM

Apr 2015

I'm sure the irony is lost on Cotton that Zarif "hid" in the US during the war that Iraq started with the tacit support of the US. Record of treachery indeed...

EEO

(1,620 posts)

9. Wow. Cotton is really immature and dumb. Hopefully he doesn't get us into a war.

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 05:25 PM

Apr 2015

Because that seems to be his aim.

ellie

(6,929 posts)

10. Cotton is a national disgrace

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 05:25 PM

Apr 2015

Stupid and proud of it.

red dog 1

(27,876 posts)

11. Ten Horrifying Facts About Tom Cotton

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 05:44 PM

Apr 2015

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-horrifying-facts-about-gop-senator-tom-cotton

He penned the GOP's letter to the leaders of Iran which undermined Obama's negotiations with Iran regarding nuclear weapons.
He & the other 46 Republicans who signed that letter should be prosecuted under the Logan Act.

He also said the only problem he has with Gitmo is that "there are too many empty beds."

Heather Digby Parton from Salon called him:
"Ted Cruz with a war record"
"Sarah Palin with a Harvard degree"
"Chris Christie with a Southern accent."

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