John Kerry: Iran policy is ‘not containment’
John Kerry: Iran policy is ‘not containment’ – Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper.
( Not “we will prevent,” rather “we will do what we can…” – JW )
During his confirmation hearing as Secretary of State in Washington D.C., Kerry said: We will do what we can to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
5 7Senator John Kerry the United States’ next Secretary of State at a Senate hearing held in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
John Kerry delivered a message to Iran during his confirmation hearing. “The President has made it definitive – we will do what we can to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. I repeat here today: our policy is not containment,” he said.
“I will work to give diplomacy every effort to succeed. But no one should mistake our resolve to reduce the nuclear threat,” continued Kerry.
During the hearing, Kerry was asked about his position regarding negotiations with Iran, regarding its nuclear program. He said that the United States wants the Iran to honor its international obligations.
“The president said he is ready to enter a bilateral dialogue…we all hope to make progress on the diplomatic front. I am saying this to the Iranians and I hope they are listening. It is not hard to prove that a nuclear program is for peaceful purposes – other countries have done this. It takes strict inspections and clear standards. The Iranians need to understand that there is no other agenda – if their program is for peaceful purposes they can prove it and this is what we are seeking.”
President Obama nominated Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state in December, calling the veteran U.S. senator the “perfect choice” for America’s top diplomat as he began reshaping his national security team for a second term.
Obama settled on Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, after the front-runner, UN Ambassador Susan Rice, withdrew from consideration last week.
Kerry, 69, will take over from Clinton, who has been consistently rated as the most popular member of the president’s Cabinet.
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WarSclerotic 
January 24, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Iran situation right now is like the butter melting in the sun. The most damage possible, the iranians are taking from themselves.
Bad interior politics, very bad extern politics and intern social tumult, are bringing Iran on the verge of a catastrophe.
January 25, 2013 at 2:04 PM
He is right. The goverment’s policy is not containment.
Their policy is attempted prevention by diplomatic means.
When that prevention fails, as it will most certainly, they have no policy of containment, meaning they will just shrug their shoulders and say “we’ve tryed to prevent them, but we can do nothing about it anymore”.
The next phase then will be that the media will play down the dangers of a nuclear armed Iran and eventially ignore the new reality as much as possible.
Judging by the coverup of the Benghazi scandal this strategy will work and ensure that the goverment’s stay in power is secured.
And their stay in power is all this goverment cares for.
National security and committment to the countries’ allies goes out the window.
January 25, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Who can forget this great John Kerry quote:
“I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.”
…or how about this memorable one:
“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”
…and how about this unforgettable (unforgivable) one about the military:
“You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
Welcome to our new Secretary of State folks!