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09-22-2017, 11:37 AM
Ex-Dem Senator: On Iran, Change From Previous Administration Is ‘Night to Day’
(CNSNews.com) – Former Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman told a “Free Iran” rally in New York this week that while he doesn’t always see eye to eye with President Trump, “when it comes to Iran, the change from the last administration to this one is a change from night to day, from darkness to sunlight, from illusion to reality and realism.”
Addressing Iranian-Americans and others protesting against President Hasan Rouhani’s presence at the nearby United Nations headquarters Wednesday, Lieberman said Trump has made that clear throughout his eight-month presidency, but never more so than in his “extraordinary” speech to the world body earlier this week.
He said the Obama administration “felt that if it signed that [2015] nuclear agreement with Iran, Iran would change, become more moderate.”
“And the fact is, in the years and almost two years since the agreement was implemented, nothing about the atrocious, aggressive, extremist behavior of Iran has changed. President Trump sees that and speaks to it.”
Lieberman drew attention in particular to one statement in Trump’s speech, directed at the Iranian people.
The president said, “Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice. Will they continue down the path of poverty, bloodshed, and terror? Or will the Iranian people return to the nation’s proud roots as a center of civilization, culture, and wealth, where their people can be happy and prosperous once again?”
Lieberman said the Iranian people are already demonstrating that they have had enough of the regime, pointing to reports of an estimated 11,000 acts of anti-regime protest across the country over the past year.
He expressed the hope that Trump will start supporting Iranian opposition groups, much as the U.S. “did during the dark years for the people of Eastern and Central Europe, who had to live under the tyranny of the communists."
Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ex-dem-senator-iran-change-previous-administration-night-day
(CNSNews.com) – Former Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman told a “Free Iran” rally in New York this week that while he doesn’t always see eye to eye with President Trump, “when it comes to Iran, the change from the last administration to this one is a change from night to day, from darkness to sunlight, from illusion to reality and realism.”
Addressing Iranian-Americans and others protesting against President Hasan Rouhani’s presence at the nearby United Nations headquarters Wednesday, Lieberman said Trump has made that clear throughout his eight-month presidency, but never more so than in his “extraordinary” speech to the world body earlier this week.
He said the Obama administration “felt that if it signed that [2015] nuclear agreement with Iran, Iran would change, become more moderate.”
“And the fact is, in the years and almost two years since the agreement was implemented, nothing about the atrocious, aggressive, extremist behavior of Iran has changed. President Trump sees that and speaks to it.”
Lieberman drew attention in particular to one statement in Trump’s speech, directed at the Iranian people.
The president said, “Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice. Will they continue down the path of poverty, bloodshed, and terror? Or will the Iranian people return to the nation’s proud roots as a center of civilization, culture, and wealth, where their people can be happy and prosperous once again?”
Lieberman said the Iranian people are already demonstrating that they have had enough of the regime, pointing to reports of an estimated 11,000 acts of anti-regime protest across the country over the past year.
He expressed the hope that Trump will start supporting Iranian opposition groups, much as the U.S. “did during the dark years for the people of Eastern and Central Europe, who had to live under the tyranny of the communists."
Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ex-dem-senator-iran-change-previous-administration-night-day