The President Confronts Jewish Leaders with More Disingenuousness
As usual, we are asked to believe that only supporters of the Iran deal are rational.
August 31, 2015
As usual, we are asked to believe that only supporters of the Iran deal are rational.
On Friday, Barack Obama held a live webcast with a group of Jewish communal leaders. The purported aim was to assuage concerns about the deal with Iran, but Jonathan Tobin sees in the president’s remarks only more of the usual attacks on opponents, refusal to recognize opposing arguments, and “unmatched . . . ḥutzpah”:
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Login or SubscribeAs usual, we are asked to believe that only supporters of the Iran deal are rational.
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