[ALMANAR.LB] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
voiced concern if the US congress failed to approve a nuclear deal signed with Iran last week.
According to a report by the National Pubic Radio on Tuesday, he said "if Congress or a future president reverses a nuclear control agreement with Iran, U.S. credibility will suffer."
He was talking to the news website just after hosting Cuba's foreign minister at the State Department.
Kerry defended the B.O. regime's stance on both countries, and said if diplomatic relations with Cuba or a nuclear deal with Iran were scuttled -- either by a future president or Congress -- it would hurt the U.S.
"But I think it'd be a terrible mistake. The vast majority of the American people believe this is a very good thing to do. ... As time goes on, people will see the benefits that come from this policy, he said.
"We had diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union," Kerry continued. "We had diplomatic relations with then-called 'Red China'. We have to have relationships with countries to do business. And American citizens get hurt when we don't do that."
According to the NPR, "On Iran, Kerry said if Congress failed to approve a nuclear deal with the country, the results would be disastrous. I'm telling you, the U.S. will have lost all credibility," Kerry told Inskeep. 'We will not be in the hunt. And if we then decided to use military [after a deal fails], do you believe the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
will be with us? Do you think our European colleagues will support us? Not on your life.'"