Kerry: UN first, US later

Captain Craptek
The People’s Cube
7/19/2015

Secretary of State John Kerry defended the Obama administration’s decision to take the Iran deal to the United Nations before the U.S. Congress votes on it. Kerry made the remarks in an interview this morning on ABC News:

The ABC reporter, Jon Karl, asked, “But the bottom line, the UN is going to vote on this before Congress gets to vote on this?”

“Well, they have a right to do that, honestly. It is presumptuous of some people to say that France, Russia, China, Germany, Britain ought to do what the Congress tells them to do,” said Kerry. “They have a right to have a vote. But we prevailed on them to delay the implementation of that vote out of respect of our Congress.”

But among journalists, news departments and government officials a debate over exactly what Kerry said this morning rages. Many insiders believe the video has been edited and that the actual remark was:

“Well, they have a right to do that, honestly. It is presumptuous of some people to say that the Congress ought to do what France, Russia, China, Germany, Britain tells them to do,” said Kerry. “They have a right to have a vote. But we prevailed on them to delay the implementation of that vote out of respect for France, Russia, China, Germany, and Britain.”

Others ignore the issue altogether, preferring to get drunk and go back to bed.

Watch the video at The People’s Cube.

Related:  Kerry: It Would Be ‘Presumptuous’ to Go to Congress Before Going to UN  (video)

Secretary of State John Kerry defended the Obama administration’s decision to take the Iran deal to the United Nations before the U.S. Congress votes on it…