"'What concerns us most is that our friends and enemies will take the same lessons from this agreement -- they see it as an act of provocative weakness on America's part,' Republican Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) and Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) said in a statement Saturday. 'We cannot imagine a worse signal to send to Iran as it continues its push for a nuclear weapon.'"
Aware of the criticism ahead, but clearly pleased with the Framework Agreement, Kerry's announcement in Geneva was forceful.
He also knows there are more storms ahead. And for this reason, it is appropriate that we close, on this day of stunning news, with James Weldon Johnson's hymn that calls on us to:
"Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us."
*The picture (above) of Kerry and Lavrov is by Reuters. It is from Ha'aretz.
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