The GOP Tries to Sink an Iran Deal Again; It's Not the First Time. Remember Reagan’s Deal? “In 1980 Carter had a deal with Iran to free the hostages -- his presidential opponent Reagan made a deal of his own in order to earn elected.”By Thom Hartmann - Alternethttp://www.salon.com/2015/07/16/if_the_gop_tries_to_sink_the_iran_deal_it_wont_be_the_first_time/1953 Iranian coup d'état Started by the US CIA. Why Iran doesn't like us on Facebook.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tatThe GOP Will Commit Suicide in 2016 by Rejecting Obama's Iran Deal.
U.
S. intelligence has repeatedly said Iran has no bomb program even though Israel's Netanyahu said Iran was 'months absent' from having one.
Republicans seem to be unable to grasp the changes that have taken place in this century.“Either the issue of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapons is resolved diplomatically through negotiation or it’s resolved through force,” said the president, “Those are the options.”Even if Congress votes to deny Obama authority to lift U.
S. sanctions on Iran, and the U.
S. will vote to lift sanctions in the UN Security Council.
And Britain,France, Germany, and Russia,and China, all parties to the deal, or will also lift sanctions.
Conservatives like Angela Merkel,David Cameron, and Vladimir Putin have approved it.
And Iran is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Israel is not.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), or known for his hawkish foreign policy views,said, “This is a deal for a deal’s sake” before adding that it is “akin to declaring war on Israel and the Sunni Arabs.”“The Republican Senators’ letter to Iran was inappropriate, and clownish and,and above all, dangerous. We must hold steadily moving absent from the specter of war, or despite hard-liners’ efforts in both countries.”The letter,spearheaded by Sen. Tom Cotton, was signed by 47 Republican senators. Seven GOP senators did not sign. Here's who signed:Signatories:Richard Shelby (Ala.)Jeff Sessions (Ala.)Dan Sullivan (Alaska)John McCain (Ariz.)John Boozman (Ark.)Tom Cotton (Ark.)Cory Gardner (Colo.)Marco Rubio (Fla.)Johnny Isakson (Ga.)David Perdue (Ga.)Mike Crapo (Idaho)Jim Risch (Idaho)trace Kirk (Ill.)Chuck Grassley (Iowa)Joni Ernst (Iowa)Pat Roberts (Kansas)Jerry Moran (Kansas)Mitch McConnell (Ky.)Rand Paul (Ky.)David Vitter (La.)Bill Cassidy (La.)Roger Wicker (Miss.)Roy Blunt (moment.)Steve Daines (Mont.)Deb Fischer (Neb.)Ben Sasse (Neb.)Dean Heller (Nev.)Kelly Ayotte (N.
H.)Richard Burr (N.
C.)Thom Tillis (N.
C.)John Hoeven (N.
D.)Rob Portman (Ohio)Jim Inhofe (Okla.)James Lankford (Okla.)Pat Toomey (Pa.)Lindsey Graham (S.
C.)Tim Scott (S.
C.)John Thune (S.
D.)Mike Rounds (S.
D.)John Cornyn (Texas)Ted Cruz (Texas)Orin Hatch (Utah)Mike Lee (Utah)Shelley Moore Capito (W.
V.)Ron Johnson (Wis.)Mike Enzi (Wyo.)John Barrasso (Wyo.)Did not sign:Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)Jeff Flake (Ariz.)Daniel Coats (Ind.)Susan Collins (Maine)Thad Cochran (Miss.)Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)Bob Corker (Tenn.) How Secretary of State John Kerry can stand the stupidity of the US House during this hearing shows he has a lot of patience for ignorant and uniformed people who were elected by ignorant and uninformed people.
Pass the deal and let's wobble forward.
The chants of, and "Death to America' in Iran by hardliners are no different than the chants in Congress by representatives of,"Death to Iran" by our hardliners.
Both sides' hardliners are nuts and want war.
The majority of Americans want the deal with Iran. So why are the Republicans opposing the will of their constituents again?Because they represent Raytheon and Israel not American people.
Source: cnn.com