Do these Senators like sending other people's kids to die that much? They couldn't even get a majority of senators to sign the letter. It seems like Politics is an ends that justify every means for the GOP.
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - Republican senators warned Iran on Monday that any nuclear deal made with U.S. President Barack Obama could last only as long as he remains in office, in an unusual intervention into U.S. foreign policy-making.
The letter, signed by 46 U.S. senators, says Congress plays a role in ratifying international agreements and points out that Obama will leave office in January 2017, while many in Congress will remain in Washington long after that.
"We will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei," the letter read.
"The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of an agreement at any time," it read.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/iran-nuclear-deal_n_6830308.html
Do these Senators like sending other people's kids to die that much? They couldn't even get a majority of senators to sign the letter. It seems like Politics is an ends that justify every means for the GOP.
Quite shameful. Repub strategy has been to deny Obama any victories, regardless of the consequences to the nation. They're simply the party of opposition. Loyalty has nothing to do with it.
Victory? not only Israel, but Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are also very concerned with a nuclear armed Iran. obama is giving everything to Iran that they wanted. Ali Khamenei probably has an obama/biden sticker on his car.
Victory? not only Israel, but Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are also very concerned with a nuclear armed Iran. obama is giving everything to Iran that they wanted. Ali Khamenei probably has an obama/biden sticker on his car.
Victory? not only Israel, but Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are also very concerned with a nuclear armed Iran. obama is giving everything to Iran that they wanted. Ali Khamenei probably has an obama/biden sticker on his car.
Pointing out that an executive order without congressional approval can be undone by another executive order...
is sabotage?
Wow you guys are desperate...
You do know there are 5 other countries negotiating this.
Sending letters to the leaders of foreign nations suggesting that your party will undermine any agreement they happen to reach with our country is pretty obviously sabotage.
I have no idea why any person would defend this sort of behavior.
"We will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei," the letter read.
The UK, Germany, France, China, and Russia seem to be okay with what Obama is doing. Does this in any way alter your thinking?
Besides Russia and China (both of which provide Iran with military hardware) which country has the power and influence to control iran's nuclear ambitions? And its not just nukes that have Iran's neighbors worried. Other middle east countries fear reduced sanctions will lead to an increase in Iran's conventional military strength. Iran has already been in Iraq for who knows how long. I doubt they will leave anytime soon.
It's standard right wing propaganda. It begins with a leap of faith to "nuclear weapons program" & proceeds from there, as if nuclear weapons can somehow be produced w/o weapons grade materials.
The point of any agreement is to provide safeguards & verification that weapons grade materials are not produced while allowing for production of fuel grade materials.
No weapons grade materials, no weapons. The rest matters not at all.
Short of preemptively using strategic nuclear weapons on them or a full scale ground invasion there is no tenable option to keep Iran from getting a weapon outside diplomacy, which at best will probably keep them at the breakout threshold.
How do you like to the options?
You don't know much about the details of the obama's deal with Iran do you? Maybe obama does not either and that is part of the problem. Negotiations intially tried to eliminate Iran's nuclear infrastructure.... but now it is basically about how long wil Iran have to wait for inspections to stop.
War is the only option to stop nuclear proliferation.I feel there's some logic in your reasoning. But what I'd really like to know is what you think is the best way for the rest of the world to keep Iran from producing nuclear weapons as an alternative to what our administration is doing at present.
They never said their goal was to undermine any agreement. An executive order can be undone by a future executive order, which is true.
The President acting on his own terms is not required to be fully supported by congress, which is also true.
You're letting your personal biases fill in the gaps between what was said and what you believe was meant. There is no undermining, there is no sabotage. It all depends on if they agree or disagree with what is being negotiated... which they are not in the loop on what is being negotiated to provide any further definitive opinion on.
You don't know much about the details of the obama's deal with Iran do you? Maybe obama does not either and that is part of the problem. Negotiations intially tried to eliminate Iran's nuclear infrastructure.... but now it is basically about how long wil Iran have to wait for inspections to stop.
I feel there's some logic in your reasoning. But what I'd really like to know is what you think is the best way for the rest of the world to keep Iran from producing nuclear weapons as an alternative to what our administration is doing at present.