Well, now we know. We won. Unconditionally. According to President Obama, "This deal meets every single one of the bottom lines that we established when we achieved a framework earlier this spring. Every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off." Surely, the Iranian JV team of negotiators must be shamefully slinking back into Tehran; tails tucked between their legs.
But William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, and certainly no right-wing nut job, stated it this way. "We have a deal. It's a deal worse than even we imagined possible. It's a deal that gives the Iranian regime $140 BILLION in return for ... effectively nothing: no dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program, no anytime/anywhere inspections, no curbs on Iran's ballistic missile program, no maintenance of the arms embargo, no halt to Iran's sponsorship of terror. Congress should engage in a full and comprehensive debate. Congress should then pass a resolution of disapproval."
Mr. Kristol's advice is well and good. At least it was. Of course, a president may legitimately make non-binding agreements as permitted under his power to conduct foreign affairs. But to obligate the United States of America to any such agreement, a president must either persuade the Senate to ratify it as a treaty, Article II, Section 2, or persuade the full Congress to pass a law accepting his agreement by ordinary legislation — a bill passed by a majority of both houses and signed into law by the president. So Mr. Obama's claimed victories, do not become binding unless approved by two-thirds of the Senate or two-thirds of the entire Congress.
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Send Kerry back to making love to the ketchup bottle. He's lost touch with reality.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very deadly deal for Americans. And all who pass this will feel the fall out at election time.
ReplyDeleteThis is he straw that will break the camels back , the jewish state will and should employ nukes at these basturds .
ReplyDeleteWorst deal ever made by a POTUS. 400 some days to go...
ReplyDeleteYou are wrong.
ReplyDeleteCongress passed Trade Promotion Authority. That means they already passed legislation to make this law. It becomes law if Congress does nothing for 60 days. All Congress could do is pass legislation disaproving this deal. That is a two part process and both must pass. 60 votes required in the Senate and then 67 if Obama vetoes it. All while this 60 day clock continues to count down.
You are right on the Constitution but Congress circumvented the Constitution.
Thus it will take two 67 vote margin votes to undo this Treaty. Otherwise if Obama even gets only 34 votes on either of these these two votes it becomes law.
Congress sold us down the river already. Now this is only theater. The evil deed was done.
the money is the iranians money so we are not giving them anything. I don't understand why so many want to go to war so quickly. wtf? give them the 60 days and see what happens.
ReplyDelete8:23, did you really say that out loud? You must be a Congressman.
ReplyDeleteNow congress, do what we elected you for!
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