Over the weekend, top Democrat Chuck Schumer publicly denounced the deal, provoking a fight with the White House about his future as a Democratic leader. Although Obama doesn’t need explicit congressional approval for the deal, the resolution could scuttle the deal by blocking Obama’s ability to lift harsh economic sanctions – the key concession that got Iran to agree to the deal. They also say an end of sanctions will boost Iran’s oil money, funds that would be used to purchase conventional weapons.
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“While the agreement is by no means flawless, I have concluded that it is our best available option to put the brakes on Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon and that is why I will support it”, she said.
This is a serious matter, and a nuclear Iran is a nightmare. Senate vote-counters had considered Flake the only truly undecided GOP vote, although his fellow Republicans had expressed confidence he would oppose it.
“I was blown up by an Iranian bomb”, said Barlett in the ad. “Every politician who is involved in this will be held accountable; they will have blood on their hands”, he continues.
Now that the pact has been finalized, Kerry said such a heavy-handed approach was an option no longer.
“Are you kidding me?”
Secretary of State John Kerry argued Tuesday during an appearance at Reuters headquarters in New York that people who believe the U.S. can simply reject the deal and wait for a more favorable alternative to emerge are deluding themselves.
Kerry warned of severe consequences for pursuing such an approach after the agreement has been accepted by Iran and fellow negotiating countries Britain, China, France, Germany and Russian Federation – and endorsed by all 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. After only eight years, Iran can buy ballistic missiles.
It’s easy to see why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayahu and his Labor party nemesis Isaac Herzog are united against the Iran deal.
“I can not vote in support of this deal”, Flake said. “If Congress now rejects this deal, the elements that were fundamental in establishing that worldwide consensus will be gone”.
President Barack Obama does not hate Israel, Wieseltier said, but he is “the first U.S. president who doesn’t really have a special feeling for Israel“.
Plus, the deal provides a glide-path for Iran to go nuclear in a decade or so, even without cheating. “The choice is that stark”, the officials said.
Kerry’s comments came shortly after Schumer told reporters why he decided last week to oppose the agreement.
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“Given the outstanding questions and our deep reservations about the agreement, we believe Congress should vote no on the deal”, Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL’s national chairman, and Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL’s national director, said in a statement released Thursday evening.
