by Karin McQuillan
Obama will get his veto-proof vote. He will be allowed to capitulate to Iran, with $120 billion thrown in for them to splurge on terror to their heart’s content. We will allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons and purchase ICBM missiles that can reach America.
I
asked this question to Senator Cruz last week when he was in my town
for a stump speech and fundraiser. The answer was as disappointing as
it was swift: No. There are not enough Democrats willing to put love
of country ahead of partisan politics.
Donald
Trump has not helped. He is sucking up all the media attention, and
Iran is not important to him. In Trumps stump speeches, Iran is just
one in a list of deals he could have done better. In the crucial few
weeks leading up to the Iran vote, the Donald is helping to lull the
public into complacency on Iran. This is very damaging to America and
Israel, despite all of Trump’s professions of love.
Obama
will get his veto-proof vote. He will be allowed to capitulate to
Iran, with $120 billion thrown in for them to splurge on terror to their
heart’s content. We will allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons and
purchase ICBM missiles that can reach America. We will give birth to a
Shi’ite-Sunni nuclear arms race. We will sow this whirlwind and live
with the consequence for years. Because Democrats in Congress will give
Obama their votes.
I understand Obama very well – he is a leftist hater who wants America (and Israel)
punished and whittled down to size. But almost half our nation are
Democrats. Not every Democrat in Congress is as radical as Obama. Few
of them share his personal history and characterological problems. Why
aren’t they standing up to him?
Even
if all these pols care about is naked self-interest, surely they can
see past this month to the voters’ wrath. Aren’t they afraid of the
political damage that will follow the explosion of Iranian terror and
mayhem that will follow this ‘deal’? They lived through Obamacare and
saw how Obama survived the citizens’ wrath just fine, while Democrats
throughout the country saw themselves booted out of office, from State
House to the Governor’s office to Congress. Yet they are willing to
jump off the cliff for Obama again. What is going on? Is it just
desperation to keep blacks voting as a block for Democrats? Are they
being bought off by Obama and the Iranians?
A
friend had this explanation, which I thought was insightful. The
entire Democratic Party from top to bottom is made of niche interest
groups who are bought off by having their narrow self-interest promoted
above the interests of the country. The feminists get abortion without
limit at the price of infanticide. The gays get gay marriage at the
price of religious freedom. The teacher unions get lifetime job
security at the price of lousy schools. The government bureaucrats get
outsize salary/benefit/pension packages at the price of bankrupting the
country. The race hustlers get the President fomenting racial hatred,
at the price of people’s lives. Those dependent on the government teat
get more and more stuff and a blind eye to fraud, while the economy
sinks under our debt. The environmentalists and Silicon Valley get
subsidies for green energy and EPA attacks on our energy industry, at
the price of energy security and blue collar jobs. The Hispanic
activists get illegal immigration, at the cost of good salaries and jobs
for citizens. Hollywood and liberal Jews and academia get entry to the
jobs and cocktail parties controlled by punitive, blacklisting, fellow
liberals. And they all get to feel superior and sanctimonious at the
same time by libeling conservatives as uncaring, racist, morons.
Each Democrat voting block cares only about themselves. That is the essence of the Democratic Party.
No
wonder Democrats easy to buy off on Iran. Not one part of the Democrat
voting bloc cares about national security, stability in the Middle
East, Israel, or the dangers of a Sunni-Shite arms race. For most of
them patriotism is so passé, so flyover country. They only care about
getting their own perks. They are dreamers who believe their own B.S.
about how beautiful the world will be once America stops being
aggressive. So why should their representatives in Congress care about
Obama’s insane handing over of the Middle East to Iran?
Does
that mean there is nothing to be done until a Republican President
takes office? I have scoured the media for ideas on what Congress can
do to try and stop this so-called ‘deal.’ Here are the ideas being
floated. Most of them seem to me to be DOA, with no chance of getting a
veto proof majority. But why aren’t we hearing leadership and better
ideas from our Republican leaders?
· Congress could pass a bill to reauthorize sanctions.
Every state and firm considering business opportunities with Tehran will have to weigh them against the opportunity cost of being barred from doing business with the US.
· Reps.
Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Lee Zeldin (R-LI), members of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote in the N.Y. Post that Congress should
vote to approve bunker buster bombs for Israel.
· House and Senate Members should pass a concurrent resolution deeming that for Congress’s internal purposes, the Iran deal is a treaty that requires a two thirds vote to pass.
The Iran deal includes secret side-agreements the Obama administration appears to have deliberately withheld from Congress. That move is a prima facie violation of Corker-Cardin….· Congress can condition the Iran deal’s legal stature on the passage of enabling legislation – that requires simple majorities in both houses. Dan Darling, foreign policy adviser to … Rand Paul wrote Monday that senators can use Senate procedure to force the Foreign Relations Committee to act in this manner.
· State legislatures
can pass their own sanctions against Iran. An executive agreement,
unlike a treaty, is not binding on the states. This would apply only to
state business and pension fund investment.
At
the end of the day, the problem with the Democrats in Congress is that
they have not been hearing from their constituents. Will this change in
the last few weeks?
The most powerful voices lobbying against the deal have been coming from the military.
Obama
could only get 36 retired US generals to sign a petition in favor of
his ‘deal.’ This week, a group of five citizen volunteers in a few days
got a letter signed by 190 US generals and admirals that will be handed
to every member in Congress. The letter reads in part:
In our judgment as former senior military officers, the agreement will not have that effect (preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons). Removing sanctions on Iran and releasing billions of dollars to its regime over the next ten years is inimical to the security of Israel and the Middle East. There is no credibility within JCPOA’s inspection process or the ability to snap back sanctions once lifted, should Iran violate the agreement. In this and other respects, the JCPOA would threaten the national security and vital interests of the United States and, therefore, should be disapproved by the Congress.The agreement as constructed does not “cut off every pathway” for Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. To the contrary, it actually provides Iran with a legitimate path to doing that simply by abiding by the deal.…The agreement is unverifiable. Under the terms of the JCPOA and a secret side deal (to which the United States is not privy), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be responsible for inspections under such severe limitations as to prevent them from reliably detecting Iranian cheating.
It’s not just generals. American vets
are speaking out about the Iran capitulation. In some states, they
have been helped with organizing and funding to produce very moving
videos. This can and should be done in every state with traitorous
Democrat Congressman.
We
can’t wait for Democrats to step up and stop the Iran Deal. They don’t
care enough about America to do it. We can’t wait for our Republican
politicians – as they did with Obamacare, they console themselves the
world will go up in flames and tens or hundreds of thousands die, but
Democrats will be punished at the polls next November. That is not good
enough.
What
else can be done by each and every one of us? If all those blue state
Senators and Congressmen heard from their constituents, they might
remember the fate of those who voted for Obamacare. Tragically, the
public is asleep as an Iranian nightmare is being loosed upon the world
by our own fellow citizens and politicians.
Update:
From NBC Call it a public display of political affection: Sen. Ted Cruz has invited Donald Trump to Washington next month for a rally against the Iran nuclear deal.
The two Republican rivals are set to appear at an event organized by the Tea Party Patriots, the Center for Security Politics, and the Zionist Organization of America, according to the Cruz campaign.
Mort Klein, the ZOA president, said the rally has been in the works for weeks, though Trump's inclusion is a relatively new development.
"I think it's of great value to have a person who will likely command coverage of this rally, of this issue, like Donald Trump would be able to," he said. "I think it's a good thing. I don't care if he sucks the air out of the room."
Klein, who said the rally is tentatively set for September 9th, continued: "Maybe [Trump] will be covered more than anyone else at the rally. Fine. The issue's all that matters to me, and getting it covered, and trying to stop this disaster for our country."
Karin McQuillan
Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/can_the_iran_deal_be_stopped_the_chance_is_slim_to_none.html
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