{"id":26495,"date":"2015-09-12T10:32:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T14:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26495"},"modified":"2015-09-12T10:32:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T14:32:36","slug":"unless-the-republicans-develop-a-backbone-america-is-poised-to-become-the-largest-sponsor-of-terrorism-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26495","title":{"rendered":"Unless The Republicans Develop A Backbone, America Is Poised To Become The Largest Sponsor Of Terrorism In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, you read that right. If the economic sanctions on Iran<\/a> are lifted,\u00a0$100 billion will flow to Iran<\/a> (according to npr<\/a>). A large percentage of that money will go toward funding terrorism around the world. The Republicans had the power to stop this from happening, but got outmaneuvered by President Obama<\/a> and his allies.<\/p>\n

Andrew McCarthy<\/a> posted an article at National Review<\/a> today about the Iran deal.<\/p>\n

The article details the mistakes those opposed to the deal\u00a0have made which will make it very difficult to undo the damage the nuclear deal will do:<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Senate Democrats<\/a> successfully filibustered a Republican attempt to pass a futile \u201cresolution of disapproval\u201d against the Iran deal. Republicans had already forfeited their power to suspend the Corker review process. They would have been justified in suspending it because Obama failed to comply with the statute\u2019s fundamental condition \u2014 the mandate that he disclose the whole agreement<\/em> to Congress, including embarrassing \u201cside deals\u201d the administration has withheld. (These undeniably include understandings between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency<\/a> on the critical issue of inspections; they probably also include commitments by Obama to protect several nations from \u201csnapback\u201d sanctions when, inevitably, Iran violates the agreement.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under Corker, which not only rigged the vote in Obama\u2019s favor but also gave Democrats the option to prevent the vote by filibuster, the failed resolution authorized Obama to relieve sanctions against Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>. The mullahs will get their cool $100 billion and double down \u2014 no, quintuple down \u2014 on their promotion of jihadist terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the \u201cI told you so\u201d part: No sooner had the Democratic filibuster succeeded than did two well-regarded legal scholars take to the pages of The Atlantic<\/em> to pronounce that Obama\u2019s Iran deal is the law of the land<\/a>. Yale\u2019s Bruce Ackerman<\/a> and New York University<\/a>\u2019s David Golove contend that the agreement cannot be unilaterally repudiated by a future Republican president, no matter how much GOP congressional leaders and 2016 hopefuls bloviate to the contrary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This conclusion will shape bipartisan conventional wisdom in Washington and the chattering class. And guess what? The progressive professors have a strong case because of the way the Corker law was written by GOP congressional leaders (in consultation with their Democratic counterparts and the White House). Corker\u2019s law is quite plausibly interpreted as authorizing a full repeal of the sanctions against Iran\u2019s nuclear program \u2014 meaning they could not be reinstated absent new legislation (which the Democrats and the \u201cinternational community\u201d would vigorously oppose). Certainly the odds are good that the federal courts would see it that way. (Did I mention that Senate Republicans have already confirmed over 300 Obama appointees to the bench?)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is time for new Senate leadership. This Senate has allowed something to happen that is truly dangerous for America and for the rest of the world. I believe that what President Obama has agreed to in the Iran deal is treason\u00a0and he should be impeached for it. Any Senator<\/a> who voted in favor of the Iran deal\u00a0should also be impeached for treason, and the Senators who allowed this to happen should be voted out of office for stupidity. The Iran lobby paid for this vote (rightwinggranny<\/a>), and they will get their money’s worth (and more). The world will have to live with the consequences of lifting the sanctions–more terror, more refugees, more deaths, and eventually a nuclear Iran. Please remember this when you vote next November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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