Republican Senators send a letter to Iran. Wow. Damn!

[Statistikhengst]

Republicans Warn Iran -- and Obama -- That Deal Won t Last - Bloomberg View

A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office.

Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process.

“It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system … Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,” the senators wrote. “The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.”

Arms-control advocates and supporters of the negotiations argue that the next president and the next Congress will have a hard time changing or canceling any Iran deal -- -- which is reportedly near done -- especially if it is working reasonably well.

Well, this is new, even in the world of the GOP batshit-crazy. This really does one-up it all. It's also kind of funny that there is a constitutional error in what the Senators wrote to the government of Iran. The Senate does NOT ratify treaties. That is even indicated directly on their Senate website. Instead, the Senate takes up a resolution of ratification, by which the Senate formally gives its advice and consent, empowering the president to proceed with ratification” . It's a fine point, almost splitting hairs, but worth noting.

So, Republicans hate this Democratic President so much that they are even willing to pen a letter to someone they consider an enemy of ours.

Back to the Bloomberg link:

It's stunning. And it's a rebuke on an international stage that doesn't really have a precedent. Imagine Democrats micro-managing the START talks in the 80s by sending an open letter to Gorbachev? It just wouldn't have been viewed as an acceptable political move while the talks were still happening.

The only conclusion we can make is that the GOP is not the loyal opposition, it is a severly disloyal opposition and deserves to be treated with disdain and contempt for such unamerican behavior. The GOP simply hates America, it's that simple.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Cool.... !!!!

 

[Iceweasel]

Thank God! We've been without a president for a long while. obama should just go back to community agitating on street corners, it's all he knows how to do.

 

[Statistikhengst]

In from CNN:

GOP senators warn Iranian leaders on deal - CNN.com

Sens. Jeff Flake, Lisa Murkowski, Lamar Alexander, Dan Coats, Thad Cochran, Susan Collins and Bob Corker didn't sign the letter. Murkowski and Coats are the only two up for reelection, and Coats is rumored to be considering retirement.

 

[Jarhead]

We do not negotiate with terrorists. Iran has been found to fund terrorist activity...making them, in my eyes, a terrorist nation.
"negotiating an agreement" is negotiating....so I support the letter. When we finally have a real President...be it a democrat or a republican.....any treaty will be struck down.

 

[AceRothstein]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Wow that's damn near treasonous. Interfering in the most important negotiation our country is facing in a way that benefits the enemy. But that's the GOP for you, politics before America.

 

[g5000]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

Somebody has to neutralize that clueless nitwit Obama...

 

[Manonthestreet]

Iran just declared Baghdad its capital of their empire.

 

[Jarhead]

Wow that's damn near treasonous. Interfering in the most important negotiation our country is facing in a way that benefits the enemy. But that's the GOP for you, politics before America.

That's a matter of opinion.

Negotiating with a country like Iran, to me, is treason. They have proven over and over that they are not to be trusted...so for the US to sign a "promise' based on the promise of Iran is foolish and will hand tie the US while Iran will continues to do as they please.

Hey, if you trust the signature of Iran...go for it.

Most don't.

 

[Iceweasel]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

No, we didn't need to go to war with the USSR but liberals want nothing more than to solve the problem with hope and change.

 

[Jarhead]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

Talking point...likely because you have nothing else to say.

Republicans are realists in this case. They know dam well an agreement made by Iran wont be worth the paper it is written on....but the signature of a US President would force the US to abide by the terms.

No gain whatsoever.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Concrete proof of what I've said for a long time now - they want to destroy the US. Repubs work to weaken the strength and position of the US on the world stage.

Once and for all, this proves their hatred has nothing at all to do with the Obama presidency. Its the entire country they want to bring down.

 

[NLT]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

Naw I think they are more about a war with Obama, and good on them for it.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

Damn, you are GOOD. I was going to mention the Jay Treaty but then I thought to myself, no one would know anything about it. Not to mention that we go so far back in time, political parties had not yet formed and the many traditions surrounding governance in the USA had not yet been set into place:

Jay Treaty - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Bravo, g5000

 

[JakeStarkey]

An overwhelming number of the GOP Senate engages in a violation of separation of powers, and we have neoclowns applauding them.

No, you missile freaks, we are not going to war with Iran.

 

[Jarhead]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

No, we didn't need to go to war with the USSR but liberals want nothing more than to solve the problem with hope and change.

Obama has been found to be blind with what is going on throughout the world. He allows his ideology cloud him from reality.

"Be nice to them, and they will be nice to us"....sure, it sounds good, but in real life? Meaningless.

Al quaeda on the run
ISIS is a JV team
The Muslim Brotherhood is change for the better
Yemen is a success story
The Arab Spring was a good thing
A video prompted the attack
All is reset with Russia

 

[Jarhead]

An overwhelming number of the GOP Senate engages in a violation of separation of powers, and we have neoclowns applauding them.

No, you missile freaks, we are not going to war with Iran.

seems only the liberals are saying that.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Cool.... !!!!

My thoughts exactly.