Tom Cotton, the Senate's foremost Iran hawk, is in a Trump-induced jam

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"Tom Cotton made his name in Washington as an outspoken critic of a Democratic president's deal to check Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Now, with a president of his own party angling toward a similarly structured agreement, the Arkansas Republican is so far using a softer voice.

Cotton, the No. 3 Senate Republican and Intelligence Committee chair, is not alone among GOP defense hawks in finding himself in an awkward position more than a decade after lambasting President Barack Obama's Iran deal.”

Tom Cotton, the Senate's foremost Iran hawk, is in a Trump-induced jam

A decade after blasting a remarkably similar Iran deal, the Intelligence chair is now treading carefully.

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Such is the blind partisan right; Cotton’s unwarranted opposition to the JCPOA had everything to do with President Obama and nothing to do with the merits of the accords.

Republicans are infamous for their hypocrisy.

 

[Oddball]

If Lurch Thune stops short, Cotton's head will go right up into his rectum.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....Cotton always reminded me of Reverend Lovejoy on the Simpsons.

 

[EMH]

Cotton should be deported to israel, since that's the only country he has ever cared about at all.

 

[odanny]

• The Accusation: Critics, including fellow veterans in Congress, accused Cotton of embellishing his service after campaign materials from his 2012 congressional run claimed he "volunteered to be an Army Ranger" and had "experience as a U.S. Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan". [1, 2]
• The Military Reality: Cotton honorably served in the Army for eight years, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, and successfully graduated from the grueling Ranger School to earn his Ranger Tab. However, he was never a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment, the military's special operations force. [1, 2]
• The Controversy: Within the military community, there is a longstanding, heated dispute over whether the term "Army Ranger" should be strictly reserved for those who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, or if it also applies to anyone who simply graduated from Ranger School and is "Ranger-qualified". [1, 2, 3]
• Cotton's Response: Cotton has strongly denied lying and dismissed the allegations as politically motivated. His office has consistently maintained that because he graduated from Ranger School, served in combat with a Ranger tab, and volunteered for the Army, his characterization of his service is