Sen. Lindsey Graham (R – SC), the incoming Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Foreign Operations chair, has announced his intentions to push a bill that will give the Senate effect veto power over any nuclear deal reached with Iran.
Graham and incoming Foreign Relations Committee chair Sen. Bob Corker (R – TN) will cosponsor the bill in January, with Graham vowing to “kill” any deal that he believes is a bad deal.
Which likely means any deal, as Graham has been an opponent of negotiations in general, and made the vow before an Israel Lobby faction that similarly opposes any deal.
With the incoming Senate hawkish on a number of fronts, this effectively puts the end of the current year as a deadline for any Iran deal, as virtually no pact is going to be acceptable to Israel, and by extension will never get Congressional approval.
Well, we can all see who really "runs US government". Its Israel with its illegal arsenal of WMD.
US Knesset…shame ..and tragedy for World…pedro
It should be remembered that the Senate never ratified Bush's SOFA-IRAQ2008. As far as the UN and most other countries were concerned it did not matter. For them the signature of an American President was enough. That fact played a role in 2012 when President Obama could have argued that SOFA-IRAQ2008 was not U.S. law hence that he could ignore the deadline for withdrawal. He did not make that claim.
Senator Lindsey Graham should use his powers as a reserve Judge of JAG and write a warrant arresting himself for treason, in making the interests of a foreign power higher than the Interests of the United States of America!
Show just how stupid the GOP really is.
If a deal is made, USA will be able to become "friends" with Iran and pull Iran away from Russia. Better yet, Iran will be able to sell gas to the Europeans, undermining Russia.
But since GOP want so keep on kissing Israel's @ss, they will totally screw this up. Keep going GOP! This will just make Iran forge colser ties with Russia! Good move, GOP! Keep it up! I LOVE it!