A pledged president veto and warnings that sanctions would kill the diplomatic process with Iran haven’t stopped anybody, and it seems like most of the Senate is pushing various versions of new sanctions bill.
Senators Rand Paul (R – KY) and Barbara Boxer (D – CA) are drawing up their own “moderate” version of the bill, which while it wouldn’t directly impose any sanctions, would make it simpler to push votes to reimpose sanctions in the future.
Israeli spy agency Mossad has warned against all the sanctions bills, saying that whether the bill itself explicitly violated the interim nuclear deal, it would be like “throwing a hand-grenade into the talks.”
President Obama has threatened to veto the sanctions bills to prevent the negotiations from being sabotaged, but between the various bills, many hawks are hoping they can get one which will have enough support to override a veto.
Mainstream corporate media — What it fails to tell us
(1) What crime has Iran done that warrant new sanctions?
(2) What actually are the sanctions being proposed?
(3) Politicians that want new sanctions, how many millions in political donations have they received from the corporate rich?
"Moderate" seems to have become the catch-phrase of choice these days: "moderate" rebels; "moderate" Republicans; "moderate" spying; "moderate" torture; "moderate" terrorists…
Rand's dad says sanctions are acts of war. Now we'll have 'moderate' acts of war. How far the fruit has fallen from the tree. AMF, Randy.
It's a good thing Barbara Boxer is not seeking re-election. Her term ends sometime next year. Unfortunately, Ayn Rand Paul will be in the Senate for years to come. There shouldn't be sanctions at all. Whomever replaces Boxer in the Senate might be just like her or even worse, whether it's another Democrat or a Republican. Iran isn't doing anything wrong. Its enemies are accusing it of threatening peace with WMD's , the same lie George Warmonger Bush, Tony Blairwitch Project etc told.