Public Comment

War Hawks trying to undercut the President

Tejinder Uberoi
Thursday March 12, 2015 - 09:47:00 PM

Secretary of State Kerry was right to condemn the action of 46 Senators who sent a letter to Iran attempting to scare their leaders from reaching an agreement with the US, warning that the next President could invalidate such an agreement with the stroke of a pen. It was yet another clumsy effort to undercut the president on a grave national security issue. War hawk Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton spearheaded the effort after receiving nearly $1 million in donations from The Emergency Committee for Israel and conducting a secretive meeting with weapons contractors. By their actions these senators have sent a dangerous message that the signature of a US president is not legally binding and is therefore meaningless. 

Once again Republicans have shown their appalling ignorance of international law, disdain for the president and put their own narrow political interests above the interests of the American people.