How Obama kneecapped the US Congress on Iran — again

NEW YORK POST
by Rich Lowry
July 20, 2015

If only President Obama were as hard-nosed and clever in undermining our adversaries as he is in kneecapping the US Congress, the country’s strategic position might be transformed. The Iran deal went to the UN Security Council for approval Monday, months before Congress will vote on it, and got unanimous approval. The UN vote doesn’t bind Congress, but it boxes it in and minimizes it — with malice aforethought. Republicans and Democrats in Congress issued sharply worded statements about getting pre-empted by Turtle Bay, although the vast international machinery that has been set in motion won’t be deflected by a few sharp words from people under the misapprehension that they occupy a co-equal branch of the American government. What are congressional hearings and the US domestic political debate compared with the “international community”? READ MORE

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