By
Joseph
Klein
As
the congressional vote on President Barack Obama’s disastrous nuclear deal with
Iran draws closer, the Iranian regime appears to be doing everything it can to
show that it has the upper hand as a result of the deal it negotiated with the
United States and its five partners. It is either dishonestly twisting certain
terms of the deal to justify its misbehavior or simply defying the terms
outright. President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are not pushing
back. Instead, they are pushing hard to avoid a veto-proof congressional vote
of disapproval.
For
example, Iran is planning to sign a contract for four advanced Russian
surface-to-air S-300 missiles as early as next week, following a visit to
Moscow by Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in violation of an
international travel ban. There have been whimpers of objection from the
Obama administration, but no forceful statement that such activities by the
Iranian regime will jeopardize the agreement from the get-go. [more...]
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