Ted Cruz Threatens Government Shutdown in Last-Ditch Push To Block Iran Deal

“Besides, we should always be wary of buying into the narrative that claims that Iran is a primarily an Israeli concern”. When Iran started developing its uranium resources, many began to worry that Iran would build a bomb, thus sanctions were placed on the country. In a recent op-ed, Sen. The Iranian nuclear deal, whether one likes its contents or not (and I do), is now an agreement that will be enforced.

Rubio gave a stump speech that addressed North Korea, Russian Federation and reached its climax with harsh criticism of the Iran nuclear deal. Prior to the escalation of sanctions against Iran, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy were among Iran’s largest trade partners. Iran has already been “forced to go rogue”, for it has already been rogue since 1979 and could attack at any moment. Any way that you look at it, Barack Obama has given aid and comfort to a regime that supports and funds terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas.

However, President Obama is jeopardizing this relationship by stalling approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed conduit connecting the oil sands of Alberta with existing US pipelines leading to the Gulf of Mexico.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, one of only four Senate Democrats to oppose the deal, wants Congress to renew the Iran Sanctions Act “to ensure that we have an effective snapback option”. We are committed to countering Iran’s ongoing illicit conduct and will aggressively enforce sanctions that target Iran’s support for terrorist groups, its abuses of human rights or its destabilizing activities in the region. President Obama needs to rethink his priorities.

It would stop the president from lifting sanctions on Iran unless Tehran recognizes the state of Israel and releases Americans detained in Iran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has expressed his hate for both nations, explicitly announcing to bring America to its knees and have “the flag of Islam flying over the White House“.

Iran plans to increase oil production to 4.2 million barrels per day by the end of 2016. In a saner world, that would concentrate political minds on the wisdom of a deal that would enrich, empower, embolden and relegitimize the self-proclaimed anti-Western revolutionaries who rule Iran. Change will be gradual, of course; the United States and Iran will not become allies overnight. It gets nothing until it fulfills key commitments, at which point it will regain access to about $50 billion of its own money now held in restricted accounts outside of Iran (and outside the United States). With a September 10 cloture vote that came up two votes shy of ending debate (42 Democratic senators stuck together to block a final vote on the disapproval resolution), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was left with nothing to show for his efforts except a disappointed caucus.