ByĀ Robert B. Sklaroff 
No amendments.Ā No anguish.Ā No bill.
Congress must not pass any Iran Nuke Bill, for it could promote what some feel is Obamaās alleged goal ā namely, making Iran into the Middle Eastās hegemony.
Instead of pondering the improbable and/or reliving the tragic ignorance of the 1930s, there is a method by which President Obamaās failed foreign policy ā promulgated for more than a half-decade ā can be placed into a form of āreceivership,ā even if he would profess that it has been successful.
Because ofĀ existingĀ sanctions legislation, purposeful inaction should necessitate that a component of this ādealā be submitted to Congress.Ā Obama can waive sanctions only if itās determined to beĀ necessary to the ānational interestā; his stated rationale would then be subject to litigation.
Therefore, those who perceive it as a treaty ā invoking the precedent of all prior nuke-related agreements ā would mandate that it be ratified by two thirds of the Senate (Article II, Section 2, ¶2), even as Obamaās apologists claim he could sign off on an executive order.Ā Indeed, he has not ruled out issuing an executive order to closeĀ Gitmo!
Letās call his bluff!
The trigger for this initiative was the bluster of Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who claimed that Obama āwill have to stopĀ implementing all the sanctions, economic and financial sanctions that have been executive order and congressional. However he does it, thatās his problem.ā
Indeed, the left-leaningĀ PolitifactĀ determined it to be āmostly trueā that āthe next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time,ā because āa key portion of the 286-word [Cotton] letter says that the undersigned senators āwill consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Obama and Ayatollah Khameneiā.ā
It is unnecessary to analyze the situation further, except to note that endorsement of this unamended bill by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) violates that groupās responsibility to advocate the position of the Israeli government as āAmericaās Pro-Israel Lobby.āĀ Proof positive of this flip-flop is what happened a decade ago, when theĀ JTAĀ reported that āthere never was any doubt that AIPAC would offer some measure of support for the Gaza withdrawal, since the lobby is committed to backing the policies of the Israeli government.āĀ Mark Levin railed against AIPAC ā along similar lines ā on May 5 (podcast @ 47:49-49:13).
Thus, by ignoring PM Netanyahu and eschewing the gravamen of his āState of the Worldā address, AIPAC has become compliant irrevocably to the Demsā¦exposing the myth of AIPAC power.Ā In contrast, as per an exhaustive analysis byĀ Ted BelmanĀ on his Israpundit website and personal e-mail, the Zionist Organization of America endorsed amending the bill.Ā Again, among national pro-Israel advocates, the Organizationās president, Mort Klein, stands alone against the forces of evil.
The amendment process, admirable as it should be, may apparently beĀ short-circuitedĀ by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who doesnāt want theĀ Cotton-Rubio initiativeĀ (requiring Iran to disclose the history of its nuclear program, to shutter all its nuclear facilities, and to recognize Israelās statehood) to be subject to a vote.Ā His supporters claim that this āstuntā constitutes a āpoison pill.ā
Uncertainty abounds, such as the potential for the U.N. Security Council to remove sanctions independently.Ā Danger abounds, noting the capacity of released billions to grease Tehranās worldwide sponsorship of terrorism.Ā Concern that a constitutional crisis looms abounds, for any clash of powers of allegedly co-equal branches may ultimately reach the SCOTUS in a fashion comparable to the current litigation promulgated by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) against unilateral Obamacare rule changes by the administration.
The alternative to standing firm is capitulation.Ā Instead, as Netanyahu has repeatedly argued, it is necessary to maintain ā if not to expand ā sanctions until/unless a ābetterā deal has been reached.Ā Clarity is mandatory; Congress must not pass an Iran bill.
Dr. Sklaroff is a hematologist/oncologist in Montgomery County, Pa. and has served as a GOP committee-person for more than two decades. This article has appeared in American Thinker.
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