Forty seven GOP senators wrote to the ayatollah of Iran telling him that any nuclear deal made by Obama will be cancelled with the election of a new president. I think it is safe to say that the negotiators from Iran have a very good understanding of how our government works. I am sure they know the party of the current president may not be in power in 2017. They also know about the difference between a treaty which needs the approval of the senate and an executive agreement. So I don't think that Iran will stop negotiating after reading this letter.
But the letter is stupid in that gives the advantage to Iran. Now if the negotiation breaks down, Iran can blame the Americans because the U.S. government as represented by these senators are going to go back on any deal. Sure, the agreement may be a bad one and Iran can cheat after making the agreement. But we can always restart sanctions if Iran does not keep their end of the bargain. And what is the alternative? Bomb Iran on behalf of Israel? Israel is perfectly capable of doing that herself. But it will only delay and not stop Iran from building the bomb. If negotiation completely fails, can we count on our allies to continue sanction if it appears people in our own government is sabotaging the effort.
In two days Israel will have their election. Netanyahu's speech to Congress at the invitation of GOP was a political move by him and his hosts. We will see if the citizens of Israel agree with them.
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