Posted on 06/15/2015 1:43:04 PM PDT by Dave346
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is sounding the alarm about the nuclear talks with Iran, warning the United States has made "breathtaking" concessions that risk creating a "bad deal."
In a letter sent Monday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) warned President Obama he must be willing to walk away from the negotiating table.
"It is breathtaking to see how far from your original goals and statements the P5+1 have come during negotiations with Iran,” Corker (R-Tenn.) said in the letter, referring to a group that includes the U.S., the United Kingdom, China, France, and Russia plus Germany.
Corker said negotiators “have moved” from a trying to strike a 20-year agreement, to a 10-year one and seem ready to let Tehran continue to develop its ballistic missile effort and maintain research and development for advanced nuclear centrifuges.
“I understand the dynamics that can develop when a group believes they are close to a deal and how your aides may view this as a major legacy accomplishment. However, as you know, the stakes here are incredibly high and the security implications of these negotiations are difficult to overstate,” Corker warned.
He asked Obama to “please pause and consider rethinking the entire approach. Walking away from a bad deal at this point would take courage, but it would be the best thing for the United States, the region and the world.”
Iran and the six world powers hope to strike a deal by June 30 that would curtail Tehran’s nuclear effort in exchange for sanctions relief.
The talks have come under withering criticism from GOP lawmakers and U.S. allies like Israel who believe a “bad deal” would empower the Iranian regime.
In his letter, Corker said he was “alarmed” by reports that the U.S. “may be considering allowing the deal to erode further,” including over how much access the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog should have to Iranian nuclear sites.
“Regarding inspections, surely your administration and those involved in the negotiations will adhere to an ‘anytime, anywhere’ standard. No bureaucratic committees. No moving the ball. No sites off limits,” Corker said.
He also expressed concern envoys might not push to have Tehran disclose its past nuclear activities, including those associated with the military.
“By not requiring Iran to explicitly disclose their previous weaponization efforts on the front end of any final agreement, we will likely never know, in a timely fashion, the full extent of Iranian capabilities,” according to Corker.
Last month, the president signed into law a bill that gives Congress 30 days to disapprove any final deal, during which he could not lift congressional sanctions on Iran.
If Congress votes to reject the deal, the administration would have 12 days to veto the resolution of disapproval. Congress would then have 10 extra days to try to override the veto.
hey Corker, you approved the 2/3 to DENY the deal instead of ratify, so go to heck.
I find it more “Breathtaking” how stupid Barry is and the ilk that elected him twice.
Iran knows it’s a SCAM and will agree to everything and abide to nothing
This idiot Obama wants Iran to be the stabilizing factor in the ME.
What a fool Corker is. Anybody following these “talks” knows when push came to shove Obama would cave in. Corker enabled this by eviscerating the Senate’s power concerning treaties.
I wonder if Corker understands how much a waste of paper and ink his letter was...
I probably would have said stomach churning.
Valerie, the Iranian, was determined this would be the outcome. That is why Corker and the other dumb bunny repubs are not even worthy of attention.
We the people could have told them that. Geesh
They are either stupid or traitors. Maybe both.
The Obambi administration doesn’t have Dead lines. They move them so often, the administration has walking Dead lines, or as I have started to call them “Zombie” lines. . .
It’s easy to make ‘progress’ if you concede everything!
If Congress votes to reject the deal, the administration would have 12 days to veto the resolution of disapproval. Congress would then have 10 extra days to try to override the veto.
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Obama snookered the clueless congress good on this one. What a bunch of fools they are.
The shockwave from an Iranian nuke will be breathtaking too.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama offered material assistance to make sure all warhead and delivery system designs were “safe” and targeting assistance to protect the peace loving Palestinians from those troublesome Jews. Sarcasm? Maybe, maybe not.
To tell the truth, I believe the Congress snookered themselves. Bob Corker needed no help from Obama.
When (not if) Iran gets a nuke, Obama will own it. Great legacy.
How’s that hope and change thingie working out for you?
Breathtaking that 0bama is “take it or leave it” with the House Republicans, and gives everything away to America’s enemies.
Says quite a lot, doesn’t it?
At this point, for the P5 + 1 this non negotiation collapse is all about building a smokescreen behind which they can do business and make money until the mad mullahs drop the bomb on Israel. The Jew hatred growing in USA and Europe will buffer any guilt for the coming second Holocaust.
As a Tennesssean who only voted for him because the DemonCrap appeated to be worse, I can say Corker is a waste of oxygen.
Fireballs tend to suck up a lot of oxygen.
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