Posted on 02/19/2015 1:57:55 PM PST by Nachum
Nearly two dozen US House Democrats on Thursday urged the postponement of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress, claiming the controversially-timed address could "undermine" nuclear negotiations with Iran, reports AFP.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress on March 3 two weeks before his country's elections, and the speech, in which the prime minister will discuss the threat of Iran's nuclear program, has led to an outcry from the left in the US and Israel.
Twenty-three lawmakers wrote Boehner urging him to postpone the invitation, which the Republican leader extended without taking the traditional step of consulting with the White House before inviting a head of state citing fears of "interference."
"As members of Congress who support Israel, we share concern that it appears that you are using a foreign leader as a political tool against the president," wrote the lawmakers led by Maxine Waters, top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.
They said the timing and Boehner's "lack of coordination with the White House indicate that this is not an ordinary diplomatic visit. Rather this appears to be an attempt to promote new sanctions legislation against Iran that could undermine critical negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran."
The United States plus China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany are facing a March 31 deadline to reach a political deal with Iran, that in its current form would let the Islamic regime keep the ability to make nuclear bombs and in return have economic sanctions removed.
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A speech without consulting the White House? Amnesty without consulting Congress? The Clownocrats lose again.
Earth to dems, I think that is the idea...
“Democrats complain”
In other news...”water is wet”
I WANT it to undermine the Iran Deal because Israel AND USA gets SCREWED!!! Obama gives all his Muslim friends whatever they want!!
Rep Maxine Waters is leading 23 democrat Senators ?
from their mouths to God’s ears!
anything that could possible ‘scuttle” Obama completing his 6 year work project of giving, enabling, protecting, and funding the IslamoNazi nuclear missile attack arsenal...
good good good!
one illegal alien enemy agent and 23 American citizen traitors?
What BS. What Iran ‘DEAL’? Is that like a final decision on the XL Keystone pipeline after 5 OR 6 YEARS? Stall, stall, stall, stall, stall...
Undermine’ Iran Deal
Good. There should be no deal with Iran unless it is to completely rid them of their nuclear program.
Translation: it could hurt the democrats desire to make sure the goat humpers in Iran get all the nuclear weapons their little hearts desire.
Whoop da do. People with nothing to hide openly debate issues such as this. The other side of the argument is easy to see with this bunch.
Your point? s/
I’m sure if Iran gets a nuke they will be happy to show it to the US. They’ve been “testing” missiles in the Caspian Sea from aboard ships. It seems the missile goes straight up and explodes in the air.
I believe it is because they will sail one off our coast and detonate an airburst to screw up our grid.
If they do get nukes and Israel nukes them first I will wholly support Israel for doing the right thing.
Good! Let’s hope it does.
Hell they don’t even know what is in the deal..patsy’s, and clowns..
Glad it has nothing to do with their hatred of Israel.
Pray America is waking
The other Democrats didn’t sign a letter. If they and the GOP voted together, that’s veto proof.
Obama even had David Cameron, the British PM lobbying senators the other week not to impose new sanctions on Iran.
I hope something real and meaningful is about to happen to deal with Iran and not posturing and speech making by US Senators or Netanyahu for political purposes.
Stopping Iran from getting nukes is a good thing to take action about.
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