Voice of America: VOA Interview: McCain Concedes Congress Unlikely to Block Iran Nuke Deal
CAPITOL HILL — Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a leading critic of Tuesday’s landmark nuclear accord with Iran, has conceded that the U.S. Congress is unlikely to be able to block the deal, despite strong opposition from Republican lawmakers who control both chambers.
McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told VOA “it’s doubtful, just doubtful” that enough Democrats would join with Republicans to override a presidential veto of congressional votes disapproving the deal.
WNU Editor: There is very little that Congress can do to stop this agreement. President Obama has enough supporters within the Democrat party to veto any action from Congress, and even if he was unable to veto any Congressional action, Congress has no authority to tell other countries who have agreed to this nuclear agreement to not accept it.
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But if Congress is able to veto the Agreement, from America's perspective only, that will enable the US, possibly the next President, to ignore the provisions of that Agreement and take action against Iran, economically or militarily without violating the Agreement to which the US will no longer be a party. At any rate, given the US lack of respect for agreements generally, what difference would approving it, or not make should a decision be made later to work around (i.e., violate) the Agreement?
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