In March of this year, as reported in the below listed article by TPM Livewire, Senator Thomas B. Cotton, Cpt-USA (R-AR-Senate), an endorsed Combat Veterans For Congress, sent an open letter to the leaders of Iran, cosigned by 47 US Senators, that said a “flawed nuclear arms agreement” would be dangerous to the United States, and would be nullified by the US Congress.

Senator Cotton, an Iraq Combat Veteran, has been the most vocal opponent of a nuclear agreement with Iran.  In his recent appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show, Senator Cotton came out swinging, and took issue with the fact that the agreement allows  "where necessary, when necessary" inspections of Iran's nuclear sites rather than "anytime, anywhere" access to those sites, he recently stated:

"This proposed deal is a terrible, dangerous mistake that's going to pave the path for Iran to get a nuclear weapon while also giving them tens of billions of dollars of sanctions relief, even lifting the arms embargo at a time when they're destabilizing the entire middle east," 

 

The American people stand with Senator Cotton in opposition to this flawed Nuclear Weapons Agreement:

 

President Reagan famously said in his negotiations with Russia, “Trust, but Verify.”

 

The American people watched Obama negotiated for three years, while Iran continued to cheat on every agreement they entered into, and as recently as 4 days ago they chanted:

“Death to America”  

 

“There is No Trust” 

 

Iran is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, has been killing thousands of Americans for 35 years, and the flawed Nuclear Weapons Agreement Obama is entering into with Iran gives a 24 day notice, before anyone can inspect any nuclear development facility in Iran, and it precludes the inspection of any military facilities.  There is:

 

“There is Absolutely No Verification”

 

The language in the agreement states inspections will be "where necessary, when necessary"------not 24/7 surprise anywhere, anytime inspections.

 

The agreement says nothing about intercontinental ballistic missiles, which is a fatal flaw and the most dangerous omission in the agreement.  Even if Iran were delayed in building their own nuclear weapons, and they are not, by provisions of the agreement, the International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA) still needs 24 hour notice before it can inspect Iran’s nuclear weapons development program.  The failure to cover the inspection of the development of Iran’s intercontinental ballistic missile weapons development program will permit Iran to obtain smaller configured nuclear weapons from North Korea, to place atop their intercontinental ballistic missiles.  There is no way that activity can be inspected or whether it can be determined if Iran has an operational nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile, until it is fired at an adversary.

 

How the Obama could have easily stopped a nuclear armed Iran: what were the alternatives:. 

1)      Iran is utterly desperate to have sanctions lifted. They want to sell oil, they want to buy arms, including the technology to build intercontinental ballistic missiles that can strike Israel, Europe, and the US---the US should have kept the sanctions on until Iran stopped killing Americans in Afghanistan and had 24/7 surprise anywhere, anytime inspections.  

2)      Iran wants billions of dollars in frozen assets returned that they will use to fund worldwide terrorism---the US should not release the frozen assets until the four US hostages are released.  

3)      Iran wants the US to give them $150 billion that they will use to empowers Hezbollah and the Qids Force by funding their terrorism activities—under no circumstance should the US give Iran $150 billion with which to fund worldwide terrorism against the US and their allies in the Middle East.

4)      The US should threaten to give Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrein, UAE, and Kuwait the option of basing a US nuclear armed force on their soil  that would be able to retaliate with nuclear weapons, if Iranian did strike any of the above listed allies, unless there were no 24/7 surprise anywhere, anytime inspections. 

5)      The US should threaten to provide Israel, with stealth bombers that they can use to strike Iran, if Iran continues to threaten the destruction of Israel.   

6)      Do not lift the Arms Embargo under any condition, unless Iran allows 24/7 surprise anywhere, anytime inspections of military sites.

 

What did the US and its allies get in the flawed Nuclear Weapons Agreement?

  

      Iran did not free four US hostages like Obama freed Iranian prisoners who threatened the US.

      Iran did not say they would stop killing Americans military personnel in Afghanistan with IEDs.      

      The US and NATO did not get 24/7 surprise anywhere, anytime inspections like they were told they would get on entering negotiations.
      Iran did not allow inspections of military sites.

      Iran did not stop threatening to destroy Israel.  

      Iran and their leaders did not stop saying “Death to America.”

      Iran entered into a secret agreement with the IAEA on inspections that has been excluded from the US Senate

 

The agreement Obama entered into is an International Treaty on Nuclear Weapons Development with Iran, that should have required a  2/3rd approval by the US Senate in accordance with the US Constitution—it is not an agreement that can be approved by an Executive Order, and the Republican leadership of the US Senate should use every conceivable senate parliamentary rule to preclude the approval of an International Treaty using an Executive Order, 

  

Obama is intentionally arming Iran with nuclear weapons with which they can use to attack Israel, the US allies in the Middle East,  and the United States!  He is fueling an nuclear weapons arms race in the Middle East which may lead to WWIII.

 

Any US Senator who votes to approve this very dangerous agreement, that threatens very survival of the Republic, should be considered a traitor to the United States, and should be removed by impeachment from office.

Copyright 2015, Capt. Joseph R. John. All Rights Reserved. This material can only be posted on another Web site or distributed on the Internet by giving full credit to the author.  It may not be published, broadcast, or rewritten without permission from the author.   

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Senator Tom Cotton Comes Out Swinging Against Iran Deal: Congress Will Kill' This

 

By Catherine Thompson Published July 14, 2015, 9:25 AM EDT 8645 views 

The freshman senator who made waves earlier this year when he sent an open letter to Iran's leaders said Tuesday that a landmark nuclear deal struck with that country was "dangerous" and will be nullified by Congress.

"This proposed deal is a terrible, dangerous mistake that's going to pave the path for Iran to get a nuclear weapon while also giving them tens of billions of dollars of sanctions relief, even lifting the arms embargo at a time when they're destabilizing the entire middle east," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) said in an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "The American people will repudiate this deal and I believe Congress will kill the deal."

Cotton, an Iraq War veteran and the youngest member of the Senate, has been the most vocal opponent of a nuclear deal with Iran. He sent an open letter to Iran's leaders in early March that warned Congress did not intend to honor any potential deal. Forty-seven of Cotton's fellow Republican senators signed the open letter.

The Arkansas Republican particularly took issue with the fact that the deal allows "where necessary, when necessary" inspections of Iran's nuclear sites rather than "anytime, anywhere" access to those sites.

"Morning Joe" host Mika Brzezinski challenged Cotton on that point.

"It seems you're very quick to criticize the deal and it seems like you're reading a different deal, with all due respect," she said.

"It's easy to criticize the deal using the President's own words," Cotton said. "When we started down this path, he said the goal was to dismantle Iran's nuclear program. This leaves them intact."