Washington – Already a done deal in Congress, the Iran nuclear agreement gained more momentum Sunday as former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee head, announcement their support.
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Powell, secretary of state under President George W. Bush, called the agreement “a pretty good deal” that would reduce the threat of Iran gaining a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s nuclear program “has been thrown into a detour” making it less likely it can produce a nuclear weapon to be used against Israel or other countries, Powell said. “So that’s pretty good,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said the decision to endorse the agreement was the most difficult one she has made in nearly 23 years in elected office.
The Jewish lawmaker wrote in The Miami Herald that while she has concerns about the agreement, the deal “provides the best chance to ensure” security for the U.S., Israel and other allies.
“Under the agreement Iran will not be able to produce a nuclear bomb for at least 10-15 years,” she said, while the U.S. and its allies “will be able to more closely concentrate on stopping Iran’s terrorist activity.”
The White House has clinched the necessary Senate votes to ensure that Congress will uphold the deal even if President Barack Obama ends up having to veto a disapproval resolution set for a vote in the week ahead.
But with that support in hand and more piling up, the White House and congressional backers of the deal have begun aiming for a more ambitious goal: enough commitments to bottle up the disapproval resolution in the Senate with a filibuster, preventing it from even coming to a final vote.
That effort suffered a setback on Friday as Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he opposed the deal.
Stop calling these people Jewish lawmakers. Call them what they are: JINOs who put Obummer before Israel and Jewish safety.
What’s new? If Adolf Hitler YMS was alive he too would support Obama.
If Osama bin Laden YMS was alive he too would support Obama.
Blood is on all these so called jewish people’s hands, and for sure under this president they will definitely be watching irans terror regime and drawing red lines that get colored to green
Oh. Everyone’s anti semitic.
The whole world is trying to get rid of Israel.
This mass frum delusion is scary
Did anyone think she would be against the deal. We got to get these people out of office. They are a disgrace. If you read her reasoning, you can just puke.
What happens when Iran gets their $150 billion and gives the maiser to Hezbollah, who uses it to build nukes and bomb US interests? How is that preventing nukes?
remember on election day to vote these liberal/progressive/socialist democRATS out of office!!
These self-hating jews should be banned from the frum community and the frum community should not let itself be ‘bribed”by these officials come election day.
Unfortunately the leftist jewish community will support these officials so be sure to go out and vote!!!
If you don’t vote than you have no right to complain!!!!
All these people have to realize when Obama leaves Washington, these people will have to live in the America that he made, like us peons. Bankrupt economy, poor medical system, and a watered down military, plus an ally they say, also hates us and is always calling for our destruction. I hope they remember that when they realize who they really are backing up, obviously is will not be us peons who have to live and work in this country.
People like DWS are nothing more than “Kapos”. George Soros has no remorse for helping the Nazis to save himself, either.
Who really believes Iran is building a Plutonium plant underground for peaceful nuclear energy? Seriously !
And notice how none of these shameful Obama followers don’t respond at all to the fact that the Iranians themselves are going to be allowed to monitor themselves!