While the major media exhausts itself in trying to prove that the Republican congressional majority is getting nothing done, actual activities belie the claims.
After Bibi Netanyahu delivered his speech to a joint session last week, at the invitation of House Speaker, John Boehner, forcefully describing the Iranian nuclear threat to his nation, further steps have been taken.
Josh Rogin reports in bloombergview.com that, “A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office.
“Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process.”
The hope is that by pointing out the long-term fragility of a deal with no congressional approval, “something Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has also noted,” the Iranian regime might be convinced to think twice.
Senator Cotton said, "Iran's ayatollahs need to know before agreeing to any nuclear deal that … any unilateral executive agreement is one they accept at their own peril.” Which doesn’t sound like a “do nothing” congressional attitude at all.
On a similar subject, as ominous as paving the way to a nuclear-armed Iran may be, another administration error makes absolutely no sense either.
It would seem that anyone with an iota of intellect would realize that the precipitous drop in crude oil prices is extremely beneficial to the U.S.
In Russia, although there was a cool response from Vladimir Putin, his ministers announced drastic cuts in government spending. At the same time, Iran’s revenue is similarly curtailed, which might be very helpful in any negotiation with that nation.
Even Venezuela is feeling the effect, where President Nicolás Maduro, skipped his own state of the union speech for a desperate world tour in search of loans or promises of $100 oil. Getting neither, rumors flew back home about whether he would be allowed to stay in office on his return.
Since these are just a few of the benefits to the nation, wouldn’t the most logical step be to approve the Keystone pipeline, further reducing the price of oil? That would not only benefit the population, but practically guarantee no recovery for enemies for a long time to come.
However, for this administration, politics always overrides public good, regardless of harm to the nation itself and its people. And what’s even more ridiculous is that the environmental damage of the pipeline has been determined to be minimal at worst, while the State Department has cleared the project five times to date. Makes one wonder what the real game is, doesn’t it?
And finally, Fox News.com reports, “JUST IN CASE you were relying on the Sunday New York Times — or the 'official White House photo' — to give you complete coverage of the 50th anniversary re-enactment of the Selma march, you probably didn't see that in addition to President Obama and family leading the procession of civil rights leaders were former President George Bush and wife, Laura — so we thought we'd show you what they didn't.”
And sure enough, the actual photo shows the Bush couple right up at the front of the march. So, one must suppose that this is just one more proof of why Fox outdraws all the other news sources combined, while the major media are almost out of business readership-wise, especially the New York Times.
That's it for today folks.
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