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IT ISN'T OVER – AT 9:51 A.M. ET:  Even though the Iran deal will go through, opponents are not finished.  There are new actions that can be taken to help protect this country from the machinations of Field Marshal Obama and Grand Admiral Kerry.  From the Washington Post: 

The Obama administration’s fight to prevent Congress from blocking the Iran nuclear deal may be won, since there appear to be enough Democratic votes in the House and the Senate to sustain a presidential veto of any resolution of disapproval.

But continued political skirmishing could affect the White House’s broader goal, which is to make certain the deal works.

Several GOP presidential candidates have threatened to “terminate this deal on day one,” as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker did again Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Walker said he was sending a “clear message today” to the rest of the world that if he won the White House, tough sanctions would be imposed on Tehran. And he warned America’s negotiating partners and other nations that start dealing with Tehran: “If you want to do business, you have got to decide, are you going to do it with Iran or are you going to do it with America?”

Walker’s proposal to Iran, he said, would be to “get rid of your illicit nuclear infrastructure.”

Meanwhile, Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) have a pending bill to authorize a 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, which expires next year. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said last month that the sanctions extension would be brought up and passed after the debate on the nuclear pact.

Iranian officials have said that extending the authorization for sanctions could be considered a violation of the agreement.

COMMENT:  The imperative is to elect a Republican president next year.  He or she will be far better on Iran than any Democrat running.  Hillary probably knows how bad this deal is, but she will be under party discipline to advance it. 

Foreign policy is no longer bipartisan.  Our side, the power-for-peace side, is right,and the other side, the appeasement side, is wrong. 

September 3, 2015