The Corker law (the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015)
required President Obama to submit the entirety of the Iran deal,
including all side deals within five days of closing the deal – meaning,
by July 19. It is indisputable that Obama has failed to comply with
this requirement.
By the unambiguous terms of the Corker law, the period for
congressional review of the Iran deal has never begun because Obama has
failed to provide the entirety of it.
Under Corker sections (b)(1)-(2), the 60-day “period for review by
Congress” does not commence until “transmittal by the President of an
agreement” as defined in the statute – which, again, means every bit of
the agreement. Because Obama has withheld parts of the deal, the review
period has not commenced.
Not to mention, the administration snuck key inspection and verification provisions
into side deals between Iran and the IAEA. It has also emerged that
Obama has secret side deals with several governments (China, Germany,
France and Britain), promising that their companies will not be
penalized if Iran is caught cheating – thus undermining the already
illusory “snapback” sanctions. These side deals have not been provided
to Congress. It is unmistakably clear that the Corker law mandates that
they be disclosed (see subsection (h)(1)’s definition of the “agreement”
the administration was required to turn over to Congress).
Obama has defaulted on the Corker conditions, and therefore he should lose the benefit of Corker’s rigged review process.
Should the Iran agreement be tossed in the trash as the president who signed the law has failed to comply with the Corker law which he signed???
It's an interesting position Obama has gotten himself into. He supported the Corker law now wants to ignore the law he supported.
ReplyDeleteHe thinks he's the President of the UN and will do what he wants. Clinton-Obama-Kerry are knee deep in this charade. The democrats have all been smoked out as to who would vote for this nightmare. The pubs shouldn't dignify this piece of crap by even bringing it up for a vote.
DeleteAs you say, it is a rigged process but a catch 22 for both sides. The Corker amendment while reducing the number of votes for approval forces the president to full disclosure which might make the deal so odorous it might not pass. Also by force the president to follow this bill, the president can take no action to remove sanctions before, during or in the case of a down vote 10 days after his veto. The flip side is that if you truly believe that this is a bad deal then allowing the president to disregard corker would change the sanctions game but the straight up or down vote is more likely to work in your favour... but will it sustain a veto? All risks aside, I opt for clarity but with a congress that acts so schizophrenic it is possible they would unanimously vote for a terrible agreement.
ReplyDeleteThe Corker law (the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015) required President Obama to submit the entirety of the Iran deal, including all side deals within five days of closing the deal – meaning, by July 19.
DeleteInteresting as the side deals are still coming out. Kind of missed the date didn't he.
It would be fitting if the Senate tossed the agreement and say you didn't follow the law you signed, end of story. But the Senate will cave as they always do and vote on it.
Here is an article from The National Review on what the Corker Bill really says:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nationalreview.com/corner/421349/congress-must-ditch-corker-bill-and-treat-iran-deal-either-treaty-or-proposed
No need to read it as it's being ignored and we move forward with a dnady new agreement with the world's largest terrorist state.
DeleteMission accomplished, another legacy set in stone.
I'm not far into a book titled: Modern Times - The World From The Twenties to the Nineties - by Paul M. Johnson
ReplyDeleteIn it was this letter to Woodrow Wilson regarding the inept way he conducted himself and represented United States and the many soldiers who fought that war during the construction of the Treaty of Versailles. The terms of which ended WWI and created the conditions for WWII.
'I am sorry that you did not fight our fight to the finish and that you had so little faith in the millions of men, like myself, in every nation who had faith in you.... Our government has consented now to deliver the suffering peoples of the world to new oppressions, subjections and dismemberments - A new Century of war.'
I couldn't help but think of it when I read this today.
"Now, we must turn to the critical work of implementing and verifying this deal so that Iran cannot pursue a nuclear weapon. In doing so, we’ll write the latest chapter of American leadership in the pursuit of a safer, more hopeful world." -Pres. Barack Obama
Wonder how you implement the secret agreements?
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