The UN Security Council
voted unanimously Monday to approve the Iran nuclear deal struck by the Obama administration. Predictably, House Speaker John Boehner
thinks this is bad.
"This is a bad start for a bad deal," he added. "The American people expect their representatives to review this potential agreement and stop Iran's push for a nuclear weapon, and we will continue our critical work to do just that."
Boehner’s opposition added to the bipartisan outrage over the Obama administration encouraging the U.N. to review the terms of the deal—setting the stage for rolling back sanctions against Iran—before Congress had formally weighed in. […]
The fact that the U.N. took action just hours after Congress got its copy added insult to injury, Boehner claimed.
"Enabling such a consequential vote just 24 hours after submitting the agreement documents to Congress undermines our national security and violates the spirit of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which passed the House in May with more than 400 votes," the House speaker said.
Note to Boehner, the UN Security Council has absolutely no fucks to give over your House vote. President Obama doesn't have a whole lot more. Additionally, the American people actually
support this deal, and have
for months. So don't go hiding behind the "American people" on this one.
How about, Mr. Boehner, instead of continuing to trash this deal, you take President Obama up on his challenge and come up with a viable alternative. And if that viable alternative includes going to war, tell us so.