UNDERCUTTING AMERICA – AT 12:16 P.M. ET:   Just as President Trump is flying off to build an alliance against Iran in the Mideast, disciples of the last president are working to undermine him.  From the Algemeiner (Israel):

As lawmakers prepare for an imminent debate over a new bill pressing further sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile development, human rights violations and other abuses, former senior Obama administration officials have mobilized in an effort to oppose it.

A draft of the legislation submitted by a bipartisan group of senators, entitled the “Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 ,” instructs the US government to “impose sanctions with respect to Iran in relation to Iran’s ballistic missile program, support for acts of international terrorism, and violations of human rights, and for other purposes.” The legislation would further mandate the Treasury, Defense and State Departments, along with intelligence agencies, to report to Congress every two years on their strategy to counter destabilizing “Iranian activities and threats that directly threaten the United States and key allies in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.”

While the legislation would not change the status of the 2015 nuclear deal — to which the US remains formally committed — ex-Obama administration officials are insisting that its passage could lead to the burial of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action  (JCPOA) implemented in January 2016, which they argue has effectively blocked Iran’s weaponization of its nuclear program.

COMMENT:  What they argue is garbage.  The agreement only blocks the nuclear-weapons program for a finite number of years.  And that's assuming Iran doesn't cheat. 

It does not block the missile program, which is forging ahead.  When Iran finally does get a nuclear weapon, it will have the missiles to carry it.  What a wonderful success.

You'd think the previous administration would not try to interfere with the foreign policy of the new president.  But the Obamans don't play by the usual rules.

May 19, 2017