Former national security adviser Ben Rhodes, the architect of the Iran nuclear deal, purposely structured the JCPOA as a treaty that was not a treaty because he and his boss, President Obama, had no intention whatsoever of doing with the JCPOA what the Constitution mandates for all treaties, which is to obtain the approval of two-thirds of the Senate.
Rhodes and Obama simply rammed through what was in effect a treaty without seeking the approval of even one Senator.
Here is Rhodes after the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the secretive Iranian Quds force that sows mischief outside Iran's borders.
Congress has to assert itself and determine exactly what our Iran policy is.
Did we mean to do this? Do we have any plan for what comes next? What is the legal basis for all this? - Ben Rhodes January 3, 2020 Stay Updated with NR Daily NR's afternoon roundup of the day's best commentary & must-read analysis.
Rhodes's tweet is incomprehensible unless one or both of the following two conditions applies: 1) Rhodes is very, very stupid; 2) Rhodes thinks one set of laws and principles applies to presidents he likes and another set applies to presidents he doesn't like.
Congress gets to "Assert itself" in the Trump Administration's foreign policy? When Rhodes was in charge of President Obama's foreign policy, he not only didn't solicit Congress's opinion on Iran policy but took extraordinary action purposely to cut the Senate out of a matter of which it should have had oversight.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ben-rhodes-is-suddenly-interested-in-congressional-authorization/
Rhodes and Obama simply rammed through what was in effect a treaty without seeking the approval of even one Senator.
Here is Rhodes after the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the secretive Iranian Quds force that sows mischief outside Iran's borders.
Congress has to assert itself and determine exactly what our Iran policy is.
Did we mean to do this? Do we have any plan for what comes next? What is the legal basis for all this? - Ben Rhodes January 3, 2020 Stay Updated with NR Daily NR's afternoon roundup of the day's best commentary & must-read analysis.
Rhodes's tweet is incomprehensible unless one or both of the following two conditions applies: 1) Rhodes is very, very stupid; 2) Rhodes thinks one set of laws and principles applies to presidents he likes and another set applies to presidents he doesn't like.
Congress gets to "Assert itself" in the Trump Administration's foreign policy? When Rhodes was in charge of President Obama's foreign policy, he not only didn't solicit Congress's opinion on Iran policy but took extraordinary action purposely to cut the Senate out of a matter of which it should have had oversight.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ben-rhodes-is-suddenly-interested-in-congressional-authorization/
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