Oh? Here’s some-not-so-pleasant news as you get ready for the Thanksgiving break:
State Dept: #IranDeal isn't legally binding and Iran didn't actually sign it.
Wonderful.https://t.co/dh65h6yFTr
— National Review (@NRO) November 25, 2015
.@StateDept says #IranDeal isn't a signed document, but a “political commitment” that Iran will uphold the deal https://t.co/XxQvfc7CNA
— Mike Pompeo (@RepMikePompeo) November 25, 2015
A “political commitment” in the words of Rep. Pompeo that’s “more appropriate for cooperation in illegal logging and clean cookstoves than a nuclear deal.” Wonderful.
National Review’s Joel Gherke has more:
President Obama didn’t require Iranian leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged in a letter to Representative Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) obtained by National Review.
“The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document,” wrote Julia Frifield, the State Department assistant secretary for legislative affairs, in the November 19 letter.
The rest here.
Suffice it to say, Tweeters aren’t amused:
So much for Obama's "big" "nuclear" "deal" with "Iran".https://t.co/mPgh7c11ev
— John Schindler (@20committee) November 25, 2015
All of the facepalms https://t.co/e8IpcEm52S
— Pete (@ThePeteAwakens) November 25, 2015
Use this "deal" for kindling! https://t.co/rIqXWTuGKw
— Tish Hahs (@msragdolltoo) November 25, 2015
Wait….what? https://t.co/iAmA2fqDGl
— Robert Hasler (@rhasler_14) November 25, 2015
just another Obama Bamboozel.
Add it to the CON list. https://t.co/BzpjHEDeHt— greybeard (@greybeard411) November 25, 2015
@NRO never w/ a deal mere POTUS promise & gift on behalf of 'Universal values we all share' PR Campaign. Illogical, subjective unilateral
— mkdfla (@mkdfla) November 25, 2015
It is no wonder the world is in such turmoil with our poor #ForeignPolicy https://t.co/iyxuT8m7P0 #IranDeal @PressSec @StateDept
— Phil Kendro (@PhilKendro) November 25, 2015
And getting worse.
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