By. Thomas Lodico
As the Obama Administration celebrates the final agreement in the Iran Nuclear Deal, the continued fight in Congress could be the hardest fight yet.
On Tuesday, President Obama gave an early morning announcement that the United States, Iran, China, Russia, Great Britain plus Germany and the United Nations had come to an agreement to curb any current or future plans for Iran to have a nuclear bomb. President Obama saw this a move as the start of a new direction. This shows the foreign policy shift from Bush as a hawkish president, to Obama’s foreign policy, using policy as a way to solve world problems. Yet President Obama still has a problem to face and that is the Republican leadership in Congress.
President Obama has a hard sell to Congress to support the Iran Nuclear Bill. Considering the presence in Congress of many Republicans who almost never support Obama on any policy, this would seem to be almost a dead deal. Republicans in Congress look at this deal as allowing Iran to skip over security measures, and letting Iran regain economic viability which in turn would allow them to fund terrorism throughout the world.
Another hardliner and Republican ally, Benjamin Netanyahu, called this deal a grave mistake, stating that any deal with Iran would be a problem for Israel and its security in the region. This opposition from Israel and Republicans could cause a headache for the Obama Administration in its effort to gather support for a yes vote. Adding to the uncertain situation is the fact that President Obama has already stated that he will veto any legislation rejecting the deal.
What happens in the next few months could be a huge change in how foreign policy is performed in the United States. Whatever President Obama and Members of Congress come to agree on, one thing is for certain, the whole world will be watching.