Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday said the nuclear deal with Iran was tantamount to declaring war against Israel and the Sunni Arab states and maintained there was “no chance” Congress would support it.
The comments came as a top Democrat cautioned that the deal would need to be carefully scrutinized by Congress, although President Barack Obama has already declared that he would veto any legislation that seeks to block the deal.
The agreement sealed Tuesday morning is “incredibly dangerous for our national security, and it’s akin to declaring war on Sunni Arabs and Israel by the P5+1 because it ensures their primary antagonist Iran will become a nuclear power and allows [Iran] to rearm conventionally,” Graham told Bloomberg. (READ MORE)
