“You’d better ask Sen. Corker; he’s said he’s going to block all killer amendments. Go talk to him,” Politico quoted New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer as saying when asked how he’d like to see Rubio’s proposal handled.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has given the Democrats cover by opposing Rubio’s proposals, but Democrats hiding under the AIPAC umbrella would have to pay a political debt to the pro-Israel lobby.
Cardin’s line of reason gin follows the Obama and Kerry mindset that a deal with Iran is good for Israel and, therefore, sticking in the Congressional bill a condition that Iran recognize Israel actually is anti-Israel because it would destroy all chances for a final arrangement.
That, of course, is exactly what Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, thinks is best for Israel.
Netanyahu is not alone.
Democrats who vote against Rubio’s amendments run the risk of voting against Israel twice in one go – against Iran’s reorganizing Israel and for a deal that every day appears to be even worse than a “bad deal.”