Obama caves to Iran’s nuclear blackmail

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President Obama threatened in last year’s State of the Union address that he’d veto any Iran sanctions bill passed by Congress.

“For the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed,” he told the nation, “If Iran’s leaders do not seize this opportunity, then I will be the first to call for more sanctions, and stand ready to exercise all options to make sure Iran does not build a nuclear weapon.” On Tuesday, one year and two six-month extensions of negotiations later, Obama did not call for more sanctions. Instead, he issued another veto threat.

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