Bibi's speech was an eye-opener

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On March 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received more than 20 standing ovations while delivering an unprecedented speech to a joint session of Congress about the serious threat that a nuclear Iran poses to the free world.

House Speaker John Boehner invited the prime minister to speak to Congress and share his thoughts on our negotiating a critical treaty with Iran. It was one of the most deliberate and powerful speeches I have ever seen from a foreign leader.

The White House and many members of the Democratic Party were opposed to the speech. In fact, neither the president nor the vice president attended.

I applaud both Boehner and Netanyahu for ignoring those protests. Congress and the American public have a right to hear from foreign leaders. And I urge Congress and President Obama to heed the prime minister’s warnings. We are negotiating a critical agreement with Iran, and we can do better.

It is a well-known fact that Iran currently operates secret nuclear facilities; even Secretary of State John Kerry has attested to this. Iran has produced an intercontinental ballistic missile. The range of this missile poses a serious threat to Israel, and even to the U.S.

This is who we want to do a deal with? A country that operates in secrecy and openly expresses its intent to eradicate Israel and the Jewish people?

Let’s be clear. This proposed treaty would not be permanent. In fact, it doesn’t even eradicate Iran’s nuclear capabilities over the course of the agreement. The country would be able to maintain its nuclear infrastructure during that period. Iran would still have enriched uranium, and after the 10-year agreement ends, it would take less than one year for the country to become a fully capable nuclear power.

This is extremely disturbing.

I believe that Obama’s policy with regard to Iran’s nuclear weapons program endangers the U.S. and many of our greatest allies. This deal is too important to be left in the hands of this administration. Can we really fully trust an administration that permitted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to use an unsecure email server to communicate about critical foreign policy matters?

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