Iran and Venezuela are just another chapter in our propensity for war and oil

The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Last week we had 47 United States Republican senators—subsequently referred to as the 47 traitors—unconstitutionally inject themselves into our nation’s foreign policy. They signed on to an infantile letter written by Tom Cotton, the junior senator from Arkansas, to the mullahs in Iran, with the supposed purpose of teaching them the intricacies of the United States Constitution.

It is understood that sometimes otherwise intelligent politicians say silly things for the purpose of getting elected, but affecting policy or actions on silly things can be disastrous. It can be disastrous specifically when politicians start to believe their rhetoric.

The Iranians summarily dismissed the letter. Dr. Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, responded:

Zarif expressed astonishment that some members of US Congress find it appropriate to write to leaders of another country against their own President and administration. He pointed out that from reading the open letter, it seems that the authors not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy.

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