Some Deal

 Well, it's a done deal. President Obama has enough votes in the Senate to defeat any attempt by the majority to override a veto on the Iran agreement. Not that it matters: Obama was going to get his way. Even with a rejection by Congress, which would not have carried the force of law, he would have acted unilaterally to approve the agreement. That's why he didn't qualify it as a treaty requiring approval by a two-thirds majority of the Senate.

Obama views the Iran agreement as the second key to his legacy, the first being 

ObamaCare. But what kind of legacy will it be? ObamaCare is proving to be perhaps the worst piece of legislation ever enacted, and the Iran agreement ensures that Iran will have nuclear bombs and the missile system to deliver them, while the $150 billion it gets in sanctions relief will continue to fund terrorism around the world.

Now let's note the similarity and the difference between the two pieces of Obama's legacy. They are similar in that they were both achieved without the support of a single Republican in Congress. We can say with finality that Democrats own both. They are the Democrats' legacy as well.

But there's a difference. ObamaCare was approved by a Congress with a Democratic majority in both houses. The Iran agreement, on the other hand, is opposed by a majority in Congress. Moreover, all the public opinion polls show that the American public is opposed to it as well. There will always be a significant minority of naive and misguided Americans who will support anything this president does, even when his actions are illegal or unconstitutional. But in this case, the common sense of the American people shows through; they know a bad deal when they see one.

Americans aren't the only ones who recognize this as a bad deal. Tens of thousands of Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis, and others are seeking refuge in Europe to escape the inevitable carnage that will result from the free hand gifted to Iran by Obama. These hordes know that if they stay behind they face mass slaughter. There is no greater motivation than the prospect of extermination.

Israelis face the same prospect, but they are not moving. They will do whatever is necessary to survive. When war comes, as it surely will, Israel will have to go it alone as long as Obama is in office. The choice then is between a preemptive strike against Iran now, or hoping for renewed support from a new administration. Some choice.