Adam Schiff: ‘No Question’ Iran Is Behind Tanker Attacks
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SCHIFF: ”This was an unfortunate Iran is behind the attacks, I the evidence is very strong and compelling and in fact I think this was a class a screw up by Iran to insert a mine on the ship, it didn’t designate, they had to go back and retrieve it, I can imagine there are some Iranian heads rolling from that botched operation. But nonetheless, the problem is that we are struggling even in the midst of this solid evidence to persuade our allies to join us in any kind of a response, and it shows just how isolated the United States has become, our allies warned the United States, I think our intelligence agency as warned policymakers that this kind of Iranian reaction was likely, a result of a policy of withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement and so what we see is a split of the U.S. From our allies and we see Russia and China coming together and having Iran’s back. This is I think the worst of all a situations and the maximum pressure campaign has maximally failed and only heightened the risk of conflict for my Republican senator cotton implicate we attack Iran and provoke a war there is no Congress 0 natural, congressional approval is necessary. Congressional approval is necessary to initiate hostilities against Iran. We should be trying to corral a response though from the international community to protect shipping, to impose sanctions but because we have so alienated ourselves from our allies that is not happening.”
