Jim Webb: Nuclear Deal Gives Iran ‘Greater Balance of the Power in a Very Fragile Region’

PETERS: “If you were still in the Senate, would you vote for this Iran deal, yes or no and why not?”

WEBB: “I would not. And I’ve said that with all due respect to people that I do respect that have supported it. I believe the danger in the Iran agreement is in what it does not address, other than nuclear issues that allows Iran to continue to gain a greater balance of the power in a very fragile region. It affects Israel. It affects the Sunni countries. It’s one of the reasons I oppose the invasion of Iraq, by the way, was that we were going to shift the balance of power too much toward Iran. And that is still there. We've had no signals from Iran through this whole process, no confidence builders is what we used to call it when I was in the Pentagon, that would indicate that Iran is ready to move forward in a different way in the region. So I think you can vote against this. The Congress can't amend it and then send it back and have people look at it again. I think it should have been with the Congress in the first place.”