Democrats are being staggeringly reckless with Obama's greatest diplomatic achievement

Why are Democrats so cavalier about Obama's Iran deal?

Sen. Chuck Schumer.
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Senate Democrats voted overwhelmingly last Thursday for new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea, days after their House counterparts had also done so. The bill now goes to President Trump — though the margins were so gigantic that any veto could be quickly overridden.

The case for sanctioning Russia for meddling in the 2016 election is a strong one. But there is no comprehensible reason for sanctioning Iran. Democrats are putting the greatest diplomatic legacy of President Obama — the nuclear bargain with Iran — at extreme risk for no reason whatsoever.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.