My Take on this is that Schumer is acting to mollify his base of Jewish support in New York. I seriously doubt that he will use his considerable influence to try to get fellow Democrats to be swayed to his position. Polling indicates that American Jews are in favor of the Iran deal by a large margin. It will be enough for him to let it be known he thinks it is a bad deal. It may be a less than optimal deal but just about everyone that has a considered opinion says it is the best deal we are going to get.
At the risk of causing a big brouhaha I wonder why Iran achieving nuclear weapons is unthinkable. Already Israel has nukes. As does Pakistan which is a far scarier place. India, North Korea and maybe General Electric also have nukes. We live in a world threatened by nuclear annihilation. We have tens of thousands of warheads just by ourselves and Russia and China also have those kinds of numbers. If anyone, and I mean anyone, uses one the whole world is likely to blow up. By far, the greatest risk is India and Pakistan.
People talk about the risk of nukes falling into the hands of terrorists when it is a radical state, Pakistan, whose scientists went about the world purveying technology.
Schumer is doing what he has to do to preserve his political position. Something less than honorable but that's just the way it is.
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