Yesterday afternoon the U.S. Senate passed a bill providing for Congress authority to review the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran prior to final approval.

The vote was 98-1 for the bipartisan bill that would give Congress a say on what could be a historic accord that the United States and five other nations are trying to finalize with Iran. Under the agreement, Iran would roll back its nuclear program in exchange for relief from crippling economy penalties.

Why was this vote even necessary? Well, The geniuses who thought putting together P5+1, the hand-over-the-keys-to-the-kingdom nuclear deal with Iran forgot that this is actually a type of treaty between countries and have obviously decided that a few salient facts about Iran vs U.S. relations were unimportant for the Duffer-In-Chief and Secretary of State “Hugs” John Kerry to consider.

First: Iran Does. Not. Like. The. U.S, and hasn’t since the early 1950’s.  The most obvious manifestation of the building enmity against America took place over the course of 444 days between November 4, 1979 and January 21, 1981. The Iran hostage crisis wasn’t just a minor temper tantrum by any measure. Secondly, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is back on the scene; and he’s never been a fan of our Republic. Not only that, but members of the current regime are pretty emphatic that this so-called agreement that the Administration has been touting isn’t quite the bed of roses the U.S. says it is.

Hours after the #talks, Americans offered a fact sheet that most of it was contrary to what was agreed.They always deceive &breach promises.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) April 9, 2015

US need for the #talks–if not more- is not less than #Iran's. Negotiators should observe red lines& tolerate no burden, humiliation &threat.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) May 6, 2015

Notice a couple of things?  Iran makes it clear they aren’t fans of the United States. AND they have a red line of their own!  In fact, their red line seems to be pretty solid and immovable.

A preliminary agreement was reached last week to restrict Iran’s nuclear program to ensure it cannot build a bomb. A final deal faces a June 30 deadline and one of the major stumbling blocks appears to be the issue of inspections.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say for Iran on the deal, on Thursday ruled out any “extraordinary supervision measures” over nuclear activities and said military sites could not be inspected.

Lets look at that closely, Iran will maybe/kinda/sorta allow inspections for their nuclear sites and activities – but only if Iran ok’s how the inspection is conducted. According to Iranian officials, the military facilities/installations that could and likely are housing nuclear installations, won’t be inspected.

Third, Iran wants the sanctions against their country, the largest state sponsor of terror in the world, to be lifted immediately. Once those sanctions go away, Iran stands to realize a very big payday:

“The Obama administration estimates Iran has between $100 billion and $140 billion of its oil revenue frozen in offshore accounts as a result of sanctions. U.S. officials said they expect Tehran to gain access to these funds in phases as part of a final deal. Iran could receive somewhere between $30 billion and $50 billion upon signing the agreement, said congressional officials briefed by the administration. Complicating negotiations, U.S.-ally Saudi Arabia has repeatedly charged in recent weeks that Iran has provided significant funding, arms and training to Shiite insurgents in Yemen who gained control of the country’s capital, San’a, and forced the country’s president to flee. Iran has denied these allegations. Iran also is a major supporter of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, the Assad regime in Syria and a group of Shiite militias fighting in Iraq.”

Furthermore, the White House even admits that this nuclear deal plus the signing bonus won’t be incentive enough for Iran to change their ways.  Townhall’s Katie Pavlich has more:

White House Press Secretary told reporters Tuesday in the Briefing Room. “But the fact is, there are two things I would point out. Even while these sanctions have been in place we have not seen Iran significantly scale back their support for terrorism or their destabilization activities in the region. The second thing is the pressure that they are feeling is not primarily rooted in the idea that they need to get rid of the sanctions or at least get the international community to relax these sanctions so that they can invest additional resources in those activities.”

Meanwhile the Administration thinks anyone who is against this agreement is just crying over spilt milk. “Hugs” Kerry believes it because his pal Iranian’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif likely told him so on one of their strolls around Geneva this year.

In fact, Kerry has stated that any opposition to this no good very bad agreement is due to hysterics. Perhaps we need a counseling session to help deal with all these negative vibes… Oh wait. That’s Hillary Clinton’s bailiwick.

P5+1 is wrong-headed, dangerous, and bad for our national security.  No matter which way you slice it, the current deal as it stands only benefits Iran. If we don’t continue our opposition to a nuclear deal with Iran, we’ll be in a world of hurt. Why?  Its simple. Iran’s $50 Billion signing bonus will be icing on the cake, and they will continue to do what they do best; support and fund terrorism to the detriment of us all.