Iranian deal is like negotiating with terrorists: Jindal

As President Barack Obama gained more support on the historic Iranian nuclear deal, Louisiana's Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal today hit out at his Republican party for not being able to defeat the agreement, arguing that this amounted to negotiating with terrorists.
"This deal with Iran is the equivalent of the United States negotiating with terrorists. Every US Senator must be forced to vote and show the American people whether they support or oppose this dangerous new strategy," Jindal said.
A Republican presidential candidate, Jindal said there is talk inside Republican Senate conference of the possibility of not ever forcing a vote on the Iran deal now that it appears Obama has the 41 votes necessary to filibuster.

"This would be a tragic mistake by Senate Republicans, and would call into question why they are even in office in the first place," he said.
"Not forcing every single member of the US Senate to cast a vote would be tantamount to surrender. The American people will not tolerate this kind of cowardice," Jindal said.
The 44-year-old Indian-American Governor of southeastern US State of Louisiana is trailing far behind in the presidential race, having failed so far to be in the top 10 of the crowded 17 Republican presidential candidates.

The US Congress began debate yesterday on the nuclear agreement reached with Iran. President Barack Obama has just enough support in the US Senate to prevent the deal being blocked.

But a majority of lawmakers oppose the deal, saying it does not do enough to prevent any possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapon.
Iran has always denied any ambition to acquire a nuclear weapon.