As frustrating as the U.S. Congress can be–think: Senate letter to Iran on nuclear discussions–Iran easily tops such hindrance. We were reminded of that sobering reality recently when that country’s “supreme leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, weighed in on nuclear negotiations. By having the final say, he could, in effect, cancel whatever deal is signed by Iran, the U.S., Russia, China and the Europeans.
This, mind you, is a cleric without a background in anything relevant–from economics to technology to foreign policy–who has the last word on everything that is important.
It’s as if all treaties and international negotiations to which the U.S. was a party also needed the sign-off signature of Ted Nugent.