September 19, 2015 --

Obama-ista Roger Cohen asserted, in his New York Times column, September 5, "Major arms control treaties used to be bipartisan affairs. Those days are gone."

Mr. Cohen seems to have been discussing Republican opposition to the Iran nuclear "deal," but if so, why did he compare the current "deal" to "arms control treaties" of yore.

Clearly the "deal" cannot be compared to "treaties." If so, it would have required approval of two-thirds of Senators present and voting instead of what actually happened, action by the president backed by 41 senators whose votes would have maintained a filibuster to make certain there would be no vote on the "deal."

It makes no sense, as Mr. Cohen did, to compare the "deal" to "treaties"-- but, as LPR notes above, actions that make no sense are the stuff of arbitrary government.