
“Prime Minister Chamberlain would have been proud after the West gave the snake oil salesman of the desert, Mr. Rouhani, exactly what he wanted: time and money to pursue his quest for nuclear intimidation,” Poe said on the House floor, referring to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Poe said Israel is playing the role of Czechoslovakia this time around — in 1938, Chamberlain negotiated a deal that gave Germany areas of Czechoslovakia with a majority German population. Chamberlain famously returned to the United Kingdom and said that deal would create “peace for our time.”
Poe argued that the “appeasement West was willing to sell out Israel and Saudi Arabia for peace in our time.”
Poe is one of dozens of members of Congress who oppose the administration's six-month agreement with Iran, which has led many to call for tougher sanctions. The agreement calls on Iran to stop enriching uranium above 5 percent for six months, dilute half of the 20 percent enriched uranium, and stop upgrading various enrichment facilities.
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