Boehner Finds His Spine, Invites Netanyahu To Address Congress On Iran The teleprompters had barely powered down from Barack Obamas sixth State of the Union Democratic applause fest, when John Boehner, the beleaguered Speaker of the House of Representatives, fired one heck of a shot across the administrations bow when it comes to foreign policy and bowing and scraping to Iran. From Associated Press via HotAir: House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he had invited Israels prime minister to address a joint meeting of Congress next month about the threats from Tehran and radical Islam. The Republican leader released a letter extending the invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu for Feb. 11. Well, alrighty then. If anyone speaks plainly and eloquently about Iran and what they are up to it is Mr. Netanyahu. And Boehner did it without consulting the White House which is a sort of breach of protocol, too. The White House usually does a lot of negotiating before an invitation is issued. But, surprise, surprise, surprise, that isnt all the news on John Boehner defying Obama. There was the Speakers response to Obamas threats regarding sanctions against Iran: Boehner also told a private meeting of GOP lawmakers that Congress would proceed on new penalties against Iran despite Obamas warning that any legislation would scuttle diplomatic negotiations over the countrys nuclear program. You may have seen that on Friday, the president warned us not to move ahead with sanctions on Iran, a state sponsor of terror, Boehner told colleagues, according to his office. His exact message to us was: Hold your fire. He expects us to stand idly by and do nothing while he cuts a bad deal with Iran. Two words: Hell no! This statement came from the purported wet noodle hours after Barack Obama proclaimed this in front of the entire government (except the Supreme Court conservatives who found other things more important than witnessing Obama make an idiot of himself). New sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails alienating America from its allies, and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again. It doesnt make sense. That is why I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress. The American people expect us to only go to war as a last resort, and I intend to stay true to that wisdom. As Democratic representative Bob Menendez tweeted, The more I hear from the administration the more it sounds like talking points that come straight out of Tehran. No kidding. Multiple lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling Obama on his assertions that the Iranian nuclear program has been halted. According to the HotAir sources, they are willing to openly challenge him on it, too. In the meantime, one must marvel at John Boehners masterstroke, as Ed Morrissey put it, of bypassing the administration on foreign policy sanctions and going straight to our most steadfast ally in the region for answers on Iran. Maybe now the long game will begin to play out. Yuck. If anyone speaks plainly and eloquently about Iran and what they are up to it is Mr. Netanyahu. If anyone spoke plainly and eloquently about Israel it was Ahmadinijad. Have him speak for BALANCE. What do you mean spine? The only thing this guy can be counted on is supporting that left-wing criminal welfare state called Israel. They should BOTH be arresed Boehner for treason and Nuttyahoo for espionage, stealing from the US (see Project Pinto.) 