THE SEAN HANNITY SHOW

Bibi Schools Obama This has been a pivotal week in world history.  Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech before a joint session of Congress was a grand slam, proving exactly why President Obama didn't want him to give it. We can thank Obama for the heightened level of drama surrounding Netanyahu's address.  But Netanyahu lived up to the moment.  He gave an extraordinary performance; a moving speech in which the words matched the gravity of the moment. It's quite possible that Netanyahu's address may have altered the trajectory of events that could have very well resulted in the worst-possible scenario: a world in which mad Mullahs are armed with weapons of mass destruction. With moral clarity and conviction, Netanyahu put the struggle over the current Iranian nuclear deal in the proper context.  He delivered a powerful indictment of the Iranian regime.  He reminded the world of its support of terrorism in the region and throughout the world and its domestic brutality and oppression of its people.  He also wasn't afraid to shy away from its deep roots of militant Islam, which is driving Iran to compete with ISIS for what Netanyahu called “the crown of Islam.”  On the issue of ISIS and Iran, Netanyahu issued a profound warning: “The enemy of your enemy is your enemy.” Like a gifted surgeon, Netanyahu focused like a laser on the two fatal concessions of the current deal being negotiated: It leaves Iran with nuclear capabilities in place and it lifts restrictions.  He reminds us all of a profound and chilly truth: If this is what Iran's aggression and support of terrorism looks like under sanctions and restrictions, imagine what it would be like without such restrictions and with nuclear weapons. And yet amazingly, as Netanyahu reminds us, this deal doesn't block Iran's path to a bomb, it paves it!  Furthermore, it could spark a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.  Another great line from Netanyahu: This would not be “a farewell to arms but a farewell to arms control.” He's absolutely right.  Yet the excuse from the Obama administration is that it can't be stopped because we can't take away the knowledge the Iranians have acquired.  That's simply untrue, and Netanyahu had another great analogy to explain this.  Knowledge is one thing but infrastructure is another.  You can't build a bomb without infrastructure in place, just like a race car driver can't race without a car. Brick by brick, he built a clear case for why a deal is dangerous and why we must seize this moment or we will regret what we've done to our children and grandchildren. Deep in our bones, we know that Netanyahu is the only adult on the world stage today.  It's impossible not to contrast him with Obama – who is supposed to be the leader of the Free World –  who comes across as weak and appeasing at a time of great peril.  With grace, clarity and the gravity of truth, Netanyahu crushed Obama as the small figure that he is.  That's why Obama didn't want this speech to happen.  But it did, and the world will one day thank Netanyahu for living up to the moment. GOP Leadership Caves Republicans caved.  This week the House passed a clean bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, including funding for Obama's unconstitutional executive amnesty actions. Yet again, House Speaker John Boehner did not stand on a promise that was made to the American people.  He capitulated. In the end, 75 Republicans ended up voting yes and Boehner relied on the Democrats for the rest of the votes to pass a bill that averted a crisis, which was never going to be a crisis.  But Republican leadership has a breathtaking level of fear of being blamed for a government shutdown.  As a result, they are weak and timid, unwilling to stand on principles and deliver on their promises. It's no coincidence that this happened on the same day that Netanyahu gave his highly-publicized speech to a joint session of Congress.  In the shadow of this story, GOP leadership managed to avoid the dominating headlines of its cowardice. Sen. Chuck Schumer told reporters, “Hopefully, hopefully Speaker Boehner will realize after this debate that the path toward legislative and political [success] runs through Democrats, not through the far-right fringe of his caucus.” Those “fringes” are the same people who are fighting to protect the Constitution and also trying to deliver on the promises they made to their constituents.  After all, those lawmakers concerned about Obama's executive amnesty are reflective of their constituents' concerns. As Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint points out, “The phrase I heard most often from Republican leadership while serving in the House and Senate was, 'This is not the right time to have this fight.'”  It never seems like the right time for Republicans to stand on principle in Washington.  They can't seem to find a fight that's worth finishing.  We, the American people, sent them to Washington to fight for conservative principles.  This amnesty battle was one of those which drove people to the polls in November.  Yet again, they managed to cave. This is not good for conservatives and ultimately the country.