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Congressional Democrats believe President Donald Trump made an enormous mistake launching a costly war against Iran. But many of them are welcoming news of a tentative peace deal<\/u><\/span>, even if it reportedly gives more favorable terms to Iran than to the U.S.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s essentially a surrender to Iran on Iran\u2019s terms,\u201d Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) told NOTUS. \u201cNow, I will support that surrender, because this crowd of incompetent national security leaders is making the situation worse every day. I think the only thing we can do is end the war, but I mean, Iran gets everything they want out of this \u2013 sanctions relief, implicit control of the Strait of Hormuz, no commitments on nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a disaster, but it\u2019s probably a necessary disaster,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn off-ramp to a war we never should have gotten into in the first place is a good thing,\u201d said Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia). \u201cIt\u2019s just so needless that we had to lose 13 troops, spend billions of dollars, impose economic costs on American families in the world, to get to a place that\u2019s probably worse off than where we were on February 27.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details of the memorandum of agreement between the U.S. and Iran are scant, but the deal is set to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire for 60 days while negotiators hammer out a broader agreement aimed at curbing Iran\u2019s ability to procure or develop nuclear weapons. It reportedly would allow for the lifting of sanctions on the Iranian regime and unfreeze Iranian assets if the regime takes steps to eliminate its nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Top White House officials have been busy assuring skeptics that it\u2019s in fact a good deal, but plenty of Iran hawks still have concerns<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n

There have also been reports that the Iranian regime is planning to charge a fee<\/u><\/span> for ships navigating the critical Strait of Hormuz, where Iran choked off the flow of international shipping, spiking prices of energy and consumer goods in an effort to pressure the U.S. to end the war. Prior to the start of the conflict, ships could pass freely through the body of water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad that there\u2019s a ceasefire, but jeez, what a shit show,\u201d Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), meanwhile, used a poker analogy to describe Trump\u2019s dealmaking skills.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think this was probably the best available option, but it\u2019s sort of like shoving 80 percent of your chips in on the flop and the turn, and then folding on the river,\u201d Schatz said. \u201cIt\u2019s smart, but you\u2019ve already screwed up multiple times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance, who seems to be the administration\u2019s public relations point man for the Iran deal, has argued that the war was a success because it destroyed much of Iran\u2019s navy and ballistic missile production capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t commit to doing anything as part of this deal, so the United States wins either way,\u201d Vance told Fox News<\/u><\/span>. \u201cIf the Iranian people want greater prosperity, then their leadership has to set up and change their behavior. If they do, great, if they don\u2019t, the United States has already gotten a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fact that no one has seen the memorandum of understanding has caused bipartisan frustration on Capitol Hill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a member of the Gang of Eight, the group of top lawmakers that is briefed on sensitive intelligence matters, said he hasn\u2019t seen it and has asked the White House for a copy. Vance, meanwhile, told ABC News that the White House would release the text of the agreement later this week.<\/p>\n

President Trump said on Tuesday he would send the deal to Congress to review, but it\u2019s unclear when that would happen, or if Congress would ultimately vote on the details of the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho wouldn\u2019t approve it?\u201d Trump told reporters, after joking that if he told Democrats they shouldn\u2019t approve of the deal they would all back it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it was so great, wouldn\u2019t the president have printed it on gold leaf paper and sent it out to all of us?\u201d asked Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada).<\/p>\n

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