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President Obama chastised Republican Senators for sending a letter to the Iranian leadership all the while the U.S. and allied countries are in the middle of intense nuclear negotiations with Tehran.  The president argued that Republicans now have “common cause with the hardliners in Iran.”

The letter was publically released on Monday, and sent to Tehran stating any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei.  The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and a future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.

Real Clear Politics reported, speaking in the Oval Office, Obama said the American people would assess the merits of any finalized agreement with Iran. If a deal is reached, “I’m confident we’ll be able to implement it,” he added.

“I think it’s somewhat ironic to see some members of Congress wanting to make common cause with the hardliners in Iran. It’s an unusual coalition,” the president observed.

Earlier Monday, Obama’s spokesman condemned the GOP letter as “a partisan strategy to undermine the president’s ability to conduct foreign policy and advance our national security interests around the globe.”

Democratic Senators reacted bitterly to the letter sent by Republicans as a partisan stunt to placate their base.

Minority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Whip Dick Durbin, sent a salvo in the Republicans direction on the Senate floor, “Today’s unprecedented letter, originated by a United States senator who took his oath of office 62 days ago, is a kind of pettiness that diminishes us as a country in the eyes of the world,” Reid said.

“I can’t think of a precedent where you have had one political party in the United States Senate try to intervene in international negotiations,” Durbin added.

Josh Earnest, the president’s press secretary, assured members of Congress that the legislative branch is not being left out of the process in any agreement with Iran.

“The administration fully believes that there is a legitimate and even an important role for Congress to play when it comes to foreign policy,” he said, and further mentioned that Congress would have a chance to express their voice on any part of any nuclear agreement before sanctions are lifted to ensure Iran’s compliance.

While Republicans and President Obama engage in partisan brinksmanship over Iranian nuclear negotiations, the real concern for the U.S. is how our Arab allies see the Iranian nuclear negotiations.

Last week Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan visited Saudi Arabia and held meeting with Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to discuss a wide range of issues.

This meeting could be a prelude to Riyadh believing any deal nuclear deal with Iran will leave Tehran with its nuclear infrastructure in place, and at any time could produce a nuclear device at its choosing.

Riyadh, looks to hedge their bets and could be seeking Pakistan’s acquiesce to helping the Kingdom obtain its own nuclear device to counter Iran.

US News reported that Riyadh’s most crucial ally is Pakistan, the only Muslim nuclear weapons state. Last year, for the first time, the Saudis publicly displayed their vintage Chinese-made intermediate-range ballistic missiles — the only ones they have that can reach Tehran — at a military parade. In the reviewing stands was Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Rahul Sharif, the man who controls Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. It is the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world, and the Saudis have been helping to pay for its development since the 1970s. It was a very calculated signal.

Continuing in its reporting, Salman, in late February, summoned the Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to Riyadh. The highly unusual and urgent public invitation was linked in the Pakistani press to “strategic cooperation” against Iran. Salman visited Islamabad a year ago as crown prince and gave Sharif a $1.5 billion grant to reaffirm the Saudi-Pakistani strategic accord. Sharif spent three days in the kingdom last week in response to the king’s invitation. He received a royal reception.

The U.S. has to be careful as any belief that our Arab allies, who have a contentious relationship with the Obama administration, believe we gave away the store to secure a nuclear agreement with Iran, would try and would obtain a nuclear weapon to counter Tehran.

The Sunni Arab’s believe Shiite Iran is the greater threat not ISIS.