"Peace in our time": Dem echoes Chamberlain in endorsing Iran deal

Many critics of the deal that President Obama cut with Iran, which strengthens a regime that has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel, have likened it to when British Prime Minister Chamberlain agreed to allow Hitler to annex the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia in 1938, promising that it would bring “peace for our time” — only to see war ensue the following year.

Defenders of the deal have reacted harshly and angrily to this characterization.

But Murphy provided ammo to critics when he explained his backing of Obama’s Iran deal by saying, “This debate has proven to me that America and Israel are fortunate to have so many passionate, diverse voices who all want the same things: a nuclear-free Iran, a secure Israel, and peace in our time. In the interest of all three, I will be supporting this deal and voting against a Resolution of Disapproval in September.”