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Congress gets back into full swing this week, and in addition to the ongoing impeachment rancor, a big debate about Iran policy is also on the agenda.

Following last week’s airstrike that took out Iranian general and terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani, Speaker Nancy Pelosi teed up this week by announcing an effort to restrict President Donald Trump’s military actions against the Iranian regime.

Pelosi announced last night that the House would take up a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers toward Iran, saying in a letter to colleagues Sunday night that the strike that killed Suleimani last week risked “a serious escalation of tensions with Iran” and that Congress’ “first responsibility is to keep the American people safe.” The resolution would tie the administration’s hands on military action regarding Iran after 30 days with no congressional action, the letter says.

This letter followed shortly after the president’s Twitter announcement to Congress that “should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner.”

But the safe bet is that once all the televised speeches have been made, we’ll end up back at the status quo. Senate Democrats might be able to force a vote on the matter as a privileged resolution in the Senate, but it’s highly unlikely that something like this would be able to get enough Republican support for a veto override.

Broadcasting his radio show from Israel Monday night, LevinTV host Mark Levin discussed Iran's latest nuclear deal violation with Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, who explained that nobody should be surprised by the news.

The two began their discussion with the news that Iran had exceeded the nuclear stockpile level permitted by the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, according to the both the Iranian government and international authorities. Tehran is also threatening to raise its enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels next week if European countries don't offer a new agreement.

Dermer pointed out that this was to be expected, given the loose limits the 2015 deal placed on the Islamic dictatorship's nuclear program.

The nuclear agreement "did not block Iran's path a weapon," Dermer explained, contradicting a popular talking point used to justify the deal to the world. "False statement. It is simply not true. It actually will ensure that in a few years, Iran will not just have one nuclear weapon, but an entire nuclear arsenal."

Dermer also explained how the recent sanctions placed on Iran by the Trump administration have turned the "tailwind" into a "huge headwind," which has made Israel and the entire region "much safer." In turn, he said, European countries should respond to Iran's aggression by joining with the United States in placing pressure on Tehran.

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Friday night on the radio, LevinTV host Mark Levin called out the Americans parroting the Iranian regime's talking points amid escalating tensions between that country and the United States.

"I do find the rhetoric and propaganda of the Left and the isolationist code-pinkers to be disgusting," Levin said, accusing them of "Arguing on behalf of as special pleaders for the Iranian military."

As an example of this rhetoric, Levin pointed to recent talking points that side with Iran over the United States on the question of whether or not the downed American military drone was in international or Iranian airspace: "And these are people who claim to be patriots."

The host also addressed recent arguments that those in favor of taking a tough stance with Iran are somehow in favor of a "full-scale war" with the Islamist country: "Does somebody want to have a full-scale war? Is anybody raising their hand to a full-scale war?"

Levin also once again called out widespread criticisms of national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as supposed "warmongers," despite the fact that people making those arguments "don't even know what these guys recommended to the president of the United States."

"What has John Bolton done that is so horrific?" Levin asked, noting Bolton's long service record in previous Republican administrations. "There's no evidence whatsoever that he's intemperate, that he wants to go to war. He's a realist."

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LevinTV host Mark Levin appeared on Fox News' "Hannity" show Thursday night and went on a impassioned diatribe against the idea that President Donald Trump and his advisers are somehow trying to kick off a war with Iran.

"We're starting to get, now, propaganda," Levin began. "It sounds like Iranian propaganda coming out of the mouths of Americans — Americans who should know better."

Levin reminded viewers of Iran's long and bloody history of state-sponsored terrorism, including the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon.

"Stop apologizing for Iran," Levin said. "What I hear tonight and what I'm hearing throughout the day is a bunch of people who are embracing Jimmy Carter's foreign policy of appeasement, of distraction, of excuses, of spin."

"You can embrace Jimmy Carter's foreign policy, a wild failure," Levin continued, "or you can embrace Ronald Reagan's foreign policy, a wild success."

Levin also took issue with what he called a "concerted" and "clear campaign against" national security adviser John Bolton and its efforts to paint the adviser as a warmonger on the issue, calling the accusations an "absolute disgrace."

"John Bolton hasn't done anything," Levin said. "He's the national security adviser. He advises the president of the United States. I'm sure China and Russia and North Korea and Iran love it when they hear hosts and others trashing John Bolton."

Later in the show, Levin also tore into the idea that President Trump is somehow trying to provoke armed conflict with Iran amid the escalating tensions.

"We're not the problem. We're not the ones who instigate wars, and I'm sick and tired of hearing people on cable TV and other words suggest the president of the United States is provoking anything," Levin said. "We're not provoking a damn thing. In fact, we never provoke anything."

"The world's always going to be evil," Levin concluded. "Sometimes there will be war; sometimes there won't. Sometimes there will be military action; sometimes there won't. The word here to keep in mind is prudence, not ideology from the 'Code Pink Republicans' and the hard Left, who sound alike, not the radical interventionists. Prudence."

President Trump tweeted Friday morning that he actually called off a planned retaliation strike against the Islamist country the night before.

You can watch Levin's whole appearance here:

President Donald Trump on Thursday responded with a warning after Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone.

Taking to Twitter, the president declared Iran has "made a very big mistake!"

According to the Associated Press, the Iranian military said it shot down a RQ-4 Global Hawk drone over Iranian airspace. Revolutionary Guard commander General Hossein Salami commented that the shooting of the drone was intended to send "a clear message" to America and added that Iran does “not have any intention for war with any country, but we are ready for war.”

The U.S. says the drone was shot down over international airspace in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military's central command characterized the incident as an "unprovoked attack."

The attack on the drone comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran, just days after the Trump administration says Iran attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., have been the most outspoken proponents of threatening retaliatory military action against Iran. The president himself has reportedly shown skepticism about military intervention in Iran, calling the oil tanker attack "very minor."

Could the president's tweet mean his position has changed?