Congressional Democrats are playing ‘war party’ on Iran. It will backfire on them.

The doubletalk coming from many congressional Democrats in response to President Trump’s peace initiative with Iran has been a political wonder to behold. While correctly declaring that Trump should not have started the war, they’ve routinely gone on to condemn the memorandum of understanding that offers a process to end it.

Instead of supporting peace efforts that could move the Middle East toward genuine diplomacy instead of nonstop warfare, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) opted for partisan sniping. He quickly decried the memorandum. “It is so bad,” he said, “that even Republicans who cringe and knock their knees before criticizing Trump have no choice but to say what a bad deal this is.”

Other Senate Democrats have gone over the top while taking aim at the set of sensible steps outlined in the memorandum of understanding.

Denouncing what he called “a disgraceful deal” and “unconditional surrender,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) vowed that “anything like this deal will be dead on arrival in the Senate.” Not to be outdone in throwing cold water on the peace scenario, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) slammed it as “a dangerous giveaway.” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that it is “hard to imagine a more thorough capitulation.”

Even Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) — who has a long record of advocating for peace and disarmament — participated in this race to the militaristic bottom. He swiftly announced his flat-out opposition to the emerging Iran deal, tweeting, “Congress must review and reject........

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