Posted on Mar 16, 2016
The Nuclear Deal Has Already Made Iran Stronger
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RP Members what do you think?
Back in 2011, I attended a meeting with a senior member of the royal family in one of the Gulf states. He posed a simple question that has stuck in my mind ever since: “If President Obama was willing to throw Poland and the Czech Republic under the bus [over the issue of missile defense] for better relations with Russia, why wouldn’t he do the same thing to us for better relations with Iran?”
How right he was.
At the beginning of the nuclear talks with Iran, the stated goal of the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany) was to stop Iran from ever getting a nuclear weapon. But the terms of the Iran deal agreed to last year do not accomplish that goal.
Now key American allies in the region, from Israel to the Gulf States, feel hung out to dry and abandoned by the administration. Iran, on the other hand, will become richer, more aggressive, and more dangerous because of the deal.
There are three key flaws in the Iran deal—something that no amount of White House spin can disguise.
First, rather than cutting off all paths to a nuclear weapon, the Iran deal only slows, temporarily, Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapons capability. Most of the key restrictions disappear after ten to fifteen years.
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Back in 2011, I attended a meeting with a senior member of the royal family in one of the Gulf states. He posed a simple question that has stuck in my mind ever since: “If President Obama was willing to throw Poland and the Czech Republic under the bus [over the issue of missile defense] for better relations with Russia, why wouldn’t he do the same thing to us for better relations with Iran?”
How right he was.
At the beginning of the nuclear talks with Iran, the stated goal of the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany) was to stop Iran from ever getting a nuclear weapon. But the terms of the Iran deal agreed to last year do not accomplish that goal.
Now key American allies in the region, from Israel to the Gulf States, feel hung out to dry and abandoned by the administration. Iran, on the other hand, will become richer, more aggressive, and more dangerous because of the deal.
There are three key flaws in the Iran deal—something that no amount of White House spin can disguise.
First, rather than cutting off all paths to a nuclear weapon, the Iran deal only slows, temporarily, Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapons capability. Most of the key restrictions disappear after ten to fifteen years.
READ THE REST..... in the article......
The Nuclear Deal Has Already Made Iran Stronger
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Iran’s Syrian strategy is to achieve power from geopolitical partners (factors). In Iran's view it is surrounded by hostile pro-Western nations and it needs all the allies it can find to ensure that its regional interests are protected. The U.S. played into this by backing a Shiite government in Iraq giving Iran another foot hold. For years Iran has backed Libya and President Rouhani told Italian President Sergio Mattarella, "Libya will remain in the hands of human traffickers" and that "all parties have to agree on a representative government before the international community could engage in Libya." Iran has met with Russia to establish trade ties just prior to and following the nuclear agreement. Iran also backs Assad in Syria because they have shared adversaries. *Yes Iran let Gaddafi fall. *
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CPT Pedro Meza
Lets go back to 1980's Iran Contra to better understand the seeds that were planted and the unspoken alliances, back then Saddam played a key part because he kept all in check.
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this is 70+ year technology, to honestly think we could keep it out of their capability is arrogance beyond reality. India and Pakistan both have the bomb and have not gotten destroyed by each other. North Korea was able to acquire it and they were so isolated before thye could not get a McDonalds Happy Meal across the Border. All three of these Nation-States have found a sense of acceptance and we have adjusted to the reality we no longer can control. Whether or not Iran develops the warhead is their call and if they do look what happened to North Korea after they did it? Meanwhile the World still spins.....................
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That is not surprising COL Mikel J. Burroughs. In the future I expect Kerry may be compared with Neville Chamberlain for his role in giving Iran a pass with less strings attached.
I hope the next POTUS is much better at developing and maintaining a coherent foreign policy which actually includes a belief that American foreign policy can be used as force for good.
I hope the next POTUS is much better at developing and maintaining a coherent foreign policy which actually includes a belief that American foreign policy can be used as force for good.
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CPT Jack Durish
I'm not waiting. Neville Kerry brought us "peace for our time" (so long as we submit)
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