JINSA in the Washington Post on Emerging Bad Deal with Iran
Giving Iran everything it wants
By Jennifer Rubin – 2/23/15
Giving Iran everything it wants
By Jennifer Rubin – 2/23/15
Perhaps Congress should have invited King Abdullah of Jordan or Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to speak about an impending deal that would look like this: Iran gets to keep its entire nuclear infrastructure and, in 15 years, gets to build a bomb. I am certain the two leaders would have the same reaction as the Israelis or as any sentient member of Congress, namely that this would be a complete capitulation to the mullah’s demands, a repudiation of Democratic and Republican administration’s position, and the first step in a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
But that’s not what the Obama administration has been promising, you say? Well, that may be exactly what the administration has in mind. The Associated Press reports: “The United States and Iran are shaping the contours of a deal that would initially freeze Tehran’s nuclear program but would allow it to slowly ramp up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms over the last years of the agreement’s duration.”
So Iran gets everything and we put the good seal of approval on it. This is even more absurd when one considers how ephemeral the inspections “safeguard” would be, since Iran has never come clear on the extent or whereabouts of its illicit nuclear program. Michael Makovsky, CEO of the pro-Israel JINSA, says bluntly, “If this report is true, and it is consistent with the trajectory of the talks, it would mark an reckless capitulation and disaster.”