Obama is agreeing to ‘De Facto Nuclearization’ of Iran
After years of stating (hundreds of times)the U.S.will not allow Iran to achieve nuclear weapons Obama is doing the opposite.
Recently at a Senate hearing former Secretary of State under President Reagan criticized the administration’s Iran policy, reminding lawmakers that the“first point to remember is Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism.” He also said ‘No Empty Threats’ if you want people to trust U.S. foreign policy. Clearly Obama has lost the trust the U.S. once had.
- U.S., Iran Discussing Nuclear Compromise – George JahnWith time for negotiations running short, the U.S and Iran are discussing a compromise that would let Iran keep much of its uranium-enriching technology but reduce its potential to make nuclear weapons, two diplomats tell AP. Such a compromise could break the decade-long deadlock on attempts to limit Iranian activities that could be used to make such arms: Tehran refuses to meet U.S.-led demands for deep cuts in the number of centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium.The proposal could leave running most of the nearly 10,000 centrifuges Iran is operating but reconfigure them to reduce the amount of enriched uranium they produce. Experts warn that any reduction in centrifuge efficiency is reversible more quickly than a straight decrease in the number of machines, an argument that could be seized upon by powerful critics of the talks in the U.S. Congress.Washington demanded a year ago that Tehran reduce the number of operating centrifuges from nearly 10,000 to fewer than 2,000. That would increase the time it would need to make enough weapons-grade uranium from a few months to a year or more. By November, when the talks were extended, diplomats said the U.S. and its partners were ready to accept as many as 4,500, but Iran had not significantly budged. (AP-Washington Post)
- Continued Diplomacy with Iran Means Its De Facto Nuclearization – Bret StephensOn May 18, 2009, President Obama said of nuclear diplomacy with Iran: “We’re not going to have talks forever. We’re not going to create a situation in which talks become an excuse for inaction while Iran proceeds with developing a nuclear – and deploying a nuclear weapon.”
Since then, diplomatic efforts have included the 2009 “fuel swap” proposal; the 2010 Brazil-Turkey-Iran declaration; the 2011 Russian “step-by-step proposal”; the 2012 diplomatic rounds in Istanbul, Baghdad and Moscow; and finally the 2013 “Joint Plan of Action,” a six-month interim deal that is now in its 13th month. (Wall Street Journal)
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