This about says it. Obama wants to be remembered, this should do it.
https://youtu.be/1hIz_vkZH5k
https://youtu.be/1hIz_vkZH5k
...and this dipstick is passing it off to us as a great deal.
And he's humble too! "I actually think I'm a pretty good President. I think if I ran, I could win. But I can't," Obama ad-libbed during a speech in Ethiopia. "There's a lot that I'd like to do to keep America moving. But the law is the law, and no person is above the law, not even the president." Must have forgotten about some of those iffy Executive Orders.
Let's put this in perspective.
100 former diplomats, from both parties, think the deal is a good one:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/us/politics/former-us-diplomats-praise-iran-deal.html?_r=0
And so on.
Let me ask a more fundamental question. What would you have the President do? Bomb? Invade? And that would do what?
Send Ollie North! He'll sort them out - all he'll need is a budget :laugh:
Send Ollie North! He'll sort them out - all he'll need is a budget :laugh:
My preference...as long as Iran does nothing wrong, let the area countries provide verification and enforcement; however, the first time Iran crosses the line in a manner that negativity impacts the U.S. Obama should hit them hard with every political and military option available.
We need to either let the rest of the world deal with this or really step up and lead. I'm not necessarily a hawk, but there are some serious penalty points for not monitoring and enforcing compliance!
Cheers!
Doug
If Iran sticks to the deal, what makes us think they will change now? What is the deal between the IAEA and Iran that the US doesn't know the terms of? $11.9 billion in freed up assets to finance Hezbollah, etc. 24 day inspection notice? A lot of stuff can be moved in 24 days. There are military sites we can't inspect.
Iran would have to reduce its total of about 19,000 centrifuges -- 10,000 of which are still spinning today -- down to 6,104 under the deal. 6104 still seems like a lot of centrifuges.
Iran's centrifuges will only enrich uranium to 3.67% -- enough for civil use to power parts of the country, but not enough to build a nuclear bomb. And we believe that from a people that say America and Israel should die all through the talks and after the talks.
Iran can continue its research and development on enrichment, but that work will be limited to keep the country to its breakout time frame of one year. That is the time needed to produce enough material to build a bomb. That makes me reassured.
There is more, just as lame as this. And why not get them to release the hostages? Seems like a small concession for such a historic ground breaking event.
100 former diplomats, from both parties, think the deal is a good one:...
But, Al and Larry know better...
Let me ask a more fundamental question. What would you have the President do? Bomb? Invade? And that would do what?