Suppose you had a neighbor who did not like you and who kept doing things on purpose to annoy you. Then suppose that neighbor not only began telling everyone he was going to "get you", but he also started coming onto your property and breaking things. Then suppose you learned that your neighbor was seen at a series of gun stores buying a batch of weapons. It sounds like cause for alarm, right? But let's take it further. Suppose you called the police and they came to your neighbor's house and surrounded it. At that point, your neighbor got nervous and started negotiating with the police who were demanding that he give up his guns. Finally, after a confrontation, the police come and tell you that they have made a deal with the neighbor. Your neighbor agreed to take the ammunition out of his guns in exchange for the police leaving. When you tell the police that your neighbor could reload in a minute or two, the police tell you not to worry, they made the deal to build trust. Then they leave, and you are left defenseless.
This may all sound silly. The police would never trade their departure for your neighbor unloading his weapons while keeping the ammo and the guns. But that is just what the US and European powers are now doing with Iran. We are going supposedly this weekend to agree to lift sanctions on the Iranian regime in exchange for a promise from Iran that it will stop enriching uranium above a certain level. The problem is, however, that even if the Iranians keep their word (which is a very big IF), they will be able to proceed to a point where they will be about two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon. Whenever Iran wants to have that weapons, it will be able to. Indeed, Iran could get to the point where it could have ten weapons in a week or two and still be meeting the terms it is now giving to the West.
Why must America agree to a phony deal with Iran? Doesn't anyone in the administration understand what is actually happening?
This may all sound silly. The police would never trade their departure for your neighbor unloading his weapons while keeping the ammo and the guns. But that is just what the US and European powers are now doing with Iran. We are going supposedly this weekend to agree to lift sanctions on the Iranian regime in exchange for a promise from Iran that it will stop enriching uranium above a certain level. The problem is, however, that even if the Iranians keep their word (which is a very big IF), they will be able to proceed to a point where they will be about two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon. Whenever Iran wants to have that weapons, it will be able to. Indeed, Iran could get to the point where it could have ten weapons in a week or two and still be meeting the terms it is now giving to the West.
Why must America agree to a phony deal with Iran? Doesn't anyone in the administration understand what is actually happening?
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