Let me try to show you how divorced President Obama\’s description of the nuclear “deal” with Iran is from reality:
Excerpted from Eli Lake\’s piece at bloombergview.com:
Representative Devin Nunes, a California Republican, told me Tuesday that President Barack Obama was incorrect in asserting that the nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers will keep Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed state.
“I don\’t know what information the Obama administration possesses that indicates this deal will actually prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon or will cause the mullahs to reduce their support for worldwide terrorism, but it sure isn\’t the same intelligence we\’re seeing in the Intelligence Committee,” he said. “Iran has killed hundreds of U.S. soldiers, tried to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States, and is committed to annihilating Israel. This deal will guarantee Iran the capability to carry out its clear intent.”
Nunes\’s skepticism about the deal is supported in part by even some top military advisers and senior officials in the Obama administration. Last week in Israel, for example, General Martin Dempsey, the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said he expected some of the sanctions relief Iran will receive under the deal will go to supporting terrorism. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, wrote a letter last month to Republican senators confirming that Iran continues to support terrorist groups throughout the Middle East, creating a kind of foreign legion to support its aims in Syria.
But…but….President Obama told us this was a great deal, that would stop Iran\’s nuclear program in its tracks.
And we all know how truthful Mr. Obama has been over the past 6 1/2 years, don\’t we?
To be continued.
