Is the “deal” Barack Obama and John Kerry are cuttingwith Iran supposed to lessen the threat of nuclear weapons in thehands of people who might then use them?
The answer, ostensibly, is yes.
But in reality – like just about every other facet of foreignpolicy put together by the hopelessly inept, incompetent Mr. Obamaand the hopelessly useless Mr. Kerry, it is likely to be a disaster.
Excerpted from an article in the Wall Street Journal, via JohnHinderaker\’s commentary at powerlineblog.com:
AsU.S. and Iranian diplomats inched toward progress on Tehran\’s nuclearprogram last week, Saudi Arabia quietly signed its ownnuclear-cooperation agreement with South Korea.
Thatagreement, along with recent comments from Saudi officials androyals, is raising concerns on Capitol Hill and among U.S. alliesthat a deal with Iran, rather than stanching the spread of nucleartechnologies, risks fueling it.
SaudiArabia\’s former intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a memberof the royal family, has publicly warned in recent months that Riyadhwill seek to match the nuclear capabilities Iran is allowed tomaintain as part of any final agreement reached with world powers.This could include the ability to enrich uranium and to harvest theweapons-grade plutonium discharged in a nuclear reactor\’s spent fuel….
Does that look like the “deal” Obama and Kerry arecutting with Iran will lessen the nuclear threat?
Or does it look like the “deal” – which, as wecurrently understand it, allows Iran to keep its nuclearcapabilities, based on trust (Trust? With IRAN???) will forceneighboring states to protect themselves by obtaining their ownnuclear weaponry?
What happens when Saudi Arabia starts building its nuclearcapabilities? Can Syria be far behind? Yemen? Libya? Iraq?
Will the “deal” Obama and Kerry are cuttingwith Iran spur a nuclear arms race that will result in the MiddleEast becoming a nuclear playground? What is that likely to result in?
Think about it: is this a nuclear prevention deal, or -based on the logical consequences – is it a nuclearproliferation deal?
I hope to god that Obama and Kerry come to their senses anddo not sign on to any kind of a “deal” which leads to such a sequence of events. But based ontheir performance in virtually every other area of foreignpolicy, I have no reason to believe that coming to theirsenses is in the picture.
Less than two years until these two are gone. How I wish itwere sooner.
