He has to earn his Nobel Peace Prize every day
Obama's deal with Iran is a good one. It's time for the whiners to shut up.
I'm not sure if Obama will ever earn his premature Nobel -- blame drones -- but thanks to this Iran deal he's closer than he's ever been:
As described by Mr. Obama and other officials, the deal seems sound and clearly in the interest of the United States, the other nations that drafted it and the state of Israel. In return for a phased lifting of international economic sanctions, Iran will reduce by 98 percent its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, which can be processed further into bomb-grade fuel, and reduce the number of operating centrifuges used to enrich that fuel by two-thirds, to 5,060. These limits mean that if Iran ever decides to violate the agreement and make a dash for a nuclear bomb, it will take a year to produce the weapons-grade fuel needed for a single bomb, compared with a couple of months now.
Many of the various restrictions in the agreement will be in force for 10 to 25 years. Some, notably Iran's agreement to constant and technologically advanced monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency, will last indefinitely, as will its commitment under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to never produce a nuclear weapon. Inspectors will have access to suspicious sites "where necessary, when necessary," President Obama said, and if Iran cheats, that will be detected early enough to respond, including by quickly reimposing sanctions or taking military action.
The non-stop whining - by opportunistic Republicans soon to be joined by a few weak-kneed Democrats and to mention Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, the shame of Cheltenham...to be seconded in a few minutes by Attytood commenters -- is a global embarrassment. The critics are the same people who told you that U.S. ships were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, that 58,000 Americans needed to be sacrificed for our nation's "credibility" in Vietnam, who developed "the domino theory," who invaded a tiny Caribbean island to change the conversation about Beirut, who insisted that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that Afghanistan would be a brief engagement and that democracy would bloom in the Middle East.
Now they want Americans to believe them on Iran? Give me a (bleep)ing break.
Blogger's note: Sorry for the light blogging today. It's Obama's fault...seriously.