If the reports about the ongoing negotiations with Iran are accurate the United States is actively pursuing a policy where getting an agreement is more important the content of the agreement.
If the reports are accurate:
1) Iran will be allowed to continue running centrifuges at an underground site that they lied about even existing.
2) Many Iranian military sites will remain closed to inspectors unless sanctions are lifted.
3) The Iranians will not be required to fully disclose the extent of their nuclear program and past weapons work to the IAEA.
An obvious question:
1) If the full extent of the Iranian program doesn't have to be disclosed - how is there going to be any meaningful verification to assure that they have indeed given it up?
Iran has spent years lying about its nuclear program, ignoring UNSC Resolutions, not cooperating with inspectors and even now not cooperating with the IAEA as this deal is pursued. Why should we expect anything less in the future?
It seems the White House is blindly charging ahead in their effort to reach a "historic" deal, but if verification protocols have been gutted the "deal" is not worth anything. From Turkey, to Egypt, to Israel, to Saudi Arabia, to Iraq, to Iran, to Yemen, American "policy" in the region is in tatters. A bad deal with Iran just makes it that much worse.
If the reports are accurate:
1) Iran will be allowed to continue running centrifuges at an underground site that they lied about even existing.
2) Many Iranian military sites will remain closed to inspectors unless sanctions are lifted.
3) The Iranians will not be required to fully disclose the extent of their nuclear program and past weapons work to the IAEA.
An obvious question:
1) If the full extent of the Iranian program doesn't have to be disclosed - how is there going to be any meaningful verification to assure that they have indeed given it up?
Iran has spent years lying about its nuclear program, ignoring UNSC Resolutions, not cooperating with inspectors and even now not cooperating with the IAEA as this deal is pursued. Why should we expect anything less in the future?
It seems the White House is blindly charging ahead in their effort to reach a "historic" deal, but if verification protocols have been gutted the "deal" is not worth anything. From Turkey, to Egypt, to Israel, to Saudi Arabia, to Iraq, to Iran, to Yemen, American "policy" in the region is in tatters. A bad deal with Iran just makes it that much worse.