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The Iran Deal and Its Consequences
The Iran Deal and Its Consequences
Mixing shrewd diplomacy with defiance of U.N. resolutions, Iran has turned the negotiation on its head.
By
Henry Kissinger and George P. Shultz
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The announced framework for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program has the potential to generate a seminal national debate. Advocates exult over the nuclear constraints it would impose on Iran. Critics question the verifiability of these constraints and their longer-term impact on regional and world stability. The historic significance of the agreement and indeed its sustainability depend on whether these emotions, valid by themselves, can be reconciled.Debate regarding technical details of the deal has thus far inhibited the soul-searching necessary regarding its deeper implications. For 20 years, three presidents of both major parties proclaimed that an Iranian nuclear weapon was contrary to American and global interests—and that they were prepared to use force to prevent it. Yet negotiations that began 12 years ago as an international effort to prevent an Iranian capability to develop a nuclear arsenal are ending with an agreement that concedes this very capability, albeit short of its full capacity in the first 10 years.
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Re: The Iran Deal and Its Consequences
I believe the deal is worth a try. Like all deals and/or contracts the stipulations, rules, and criteria must be met and followed or we are back to square one. I'm pleased that we aren't simply going this route on our own, but have the approval of several other countries. Over the next 10 years there will be changes in Iranian leadership so making predictions about its success or failure is only speculation at this time.
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I can't see anything beyond the first paragraph of the article.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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The article is full of nonsensical statements such as the following
"Under the proposed agreement, for 10 years Iran will never be further than one year from a nuclear weapon and, after a decade, will be significantly closer.”
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
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"Under the proposed agreement, for 10 years Iran will never be further than one year from a nuclear weapon and, after a decade, will be significantly closer.”
?????? Maybe someone would like to clarify that statement. I'm lost.
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