Friday, May 1, 2015

Iran still cheating, Obama still ignoring

Center for Security Policy | Iran still cheating, Obama still ignoring

Iran is cheating on restrictions about it’s nuclear program, and this is actually news to some people. (Reuters) – Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked to two blacklisted firms, according to a confidential report by the panel seen by Reuters. This is not news to the Obama administration and that is the real problem. They know it and don’t care. They have piles and piles of evidence that Iran is actively evading the agreements it has made about producing a nuclear weapon. And yet… The United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency have repeatedly said that Tehran has so far complied with the terms of a limited agreement struck in November 2013 All the while knowing that Iran was breaking the rules and obviously still building their bomb. It’s almost as if President Obama and his allies will say anything to keep this abominable deal on track. They don’t care if Iran will comply, they are simply going to shove this deal through and try to give Obama a nuclear arms control legacy. It is painfully ironic and truly dangerous that their naive and misguided attempts to make a nuclear arms deal are actually paving the path to to an Iranian nuclear weapon. Even worse, this may spur more proliferation when the Saudis and others decide they need nukes to counter the Iranian threat. The President has shown he is willing to ignore this danger. That means we need the US Congress to do its Constitutional duty as a check and balance and stop this national security nightmare.