Posted on 07/14/2015 9:41:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Obama declared today that “because America negotiated from a position of strength and principle” in reaching a nuclear deal with Iran, “we have stopped the spread of nuclear weapons in this region.”
The deal, which lasts up to 10 years and is nearly 100 pages long, gives Tehran the right to challenge UN inspections of its nuclear program. An arbitration board, including an Iranian representative, would decide if access is granted.
Iran said sanctions will be repealed, while the P5+1 powers said old sanctions will be repealed but they’ll impose new ones.
The arms embargo that Iran wanted lifted will sunset after five years and could be lifted earlier if the International Atomic Energy Agency certifies they’re not developing nuclear weapons.
“This deal demonstrates that American diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change, change that makes our country and the world safer and more secure,” Obama declared in a statement that was also broadcast in Iran.
He said Iran is subject to a stockpile limitation for 15 years and will not build any new heavy water reactors in that time.
Despite the appeals board for proposed inspections, Obama vowed “inspectors will have 24/7 access to Iran’s nuclear facilities… because of this deal, inspectors will also be able to access any suspicious location.”
“As Iran takes steps to implement this deal, it will receive relief from the sanctions that we put in place because of Iran’s nuclear program, both America’s own sanctions and sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council. This relief will be phased in. Iran must complete key nuclear steps before it begins to receive sanctions relief,” he said.
If this is true, it could lead Iranian lawmakers to reject the deal — not to mention the supreme leader.
The Islamic Republic does get more than $100 billion out of the deal, as well as a lifted oil embargo in Europe and an end to banking sanctions.
“And over the course of the next decade, Iran must abide by the deal before additional sanctions are lifted, including five years for restrictions related to arms and eight years for restrictions related to ballistic missiles,” Obama added.
The president then heaped pressure on Congress, which will now begin reviewing the deal.
“As the American people and Congress review the deal it will be important to consider the alternative. Consider what happens in a world without this deal. Without this deal, there is no scenario where the world joins us in sanctioning Iran until it completely dismantles its nuclear program. Nothing we know about the Iranian government suggests that it would simply capitulate under that kind of pressure and the world would not support an effort to permanently sanction Iran into submission,” Obama said.
“…No deal means no lasting constraints on Iran’s nuclear program. Such a scenario would make it more likely that other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world,” he added in a dig at the Saudis.
“And I have no doubt that 10 or 15 years from now, the person who holds this office will be in a far stronger position with Iran further away from a weapon and with the inspections and transparency that allow us to monitor the Iranian program.”
Obama said he welcomes a “robust debate” on the deal, “but I will remind Congress that you don’t make deals like this with your friends.”
“We negotiated arms control agreements with the Soviet Union when that nation was committed to our destruction and those agreements ultimately made us safer. I am confident that this deal will meet the national security interests of the United States and our allies. So I will veto any legislation that prevents the successful implementation of this deal,” he said.
“We do not have to accept an inevitable spiral into conflict. And we certainly shouldn’t seek it. And precisely because the stakes are so high this is not the time for politics or posturing. Tough talk from Washington does not solve problems. Hard-nosed diplomacy, leadership that has united the world’s major powers offers a more effective way to verify that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon.”
Obama said his administration shares “concerns expressed by many of our friends in the Middle East, including Israel and the Gulf states, about Iran’s support for terrorism and its use of proxies to destabilize the region.”
“We will continue our unprecedented efforts to strengthen Israel’s security, efforts that go beyond what any American administration has done before.”
The president chided Iran that “the path of violence and rigid ideology, a foreign policy based on threats to attack your neighbors or eradicate Israel, that’s a dead end.”
“A different path, one of tolerance and peaceful resolution of conflict, leads to more integration into the global economy, more engagement with the international community and the ability of the Iranian people to prosper and thrive. This deal offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it,” he said.
“…History shows that America must lead, not just with our might, but with our principles. It shows we are stronger, not when we are alone, but when we bring the world together. Today’s announcement marks one more chapter in this pursuit of a safer and more helpful, more hopeful world.”
5 years for nukes, 8 years for missles = “Iran won’t build a nuclear weapon”
Obama is a dangerous psychotic. He is a danger to everyone on earth.
So what?
The SON of A BI**H is stark raving insane, Friends my ass.
I am confused about this veto thing. Is it just me? If Congress has to approve an agreement, whether it’s a treaty requiring 2/3 or some other agreement requiring a simple majority, how can the president veto the outcome? Either they approved it or they didn’t.
It is a bad analogy. The Soviets were monsters -- but Russia had tenuous ties to Western Civilization which Iran will never have.
Money will change hands
The Corker bill pretty much upended the Treaty Cluse. Instead of 67 votes to approve, they made it 67 votes to reject...by law, and laws and be vetoed...just how Obama wanted it, so there would be no check to his power.
The Congres neutered itself...on purpose. Corker, McConnell, Boehner and their ilk strike again!
The pending Iran deal was “Corkered” by Senator Bob Corker, R-TN. Allows Odumbo to veto a bill rejecting the agreement! Who needs the Constitution?
President William J. Clinton, October 18, 1994:
“The United States has been concerned about the possibility that North Korea was developing nuclear weapons since the 1980’s. Three administrations have tried to bring this nuclear program under international control. There is nothing more important to our security and to the world’s stability than preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. And the United States has an unshakeable commitment to protect our ally and our fellow democracy South Korea. Thirty-eight thousand American troops stationed on the Peninsula are the guarantors of that commitment.
Today, after 16 months of intense and difficult negotiations with North Korea, we have completed an agreement that will make the United States, the Korean Peninsula, and the world safer. Under the agreement, North Korea has agreed to freeze its existing nuclear program and to accept international inspection of all existing facilities.
This agreement represents the first step on the road to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. It does not rely on trust.”
TRUMP SHOULD GET ON TV TONIGHT.....”THIS IS THE DEAL I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IRAN......” AND he should attack the weak Republican response.
McConnell, Corker, and Boehner gave away Congress’ power to veto such agreements/treaties back in May. Tom Cotton sounded the alarm but was smacked down by the GOP-E...he was the lone Senate vote against the legislation empowering Obama. Now, the Republicans are trying the Kabuki Dance routine to try and fool people that they are outraged, OUTRAGED, over the deal and will try to roll it back through new legislation, even though they know full well that they gave Obama the means to veto it.
the boy doesn’t know power from shinola. he is truly bush league in international; affairs.
oh yes...... he always lies about everything
Just dang. That’s a bad deal for a bad deal. Bad squared.
LOTS of comparisons to the Xlinton Korean “deal”, concluding with the end result of Dim “negotiation” (i.e. capitulation), should be sprinkled frequently into arguments against the latest Iran “deal”.
ISRAEL SHOULD GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT
Obama is an incompetent childish affirmative action idiot. He isn't knowledgeable enough to understand how anything works, and he's too stupid to learn.
He is a fool whom the Media catapulted into that office because he is black, and for no other reason. Obama isn't really the problem, he's an obvious symptom of the problem.
The problem is that the media deliberately misinforms the voting public, and thereby tampers with elections.
We need to nuke the existing media structure. We need to turn the current media into a massive glassy plain that glows blue in the night.
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