Does history favor a successful nuclear deal with Iran? Can that regime be trusted?
President Obama has been driving this Iran deal from the beginning of his tenure. His administration has reached out to the Iranian regime in the hopes of securing a lasting legacy for President Obama’s term in the White House. Meanwhile Iran has been reaching out to broaden its influence in the region. In the following article for FrontPage Magazine, Bruce Thornton explores some historical reasons why Iran cannot be trusted:
We all should be angry right now about the disastrous “general understanding” with Iran about its nuclear ambitions. According to its terms, Iran will not shut down a single facility, will not dismantle a single centrifuge, and will not ship its stockpile of enriched uranium out of the country. Various inspection regimes and “sanctions snap-back” are supposed to punish Iran for cheating on its commitments, but those are empty threats. Worse yet, sanctions will be lifted upon signing, at least according to the Iranians. This means billions will pour into the coffers of the Republican Guard, money that will finance its current expansion throughout the region and support for terrorists
The simple fact that will result from a formalization of these “key parameters” is that Iran will become a nuclear power and the regional hegemon, with serious consequences for our own and our allies’ security and interests. What is depressing about this failure is that it has happened so many times before, a history that should have aroused some prudence and caution in our leaders. Munich is everybody’s favorite analogy these days, but that disaster was the culmination of nearly two decades of wishful thinking, feckless idealism, and short-term thinking. Central to that dismal failure were arms agreements that in the end did nothing to prevent war, and instead armed the aggressors…keep reading
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