Is the $100 billion “nuclear deal” foreign aid? No, the money is already Iran’s money. It simply has been freed up with expiration of sanctions. Pat Buchanan writes, Iran’s accusers should produce their evidence, if any, that Iran had, or still has, a nuclear bomb program. Otherwise, they should shut up with the lying and […]
War With Russia?
Writing at The American Conservative, founding editor Scott McConnell tells readers: Americans will fairly soon come to see Iran both as a market for American goods and ideas and as a valuable ally against ISIS, the Sunni jihadist group that controls much of Iraq and Syria. … Everyone in Washington knows that Obama and his […]
Obama Has the Votes on Iran
It appears that the President has received the pledged support of enough Democrats to defeat any veto-override that may be attempted in the Senate to kill his Iran deal. Karoun Demirjian and Carol Morello write at The Washington Post: President Obama scored a major foreign policy victory Wednesday after securing enough votes in the Senate to […]
Pass the Iran Nuclear Deal
Here former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft urges Congress to support the Iran nuclear deal. Scowcroft writes in the Washington Post’s Sunday edition, “If the United States could have handed Iran a “take it or leave it” agreement, the terms doubtless would have been more onerous on Iran. But negotiated agreements, the only ones that […]
A Unilateral Israeli Strike?
Writing at nationalinterest.org, Daniel R. DePetris asks “What about the prospect for a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?” How would Iran respond? However Iran chooses to respond to an Israeli attack on its nuclear program, Khamenei will instruct the IRGC-QF to do its work as discreetly as possible. Any overt missile attack on […]
Neocon Jive
Writing in the Washington Post, the erudite Charles Krauthammer fires a broadside at the Iran nuclear deal. On many matters of concern for our country, Charles delivers worthy analysis and commentary. In the case of foreign policy, however, Mr. K. is in the firm clutches of the basically left-wing-thinking neocon camp. You know, the guys […]
Rand Paul Against The Iran Nuclear Deal
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison labels Rand Paul’s arguments shoddy. Paul says the deal is bad because (1) sanctions relief precedes evidence of compliance and (2) Iran is left with significant nuclear capacity. Mr. Larison tells readers: (1) “There was bound to be some sanctions relief up front to give Iran’s negotiators something that they […]
Iranian Nuclear Deal—Cato’s Chris Preble is Positive
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, as Chris notes, would “terminate” the Iranian Nuclear Deal. Preble underscores that the Walker/Cotton opposition arrives before terms are even finalized. As Chris concludes, “Deal opponents have an obligation to describe their preferred alternative, not merely what they are against.” For over six decades the, shoot-from-the-hip, […]
Against Whom Is Iran Committing Aggression?
Pat Buchanan reminds Americans that “Iran is backing a regime we recognized until a few years ago, that is under attack by terrorist rebels we detest. … In Iraq, Iran is backing the government we support, against ISIS rebels we detest.” Pat concludes, “Bottom line: A U.S. attack on Syria is being pushed by the […]
A Non-Refundable One-Way Ticket to War
The Cato Institute’s Justin Logan writes that Doves and Hawks have trapped each other in the mass politics of the (Iran deal) issue. There is a good chance that blowing up the talks would buy the United States a non-refundable one-way ticket to another major war in the Middle East. Logan writes: The brutal fact […]