Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Shouldn't Those In Congress Who Reject Iran Agreement Have To Rebuild Sanctioning Coalition?

We should all be scared to death with the reluctance of some in congress to ratify the agreement reached between the international community and the Islamic Republic of Iran.


I repeat: the INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (Russia, China, France, Germany, England and the U.S.) and the Islamic Republic of Iran painstakingly reached this deal over the course of years, not months.  The original coalition created by president Barack Obama agreed on the original sanctioning documents which were as much a part of the negotiations as was the final documents that too many in congress still needs to review if you ask them where they stand on the issue. Essentially, a handful of congressional representatives are now attempting to slap down the efforts of this unprecedented act of collaboration by otherwise opposing nations.  In the absence many alternatives excluding war, opponents are repeating the same request that we've heard them declare as the "Better" remaining alternative.


The Benjamin Netanyahu Perspective
Keeping the coalition together took just as much effort as
crafting the agreement that the sanctions were created for.
Will those who reject the deal rebuild the coalition?
Get a better deal!



A better deal?  Why stop there?  Why not get the best deal in the entire universe and then sweeten it little so that it could be called "The Best Deal In The Universe" with a cherry on top?  Regardless of the breakout time for an actual nuclear weapon- which happens to be two months RIGHT NOW in case you were curious- no amount of breakout time would be seen as reasonable or safe from an Israeli, Netanyahu perspective that rejects the premise of negotiations with an enemy making any agreement equal to appeasement from the Netanyahu perspective.

This deal is an agreement that has Iran willingly expanding the CURRENT breakout time while also allowing 24 hour inspections on their peaceful weapons program, which they will be able to expand in 15 years so long as they follow the current agreement.  They will NEVER be allowed to have a nuclear weapon (according to the deal), and there will ALWAYS  be inspections to insure this (according to the deal). As President Obama clearly stated in his speech today, killing this deal leaves Iran on the CURRENT path that they are on, which is more accelerated than the path they've agreed to with this deal.

Since these confused folks in congress WILL NEVER rebuild the coalition of sanctions at the same time that they are offending those who created them, including Iran, we will assume that any rejection of this deal will also come along with an outline of that "Better Deal" that republicans and Netanyahu keep mentioning.  We'll see that right about the same time that we get that better health care plan we've been waiting for.

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