P5+1 is done: Final capitulations by America are just plain awful

After a marathon 17 days, the P5+1 deal with Iran is done. The final American concessions to are beginning to emerge and I can say with all confidence this deal stinks. It places America, our Sunni allies in the gulf region and Israel in grave danger and raised the likelihood of war.

The president gave a speech about the deal early Tuesday morning that contained untruths laced with a lot of spin. History buffs will recognize it as a channeling of Neville Chamberlain which in all likelihood will bring the same result as Chamberlain’s “Munich” agreement with Germany: war.

President Obama claimed that the key remaining issues were solved in favor of the U.S. position; in most cases that’s a falsehood. For example, he said that  Iran has agreed to anytime/anywhere inspections, yet the deal will allow Iran to have a voice in which/when Iranian sites get inspected. According to Rich Edson of Fox News, reporting from Vienna, if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wants to visit a suspicious site in Iran, it must first submit a request to Iran, then Iran has 14 days to respond. That response could end up requiring negotiations between Iran and the IAEA—all the while Iran can be cleaning up that site.

The president’s wording was very specific about which sites will be inspected. He said, “inspectors will have 24/7 access to Iran’s key nuclear facilities.” “Key” does not mean all, it does not mean military facilities, it means some. It also means that Iran will be free to do what it wishes in the other.

In other words, the inspection regime is as strong as the paper it will be printed on.

Reuters is reporting that Obama will go around Congress to relieve sanctions that were imposed for Iran’s non-nuclear offenses, something the Administration had vowed would not be part of the deal. Such sanctions were placed on Iran because of their human rights abuses (not its nuclear program). Now, as part of the nuclear deal, a weapons embargo will be lifted in five years, missile sanctions in eight years.