Obama Unlikely To Heed Ex-Aides' Condemnation Of Iran Deal. Nor Will Obama Heed Israel's.

 

US rebuffs Israel’s last-ditch bid for nuclear constraints in Iran accord
. . . "This briefing was greeted in Jerusalem with shock and alarm. Very few of the conditions for a deal stipulated by the US upon embarking on the negotiations had survived: Iran would continue to enrich uranium, be allowed to bar international inspections of military facilities suspected of hosting nuclear research activity (where were Obama's "intrusive inspections?) and - Israeli officials heard this for the first time - the Iranian UCF facility at Isfahan would be expanded. This plant is engaged in the conversion of “yellow cake” to enriched nuclear material.

"They also discovered that President Obama, who had originally promised the deal would provide for “snapping sanctions back” in the event of violations, had assured Tehran that once sanctions were lifted, they would not be re-imposed.

"Netanyahu asked Brennan for time to digest the full extent of the Obama administration’s retreat in the face of Iran’s nuclear aspirations. He then asked for his national security adviser to be given a chance to propose changes that would allay some of Israel’s concerns." . . .

 

 "The president is unlikely to listen to his former advisors. The glory of a deal, and the roar of the crowd, is more compelling to him than accepting cold reality."

Investors  "Nuclear Deal: Top former Obama national security aides have joined with prominent figures from both parties to warn against the emerging Iran nuclear pact. Reality is closing in on the president.

"For Barack Obama, Thursday's bipartisan public statement from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, signed by 19 figures including U.S. diplomats, Congress members, ex-White House branch policymakers, and scholars, is devastating.

"The statement's star is Gen. David Petraeus, the architect of George W. Bush's against-the-odds Iraq surge in 2007 and former Obama CIA chief whom the White House no doubt thought would have contritely faded into the sunset by now in the wake of a sex scandal.
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