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“All countries in the region can only conclude that America is indeed weak. America has capitulated to Iran.”

Jul 29, 2015 3:19 pm By Robert Spencer

Zarif with agreementIndeed. Dark days ahead. “Six Strikes against the Nuclear Deal with Iran,” by Prof. Efraim Inbar, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 15, 2015:

There are (at least) six significant and immediate bad results from the agreement reached yesterday between the Western powers and Iran.

1. America the weak: The way in which the negotiations were conducted underscored the weakness of the US. The Obama administration was willing to offer almost unlimited concessions to the skillful Iranian negotiators, ignoring all its own deadlines and red lines. It is clear that President Obama was desperate for a deal in order to leave office with a ”legacy.”

While Washington congratulates itself on a “successful” result, what counts is the perceptions of the countries in the region. Alas, all countries in the region can only conclude that America is indeed weak. America has capitulated to Iran.

2. Nuclear legitimacy: Instead of insisting on the dismantling of all uranium enrichment facilities in Iran, as was accomplished in Libya, the US actually accorded international legitimacy to a large-scale Iranian 2. nuclear infrastructure, including thousands of centrifuges. The deal leaves almost intact all central components of the Iranian nuclear program.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has in fact admitted that Iran might be just three months away from a nuclear bomb within the framework of the nuclear agreement. In doing so, the US has totally ignored UN Security Council Resolution 1696 of July 2006, which demanded that Iran suspend enrichment activities, as well as American demands for the dismantlement of the nuclear facilities….

5. Balance of power: The American decision to accept Iran as a nuclear-threshold state, and Obama’s statements in favor of a “responsible Iranian role” in the region, accompanied by an inflated American threat perception of ISIS – signal a most significant change in American Middle East foreign policy. This accord marks an end to Iran’s regional isolation. Instead, America seems to be siding with the Shiites against Sunnis. This move changes dramatically the regional balance of power, instilling even greater uncertainty in regional politics.The naïve American belief that Iran can become a “normal” state – will backfire. While cautious, Iran is nevertheless a “revisionist” power trying to undermine the status quo. It does not hide its hegemonic aspirations. Its subversive activities in Shiite Bahrain and the Shiite eastern province of Saudi Arabia (where most of the oil is), and in other Gulf countries, might create an unbearable situation for the West. Eventually, Iran might even attain its declared goal of putting an end to the American presence in the Persian Gulf.

6. Conflict with Israel: American policy is now on a collision course with Israel. The consensus in Israel is that Obama signed a very bad deal, which is dangerous for the Middle East and well beyond it. Israelis, as well as most Middle Easterners, do not buy the promise of a moderate Iran. They know better. Israelis take seriously the calls of the Iranian mobs “Death to America. Death to Israel.”

Thus an Israeli military strike on Iran has become more likely, and in the near future – before the US puts the brakes on military supplies to the Israeli army.

Efraim Inbar, a professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University, is the director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, and a fellow at the Middle East Forum.

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  1. Stephanie says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    obowma, said that he was a good President (self-laudation stinks) and are sorry that he wouldn’t be a THIRD time 🙁 … BUT shrillary clinton (Benghazi cover up) be at the ready.

    … America has capitulated to Iran.”

    INDEED!

    “The Last Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and KILL THEM”—Saheeh (i.e. “sound”, “reliable”, most authentic) Muslim Book 41, Number 6981 – 6985

    http://192.96.206.71/heinrich-himmler.html

  2. Angemon says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    Alas, all countries in the region can only conclude that America is indeed weak. America has capitulated to Iran.

    Pretty much.

  3. Stephanie says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    Barrack Hussein Obama = Neville Chamberlain 2.0

    … as Adolf Nazi said, “… it’s JUST a piece of paper (peace treaty)”

    • wildjew says

      Jul 29, 2015 at 5:10 pm

      Notwithstanding Chamberlain’s folly, he loved his country and his people, the British people. Chamberlain died a miserable and a failed man months after stepping down from office. Obama will go to his grave proud of what he accomplished for his people.

      • RonaldB says

        Jul 29, 2015 at 5:35 pm

        Indeed. It was Chamberlain that declared war on Germany. Chamberlain served in Churchill’s cabinet when Churchill took over the government, and Churchill delivered a funeral oration on Chamberlain’s death. In other words, although political enemies, Churchill never lost respect for Chamberlain and never doubted Chamberlain’s devotion to England.
        http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/06/14/churchill-buries-chamberlain/

        Can anyone point to any indication of Obama’s devotion to the United States as a country and culture, rather than as a source of money for socialist schemes?

        • cs says

          Jul 30, 2015 at 6:02 am

          He is Haman big time.

      • spot on says

        Jul 30, 2015 at 8:12 am

        Who are the people that Obama represents?

  4. wildjew says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 5:07 pm

    I expect Congress to approve this treaty that Obama insists is not a treaty because Republican Senator Bob Corker, in deference to Barack Obama, stripped the accord of the Constitutional provision requiring 2/3 of Senators present to ratify it. Even if they disapprove the treaty, Obama will veto their vote of disapproval and then thanks to the Corker bill it will require a 2/3 majority in both Houses to over-ride Obama’s certain veto. (Hat tip to Mark Levin)

    I am not at all certain Israel’s prime minister is any less susceptible or vulnerable to Obama’s wiles and his immoral pressure than this weak Republican-led Congress is. In the months to come this administration will exert maximum pressure on the Israelis not to act in their own self-defense. I expect to wake to the news Iran has tested its first nuclear weapon. We’ll see.

  5. Edward says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    “America has capitulated to Iran”

    Perhaps by hypnotic consent!

    Yes, America has been copulated by the Iranians for sure!

    Wakeup America the Middle Easterners are experts in the use of mind power! Kerry never had a chance to prevail in the debates with the Iranians.

  6. abad says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    Iran needs a good hard kick in its nuts.

    Now is the perfect time to impeach Obama.

  7. Edward says

    Jul 29, 2015 at 10:51 pm

    A Nightmare Parody:

    Yes, the liberal leaning politicians had finally castrated Uncle Sam…..he was wearing a pink striped outfit and waving the new provisional national mono-color flag…..white with a thin yellow slash! The white field of the flag was so bright that it blinded the individual representing states stars on it…..and the thirteen original stripes shed caustic tears that tore the flag’s woven fiber to nothing….Goodbye America 237 years Old!

    OUCH!! WOW what a nightmare…..thanks to the approaching military color guard holding our splendid colored Old Glory that seems to splash its non running colors of Red, White and Blue against my trance repose during the end of my nightmarish sleep. Yes, Old Glory will never wear black with white motto characters nor bear lunatic symbolism that certainly will never be in style in America! Oh yes, Uncle Sam’s patriotic suit will always share the RED, WHITE and BLUE colors of Old Glory, the flag that will always grace the American blue skies forever!

    American traditions will always prevail even stronger after failures of man, for it will survive as long as God wills it!

    God Bless America For Ever!

  8. Nimrod says

    Jul 30, 2015 at 2:19 am

    If you’re in the U.S. please send email to Sen. Schumer asking him to oppose this deal. More info and contact info here: http://floridafamily.org/full_article.php?article_no=495

  9. Lia says

    Jul 30, 2015 at 6:07 am

    I miss numbers 3 & 4 in the article above. Can anybody help, please?

    • cs says

      Jul 30, 2015 at 8:59 am

      http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/six-strikes-against-the-nuclear-deal-with-iran/

  10. duh_swami says

    Jul 30, 2015 at 9:01 am

    If you make deals with the Devil, expect devilish results…

  11. judi says

    Jul 30, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    Do you know John Kerry and Mohammed Zarif are in cahoots? Must watch 30 second video:

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Jul 30, 2015 at 1:21 pm

      Judi, further to your comment, here are excerpts from an article entitled, “You will NOT BELIEVE who was best man at John Kerry’s daughter’s wedding”:

      “[T]he daughter of Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr. Vanessa Bradford Kerry, John Kerry’s younger daughter by his first wife, married an Iranian-American physician named Dr. Brian (Behrooz) Vala Nahed, an Iranian-American physician.”

      “Guess who was the best man at the 2009 wedding between Kerry’s daughter Vanessa and Behrouz Vala Nahed? Javad Zarif’s son.”

      “Zarif is the current minister of foreign affairs in the Rouhani administration and has held various significant diplomatic and cabinet posts since the 1990s. He was Kerry’s chief counterpart in the nuclear deal negotiations.”

      “Secretary Kerry and Zarif first met over a decade ago at a dinner party hosted by George Soros at his Manhattan penthouse.”

      Complete article may be viewed at following link:

      http://allenbwest.com/2015/07/you-will-not-believe-who-was-best-man-at-john-kerrys-daughters-wedding/#!

      This may explain some — only some — of Kerry’s batant actions that imperil Israel and the U.S.

  12. FredvanH says

    Jul 30, 2015 at 1:11 pm

    “It is clear that President Obama was desperate for a deal in order to leave office with a ”legacy.”” Ho Ho Ho! Enough of this obfuscating rhetoric, please. The thought of a nuclear attack on the west alone suffices the man to cream in his pants.

  13. BC says

    Jul 31, 2015 at 3:23 am

    I wish people would stop making comparisons with Chamberlain. Chamberlain was a gentleman from a generation still traumatised by WW1. He also knew UK and France were not ready for war and believed Hitler’s ‘promise’ that he had ‘no further territorial ambitions in Europe’. Nobody wanted another war except Hitler of course who already had his expansionist plans for the East. Hitler was a very convincing and devious man. The situations are completely different as the Iranian leaders remain as bellicose as before, threatening Israel and USA continuously. Supporting and arming Shia forces in Syria and Iraq
    an so on.

  14. BC says

    Jul 31, 2015 at 3:24 am

    By the way where are results 3 and 4?

  15. Martin Vink says

    Aug 3, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    The enemy is the Quran. We are not just fighting Iran or the Taliban or ISIS or extremism. Gladstone, the longest serving Prime Minister of England said there would be no peace as long as the Quran exists. Over 1400 years leaders have reached the same conclusion. We now seem to be re-creating the wheel. Why not start where they left off? Our enemy is clearly the Quran. Every time somebody reads this seditious book, they either vomit or join ISIS.

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