The condemnations of U.S. President Barack Obama’s creepy, anti-Semitic characterizations of opponents of the Iran nuclear deal have revealed that even supporters of the president and the deal he is selling have been taken aback by the toxicity of the president’s words and campaign. The president’s speech at American University, where he delivered his latest defense of the Iran nuclear deal before departing for another vacation, was artfully deconstructed by Dennis Prager. The president’s arguments in this speech were wrong on almost every count.
Despite the administration’s drumbeat, war is not the only option to the very poor deal Secretary of State John Kerry brought home after conceding pretty much every major negotiating point to his Iranian counterparts in order to give Obama something to sign. In fact, with all the billions in funds to be released to Iran, war initiated by Iran has become more likely as Iran steps up its support of terrorists aiming at Israel and Sunni Arab nations, and others further afield. Certainly, a military action by the United States against Iran has never been a real option in the Obama years, whether before negotiations began, through the negotiation period, and now after them, whether or not a deal had been concluded and whether or not this deal is approved or rejected by Congress. Rejection of a deal by Congress would in no way increase the likelihood that this president will be going to war with Iran. That has been obvious all along to Iran, as they witnessed the world’s most powerful nation, come to them begging like a hungry dog looking for food, or at least approval. It was common sense for Iran to continually demand more relief from sanctions, or inspections, knowing the American desperation for a deal meant there was no stick to balance the carrot of concessions. We would never walk away from the talks, and we would never hit their nuclear facilities.
