Obamas Big Giveaway to Iran
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was designed to lift sanctions against Iran and to return over $150 billion held by international banks to prevent the development of nuclear weapons. While the original sanctions seem laudable, Obama and Kerry determined that the Iranians were absolutely trustworthy when they promised on Muhammad’s grave that they had no intention of building nuclear weapons to menace their Middle East neighbors, which of course includes Israel, in spite of their favorite motto, which is “Death to Israel, Death to America.” No doubt that is just a bit of playground bravado, on the other hand, they do have a history of killing infidels and holding Americans captive when they can get them.
But they insisted that their nuclear development purposes were purely peaceful, and who were we to disbelieve that story line? They insisted that they merely wanted to join Obama and the other lefties in ridding the world of petroleum and using only non-polluting nuclear power, which seems a bit odd since petroleum is one of the few viable income-producing resources Iran has and transitioning to nuclear power would severely cripple their economy. Apparently the reasoning made sense to Obama and Kerry, and they proceeded with JCPOA in spite of a majority of Congress, along with a wide majority of the American people, objecting to the agreement. As some wag once said, “It’s good to be king.”
Imagine Obama’s surprise when the Mullah’s purportedly rejected the terms of the agreement immediately after they agreed to it’s conditions. They initially agreed to U.N. inspections, then said that inspections could only be conducted by Iranian inspectors, and only with significant advance notice, apparently demanding enough time to dust and straighten the furniture before their hand picked Iranian inspectors could come for a visit to the peaceful, energy generating nuclear facilities hidden underground. Who could possibly have seen that coming? One thing the agreement did accomplish is the freeing of billions they need to build schools, hospitals, and other things that have nothing to do with weapons development. And it also initiated the lifting of sanctions so that world trade can once again be conducted, though it is doubtful that the Islamic government will be bringing in Barbie Dolls and opening up McDonald’s restaurants with the new openness that was agreed to.
Now it turns out that we have a new surprise. The prevaricator-in-chief has pulled a “slick Willie” on us and really left Congress with egg on its face. The JCPOA Agreement, which Obama and Kerry purportedly negotiated in order to get Iran to toe the line, is actually no agreement at all, it is simply a one-sided giveaway, with absolutely nothing gained in return.
President Obama didn’t require Iranian leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged in a letter to Representative Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) obtained by National Review. “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document,” wrote Julia Frifield, the State Department assistant secretary for legislative affairs, in the November 19 letter.Frifield wrote the letter in response to a letter Pompeo sent Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he observed that the deal the president had submitted to Congress was unsigned and wondered if the administration had given lawmakers the final agreement. Frifield’s response emphasizes that Congress did receive the final version of the deal. But by characterizing the JCPOA as a set of “political commitments” rather than a more formal agreement, it is sure to heighten congressional concerns that Iran might violate the deal’s terms. “The success of the JCPOA will depend not on whether it is legally binding or signed, but rather on the extensive verification measures we have put in place, as well as Iran’s understanding that we have the capacity to re-impose — and ramp up — our sanctions if Iran does not meet its commitments,” Frifield wrote to Pompeo.
