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Limit uranium enrichment to 5% for 6 months in exchange for a lessening of sanctions to the tune of about $7 billion

Leaders reach Iranian deal again, Israel still unhappy



Two weeks ago the leaders of ‘The Six’ met in Geneva to come to an agreement with Iran on curbing its nuclear weapons programme – you know , the one they’ve been saying they don’t have for all these years. As details leaked out Israel shot it to pieces and it seemed to fizzle out.
But the same six are back (also known as the P5 +1). America, Britain, China, France & Russia – the five permanent members of the Security Council; plus Germany. They seem to have arrived at more or less the same deal in the same city, but this time with much better PR. The decision is being heralded as historic by many media sources with the reporting language making it sound like some great feat has been accomplished. In fact Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment to 5% for 6 months in exchange for a lessening of sanctions to the tune of about $7billion. Although this falls well short of the 90% enrichment goal for major weaponry the Israelis still believe that the threshold is high enough to produce a low yield weapon, like a suitcase bomb, and point to the North Koreans as examples of those who have sidestepped such deals in the past. Western leaders are full of hyperbole with British Prime Minister David Cameron saying it "demonstrates how persistent diplomacy and tough sanctions can together help us to advance our national interest". President Obama added that it would "help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon".

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The other countries have been more mooted with left-wing France, who turned out to be the toughest hawk in the room, keeping their comments more to themselves. The Israelis on the other hand, who are rarely invited to talks that could affect their future, are again speaking out on the matter. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the deal saying: “What was agreed last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement, it is a historic mistake. Today the world has become much more dangerous because the most dangerous regime in the world took a significant step to getting the most dangerous weapon in the world." Continuing in general concerning the Iranians he then said: "Iran is committed to Israel's destruction, and Israel has the right and the obligation to defend itself by itself against any threat. I want to make clear as the prime minister of Israel, Israel will not allow Iran to develop a military nuclear capability." US Secretary of State John Kerry (AKA ‘Lurch’ to Rush Limbaugh listeners) has been the point man for the American’s spin. Speaking to George Stephanopoulos on ABC he said “This negotiation is not the art of fantasy or the art of the ideal it is the art of the possible which is verifiable and clear in its capacity to make Israel and the region safer.” Lurch reveals a couple of interesting points here. First that they essentially made the deal that was possible meaning the Iranians didn’t give up anything they would have preferred to keep. Second the negotiators have the belief that protracted negotiation will lead to peace when history is rife with examples when the exact opposite happens. Indeed Florida Senator Marco Rubio said “This agreement will not freeze Iran’s nuclear program … this agreement makes nuclear Iran more likely”; while South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said “unless the agreement requires dismantling of the Iranian centrifuges, we really haven’t gained anything.” Regardless Lurch continued undeterred but when he said “and the centrifuges will not be able to be installed in places where they would otherwise be installed” the normally compliant Stephanopoulos interrupted and said “but not dismantled” which caused the normally composed Secretary of State to appear a little exasperated at being called out by a fellow left-wing ideologue. This is not the complete rollback of the program that the Israelis would like and that is necessary to stop an ever threatening Iranian State. The 6 -month window will likely be filled with examples of the Iranian’s lack of cooperation followed by the lame excuses as the Islamist government tests the waters to see what it can get away with. After the 6 months, the P5 + 1 will be unwilling to admit failure and a return to full sanctions which would bring us back to where we are today. No, the Americans and British in particular, wanting to claim progress, will seek an expanded deal while they try to ‘fix’ the lack of compliance demonstrated by the Iranian government. The dangerous situation will remain with only the Israelis as the guarantor of Iran not crossing the line. The Iranian government is all too aware that their window is the remainder of the Obama Presidency as the next administration, especially if it’s a Republican one, will be far more likely to take the Iranian threat with the seriousness it deserves.


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