Iran Nuclear Deal: Debunking the Myths
As members of Congress closely examine the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, various assertions are being made. Some questions are based on legitimate concerns, while other claims made by opponents of the deal are based on fiction.
We are closely tracking both and offer the following responses, which will be updated regularly.
This war and its aftermath is a self-inflicted wound inflicted by a colossal error made by trump. Not that we've seen all of the consequences yet. It may be months or years before we do. Actions have been set in motion are beyond the control of any one person or country. The outcome is unpredictable.
Perhaps the only person who is getting what they want from this war (besides the shareholders of energy companies) is the war criminal known as Bebe. He must be hoping it will help him in the upcoming elections in Israel. He couldn't care less how many people die or how much is destroyed in pursuit of that goal. It's how he rolls. It's how his fellow war criminal rolls too.
Some critics, like John Bolton and Dick Cheney, have argued that the only way to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is through the use of military action. This shortsighted and reckless approach would be counter-productive. As former director of the CIA Michael Hayden has explained, bombing Iran “will guarantee that which we are trying to prevent: an Iran that will stop at nothing to, in secret, develop a nuclear weapon.”
Taking military action, instead of implementing the current diplomatic solution, would shatter the international coalition that is applying economic pressure and force the United States to confront Iran without international support.
Even if a US bombing campaign were effective, it would need to be repeated every few years to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, resulting in a never-ending game of “nuclear program whack-a-mole.” Furthermore, we would not have the access or monitoring afforded to us under the agreement in order to detect covert facilities.
It is important to remember that implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action does not take the United States military option off the table. If anything, it strengthens it by improving our understanding of the status and location of Iran’s nuclear program.
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