{"id":8819,"date":"2015-04-04T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8819"},"modified":"2015-04-04T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T12:59:48","slug":"waiting-for-some-language-in-iran-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8819","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for some language in Iran deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Iran nuclear deal is going to require some major salesmanship in the United States.<\/p>\n

The “sales team” must be headed by President Obama, who now needs to persuade Americans — notably Republicans in both houses of Congress — that the deal brokered with Iran will prevent that country from developing a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

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But some of us — me included — are waiting for some language to appear in the framework agreement hammered out by U.S. and other nations’ negotiators.<\/p>\n

The language should include something like this: “Iran agrees that it will not ‘weaponize’ uranium at any time, ever.”<\/p>\n

I haven’t seen such language in all the discussion since the announcement of the framework.<\/p>\n

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will abide by the terms of the deal if the other side — meaning much of the rest of the world — lifts the economic sanctions against Iran. He says his leadership isn’t “two-faced” and does not lie.<\/p>\n

That’s good enough for me — not!<\/em><\/p>\n

My understanding of the agreement is that there will be careful monitoring of Iranian intentions as it moves ahead with what’s left of its nuclear program. Iran has said all along it intends to develop nuclear power for domestic energy consumption only.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the agreement, saying it “legitimizes” Iran’s nuclear program and poses a grave threat to Middle East and world peace. Netanyahu’s concern is legitimate, given Iran’s stated objective of wiping Israel off the face of the planet.<\/p>\n

However, as long as the powers can keep all eyes on Iran to ensure that it complies with the nuts and bolts of the deal — which still have to be worked out — then Netanyahu will have far less to worry about in the future.<\/p>\n

Still, I am waiting for some written commitment from Iran that it won’t build a nuclear bomb.<\/p>\n

Just, you know, for the record.<\/p>\n

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