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Mosby

(16,297 posts)
Tue May 1, 2018, 10:40 PM May 2018

We know Iran's nuclear secrets now. Let's make the most of them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a treasure trove of secrets on Monday about Iran’s hidden nuclear activities. But it would be a waste of this extraordinary intelligence to use it as a pretext for American withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Much better to use it as a pressure tool to squeeze Tehran.

The Israeli intelligence coup should open the way for a much smarter U.S.?campaign to isolate Iran and tighten the deal — and bring Europe, Russia and China along in a common push for a better agreement. This approach would keep the international community together and avoid handing Iran the propaganda victory that unilateral U.S. withdrawal would provide.

The bold Mossad operation to grab the files in Tehran in January has caught the Iranians red-handed. Now let them squirm awhile, as the international community sifts the evidence of Iranian deception.

Acting through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world should demand answers about the issues framed by the harvest of secrets: Why did Iran repeatedly lie about its past nuclear activities? How did it shape its program of deception? What stronger provisions are needed to make the 2015 agreement real and binding?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-know-irans-nuclear-secrets-now-lets-make-the-most-of-them/2018/05/01/9354a93a-4d75-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html

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We know Iran's nuclear secrets now. Let's make the most of them. (Original Post) Mosby May 2018 OP
I trust bibi Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #1
+1. obnoxiousdrunk May 2018 #2

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
1. I trust bibi
Tue May 1, 2018, 10:46 PM
May 2018

about as far as I can throw him. I saw the presentation and it looked like Colin Powell before theUN. I wasn't convinced myself. Just me though.

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