Valin Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 NRO: Americas wisdom and will are likely to be tested over the months ahead. Clifford D. May 11/28/13 To be fair, the document signed in Geneva is not meant to neutralize the threat posed by those who rule Iran. It is meant only to be a confidence building measure, a first step toward the comprehensive solution that President Obama envisions or at least hopes for. Its not a treaty, just a plan of action, though its purpose, at least from the Western perspective, is to induce inaction to persuade Irans rulers to halt their development of nuclear weapons. In exchange, America and the West are to stop economically ostracizing Iran. In this first phase, however, the centrifuges will continue to spin, while sanctions pressure is reduced. Small wonder Irans rulers have been celebrating. (Snip) Americas wisdom and will are likely to be tested over the months ahead. Irans rulers interpret the Plan of Action as recognition of what they insist is their inalienable right to enrich uranium. They also foresee the collapse of the sanctions regime that, most analysts agree, brought them to the negotiating table to begin with. Six months down the road the Plan of Action is to be superseded by a comprehensive solution. Watch for delays at least past the 2014 U.S. elections. If there is to be a serious agreement, members of Congress might want to insist that it be regarded as a treaty which members of the U.S. Senate would ratify only if they are persuaded that the U.S. gets at least as much as it gives. My best guess (and Id prefer to be wrong): Sooner rather than later, the sanctions rope unravels. * Once that happens, Irans rulers .......(Snip) * Hint nothing good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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