(Wall Street Journal) Bret Stephens - What the president calls "this verifiable deal" fails the first test of verification - mutual agreement and clarity as to what, exactly, is in it. The deal also fails the second test of verification: It can't be verified. We've seen this movie before. Iran agreed in 2003 to implement the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that permits intrusive inspections, only to renounce it in 2006 after stonewalling weapons inspectors. But even the Protocol is inadequate, since it doesn't permit no-notice, "anytime, anywhere" inspections.
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