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The Many Iranian Obstacles in the Way of a Strong Nuclear Deal
(Atlantic) Jeffrey Goldberg - An Iran with nuclear weapons would pose an acute challenge to pro-American moderates across the Middle East and to the cause of nuclear non-proliferation. And it would pose a genocidal threat to Israel. The goal of a deal is to make it as hard as possible for Iran to reach the nuclear threshold. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, explained three potential weaknesses in an Iranian nuclear deal. First, any agreement that contains an expiration date is an inadequate agreement because it will, in essence, grant Iran time-delayed permission to build nuclear weapons. A second concern is that the U.S. will agree to lift the most biting sanctions now in place before guaranteeing real progress in the deconstruction of Iran's nuclear program. The third issue concerns our ability to access any enrichment, research, or military sites. Deutch's position is fairly representative of a broad swath of Democratic thinking.