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The Iran Deal: Anatomy of a Disaster
(Washington Post) Charles Krauthammer - Under the deal President Obama is now trying to sell, Iran's entire nuclear infrastructure is kept intact, just frozen or repurposed for the length of the deal (about a decade). The inspection promises are a farce. We haven't even held the Iranians to their current obligation to come clean with the International Atomic Energy Agency on their previous nuclear activities. Worse, there's been no mention of the only verification regime with real teeth - anywhere/anytime inspections. As for the "snapback" sanctions, they are equally fantastic. There's no way sanctions will be re-imposed once they have been lifted. China, Russia and the Europeans will not pull their companies out of a thriving, post-sanctions Iran. With sanctions lifted, its economy booming and tens of billions injected into its treasury, why would Iran curb rather than expand its relentless drive for regional dominance?