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The Coming U.S. Appeasement of Iran Is a Disaster in the Making
(Ynet News) Col. Richard Kemp - A new interim nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran may be imminent. Yet the White House knows that no diplomatic understanding with Tehran is worth the paper it's printed on and no such undertakings will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed state. The White House does not seem to have learned that deterrence is the most effective means of averting war. It remains fearful not only of wielding a credible military threat against Iran but also of Israel doing so. What we're talking about here is pure appeasement and empowerment of a regime that is implacably and actively opposed to the U.S. and everything it stands for. The writer, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, was chairman of the UK's national crisis management committee, COBRA.