Iran nuke deal is a liberal nightmare

Jennifer Rubin:

“France’s foreign minister says Iran wants 24 days before international inspectors could visit its nuclear sites in the event of a suspected violation of a deal with world powers over its atomic program.” That is an actual news item, not a punchline from the Onion. The report coincides with yesterday’s remarks from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Iran would not let military sites be inspected nor allow investigators to speak with Iranian scientists. If Iran is bent on sticking with these positions, the Obama administration will be hard-pressed to come up with a final deal that passes the straight-face test.

Consider what has occurred since President Obama announced the “historic” framework: It’s obvious Iran and the administration have no common understanding. Iran has rejected anywhere/anytime inspections. The “snapback” sanctions and upfront sanctions relief have been widely disparaged. And despite the president’s efforts to soothe our Gulf State allies, Saudi Arabia is promising that if Iran keeps its nuclear weapons infrastructure and remains on the road to obtaining a nuclear capacity, a regional nuclear arms race is inevitable. (“Whatever the Iranians have, we will have, too.”) Add to that Iran’s increasingly brazen conduct in the region (diverting ships, backing rebels in Yemen and Shiite militias in Iraq), Syria’s bald-faced cheating on its chemical weapons agreement and Congress’s near-unanimous insistence that it get a say in any deal and one can see the administration has been perpetually on defense. Public opinion polls reflect the voters’ lack of confidence in Obama’s handling of Iran.
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It is more than passing strange to see Obama and Kerry pretending that there is something of value in this deal.   For Iran there is much to gain, but for the rest of the world it is a disaster.