Nuclear deal? Ridiculous

I'm glad that Joel Rosenberg agrees. "Ridiculous" was my first impression of the "deal" that has been put forth by Iran and Turkey; two allies aligned in a common hatred of Israel. Does anyone really believe that Iran is willing to halt their nuclear ambitions because of UN pressure? Of course not. Joel Rosenberg has a timely piece on this situation:

"Iran's Nuclear Deal With Turkey Raises Chances Of War With Israel"

Iran’s nuclear deal to store much of its low-grade enriched uranium in Turkey for a year while avoiding U.N. econoimc sanctions is ridiculous on its face. It would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels while the world does nothing. It would allow Iran to recall its uranium from Turkey at any time.

It would do nothing to stop Iran from actually building nuclear bombs.

International support for the deal would actually raise the chances of a war between Iran and Israel. Why? Because Israeli leaders could very well conclude that the world had now completely abandoned any meaningful efforts to stop Iran from getting the Bomb before it’s too late.


As a Wall Street Journal editorial noted Tuesday morning: “The deal will, however, make it nearly impossible to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program short of military action. The U.N. is certainly a dead end. After 16 months of his extended hand and after downplaying support for Iran’s democratic opposition, Mr. Obama now faces an Iran much closer to a bomb and less diplomatically isolated than when President Bush left office.

Israel will have to seriously consider its military options. Such a confrontation is far more likely thanks to the diplomatic double-cross of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazil’s Lula, and especially to a U.S. President whose diplomacy has succeeded mainly in persuading the world’s rogues that he lacks the determination to stop their destructive ambitions.”

And from the Washington Post:

"Iran creates illusion of progress in nuclear negotiations"

In the long-running diplomatic battle between Iran and the West, Iran appears to have scored a victory on Monday. By striking a deal to ship some of its low-enriched uranium abroad, Iran has created the illusion of progress in nuclear negotiations with the West, without offering any real compromise to the United States and its allies, who have demanded substantive negotiations on Tehran’s broader program….The Obama administration now faces the uncomfortable prospect of rejecting a proposal it offered in the first place — or seeing months of effort to enact new sanctions derailed.”


Ironically, the swap proposal has nothing to do with the sanctions under consideration by the U.N. Security Council, which relate to Iran building another nuclear facility in secret and failing to heed previous demands to stop enriching uranium.

The text gives Iran the right to terminate the deal at any point. It also says the new fuel must be delivered within a year, which might be a technical impossibility.

And from the Wall Street Journal:

"Iran's Nuclear Coup"

What a fiasco. That's the first word that comes to mind watching Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raise his arms yesterday with the leaders of Turkey and Brazil to celebrate a new atomic pact that instantly made irrelevant 16 months of President Obama's "diplomacy." The deal is a political coup for Tehran and possibly delivers the coup de grace to the West's half-hearted efforts to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

Full credit for this debacle goes to the Obama Administration and its hapless diplomatic strategy. Last October, nine months into its engagement with Tehran, the White House concocted a plan to transfer some of Iran's uranium stock abroad for enrichment. If the West couldn't stop Iran's program, the thinking was that maybe this scheme would delay it.

So instead of the U.S. and Europe backing Iran into a corner this spring, Mr. Ahmadinejad has backed Mr. Obama into one. America's discomfort is obvious. In its statement yesterday, the White House strained to "acknowledge the efforts" by Turkey and Brazil while noting "Iran's repeated failure to live up to its own commitments."

If the West accepts this deal, Iran would be allowed to keep enriching uranium in contravention of previous U.N. resolutions. Removing 1,200 kilograms will leave Iran with still enough low-enriched stock to make a bomb, and once uranium is enriched up to 20% it is technically easier to get to bomb-capable enrichment levels.

The deal will, however, make it nearly impossible to disrupt Iran's nuclear program short of military action

Israel will have to seriously consider its military options. Such a confrontation is far more likely thanks to the diplomatic double-cross of Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazil's Lula, and especially to a U.S. President whose diplomacy has succeeded mainly in persuading the world's rogues that he lacks the determination to stop their destructive ambitions.

The bottom line on this situation is worth repeating, as stated from Joel Rosenberg's commentary:

International support for the deal would actually raise the chances of a war between Iran and Israel. Why? Because Israeli leaders could very well conclude that the world had now completely abandoned any meaningful efforts to stop Iran from getting the Bomb before it’s too late.

So once again, we see the world leaders drop the ball on this situation - all while half-heartedly "attempting" to impose sanctions on Iran - but the effort has only served to enhance Iran's ability to create a WMD for the purpose of destroying Israel.

But ultimately, none of this matters. Why?

Because God has a plan for all events of significance in the Middle East, and the nations are aligning against Israel precisely as biblical prophecy would dictate. The world will turn against Israel, and that same anti-Israeli position will ultimately destroy those nations.

Israel will have God to protect them - and that trumps everything else: Nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, massive invasions, missiles, etc. It doesn't matter. The enemies of Israel will ultimately have to face God Himself.

They have no idea what is on the horizon. Its too bad (for them) because the information is available in almost any bookstore: The information isn't a secret. It is all contained in that book we call "The Holy Bible".

And it tells us that God is in control and His plan will be carried out to perfection. The destruction of Israel isn't part of that plan - but the destruction of Israel's adversaries is very much a part of that plan.

And it may be soon.