Senator Thom Tillis
National Review
September 2, 2015
The United States entered negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran in an undeniable position of strength. Sanctions on Iran were working as intended: causing the Iranian currency to crumble, wreaking havoc on Iran’s financial sector, and dramatically cutting Iran’s oil exports. Iran’s economy was teetering on the verge of collapse. As President Obama noted earlier this year, the United States imposed “the toughest sanctions in history” that “helped bring Iran to the negotiating table.”
During the final presidential debate in October 2012, the president outlined his necessary condition for a deal, declaring: “The deal we’ll accept is they end their nuclear program. It’s very straightforward.”
However, once at the negotiating table, it was clear that President Obama wasn’t motivated to strike the best deal possible to end Iran’s nuclear program. Instead, he was intent onstriking any deal — even a bad one. Read the rest of this entry
For more on this subject, read Rev. Creech’s editorial, Accumulating Peril
