NEW YORK OBSERVER
by Jonathan Greenberg
April 3, 2015

…In his statement….the president issued a challenge to “the inevitable critics” of his handiwork: “Do you really think that this verifiable deal—if fully implemented, backed by the world’s major powers—is a worse option than the risk of another war in the Middle East? Is it worse than doing what we’ve done for almost two decades; with Iran moving forward with its nuclear program and without robust inspections?…. First of all, those questions are loaded, disingenuous and provide nothing more than a false choice. The president assumes that the only options are his flawed approach or military conflict. As he has consistently done, he plays this game for domestic political consumption and seems entirely unaware that, if you publicly blurt out that we don’t have a feasible military option (which is, to begin with, false), the other guys can hear you. One wonders if anyone in this White House thinks about anything beyond American politics. But, if we were to take seriously that which is not posed seriously, then yes. This deal, even if fully implemented (we’ll get back to that), is actually worse than the risk of another war. READ MORE