WEEKLY STANDARD
by Lee Smith
August 5, 2015
In his speech today at American University on the Iran nuclear arms deal, President Obama asked for critics to evaluate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on its own merits….while Obama called for bipartisanship he tarred those skeptical of the deal as partisan hacks who don’t know what they’re talking about and are influenced by foreign governments—Israel’s, to be precise, which, according to Obama, is the only entity in the world that does not support the JCPOA. The reality however is that the U.S. public doesn’t like the agreement. A recent poll from Quinnipiac University and another from CBS News show the same thing—American voters oppose the deal by a margin of 2 to 1. Sure, they’re not all nuclear experts like energy secretary Ernest Moniz, but you don’t have to get too far into the weeds to know that it’s a bad agreement. In fact, all you really need to do is pay attention to the news coming out of Iran to know that this deal is worthless. READ MORE
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