I have doubts that this was our idea with the Biden Admin in office, but it’s good to see someone is taking action. Iran has been steadily working to build up enough nuclear material to create a nuclear weapon, and it seems like no matter how much Biden panders they don’t want to come to the table to negotiate a new nuclear deal. So the U.S. as well as some of our allies have come together to put pressure on Iran to listen to reason.
“Speaking Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked about the Biden Admin’s want to deal with this matter civilly.
“We still believe diplomacy is the best path forward for putting the nuclear program back in the box that had been in under the agreement, the so-called JCPOA. But we were also looking at, as necessary, other options if Iran is not prepared to engage quickly in good faith, to pick up where we left off in June,” Mr. Blinken said.
“Every option is on the table, but here’s what’s important: Iran, unfortunately, is moving forward aggressively with its program. The time it would take for it to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon is getting shorter and shorter,” he said. “The other thing that’s getting shorter is the runway we have, where, if we do get back into compliance with the agreement, and Iran gets back into compliance, we actually recapture all of the benefits of the agreement. Iran is learning enough, doing enough, so that that’s starting to be a problem.”
“In a joint statement over the weekend, the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany told Mr. Raisi that his country still has a window of opportunity.
“We call upon President Raisi to seize this opportunity and return to a good faith effort to conclude our negotiations as a matter of urgency,” the leaders of those four countries said in their communique. “That is the only sure way to avoid a dangerous escalation, which is not in any country’s interest.”
It looks like Iran is going to go forward with their nuclear program no matter what is said and peacefully means are likely wasted on them. So really the U.S. and our allied countries are going to have to step up sooner than later and while Biden is in office perhaps we should assist as opposed to lead the mission.
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