Quote of the Day - Tomorrow's deadline with Iran's nuclear enrichment

“The administration turns a blind eye to Iran’s support of terrorism, its constant threats against the United States and our allies, and its failure to cooperate even during this negotiation period. It ignores every lesson we thought we learned when North Korea delayed its way into a nuclear weapon. President Obama even sends secret letters to the Supreme Leader, naively hoping to appeal to the rational side of a man who has proven himself to be anything but. The Iranians have made clear that no matter what a final deal contains, they will not stop enrichment and will not allow access to sites like Parchin and who knows how many other covert sites. Due to the 'covert nature of Iran’s activities', any deal with Iran 'could not be adequately verified'.”

~ Ileana Ros-Lehtinen


“I don’t think any of us are under the illusion that a satisfactory, comprehensive deal will be reached by Monday. But let me be clear -- any deal must cut off all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon and this specifically includes the Arak reactor. A deal must dismantle Iran’s centrifuge program to prevent Iran from becoming a threshold nuclear state, create robust verification and monitoring mechanisms to prevent undetectable breakout, force Iran to come clean on its past nuclear activities including possible military dimensions and cover a long enough duration that the regime won’t simply ‘wait it out'."

~ Ted Deutch