Mitt Romney: Obama should say 'no deal' to Iran

[DonViejo]

Mitt Romney 10:49 a.m. EDT March 13, 2015

Walking away from the table would be courageous — and right.

Are there any fans of President Obama's foreign policy record — other than our nation's adversaries, that is? Democrats have been noticeably quiet on the subject; Republicans have been appropriately brutal. But the president could silence critics like me and even qualify for a Profile in Courage Award by doing the right thing on Iran: Walk away from a flimsy nuclear agreement.

I say courage because signing an agreement — any agreement — would undoubtedly be a political home run. The news media would repeatedly feature the signing ceremony. The coverage would rehearse the long and tortured history between our two countries and exalt at the dawn of a new era. The Iranian pooh-bahs would appear tame and responsible. The president would look, well, presidential.An agreement would also boost the prospects for Hillary Clinton: achievement by association.

Walking away from all that would be courageous. It would also be right.

Agreements with tyrants and fanatics have very short shelf lives. Case in point, our agreements with North Korea, inked by presidents from both political parties. In 1985, North Korea acceded to the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and in 1991, it signed the South-North Joint Declaration on Denuclearization. In 1993, however, the CIA determined that North Korea had likely already separated enough fissile material for one to two nuclear bombs. Then in 1994, North Korea signed the Agreed Framework to dismantle its nuclear capabilities in exchange for gifts of fuel oil, low-grade reactors and normalized diplomatic relations. In 2002, North Korea admitted to a secret program to enrich uranium, reopened a previously shuttered reactor, and expelled the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors from the country. In 2003, North Korea officially withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Today, North Korea not only boasts nuclear weaponry and long-range missiles, it also exports its technology to some of the world's worst actors.

more
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/13/obama-courage-peace-deal-iran-column/70237984/

[arcane1]

1. Is he saying North Korea would have NOT done all of that, if there had been no agreement?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Mitt Romney should accept that he lost and STFU

[Dawson Leery]

3. This indecent POS will never accept that he lost.

[spanone]

4. send your boys mitt, they seem to be a healthy lot

warmongingmotherfuckers

[Scootaloo]

5. Well, Mitt, no one asked you

In fact, if i recall correctly, how own party blasted him for wanting to even try to run again. So even they want you to shoosh.

[moondust]

6. Silver-spoon frat boys

should stick to playing with their car elevators.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Who?

[still_one]

8. That the MSM still thinks his opinion matters demonstrates how incompetent they are

[dogman]

9. One of the reasons America said "no deal" to Mitt

Walking away from the table would be possible unilateral war.

[tanyev]

10. Romney, Romney....how do I know that name?

Strange rich guy with a car elevator?

[Renew Deal]

11. Republicans only concern is the second paragraph

They don't want Obama to look good. They don't care about anything else.

[Jefferson23]

12. He has dangerous ideas, thank goodness he lost. n/t