Iran backs out of nuke 'deal'

NY Times:

Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials briefed on Iran’s response.

The apparent rejection of the deal could unwind President Obama’s effort to buy time to resolve the nuclear standoff.

In public, neither the Iranians nor the watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, revealed the details of Iran’s objections, which came only hours after Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insisted that “we are ready to cooperate” with the West.

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Did anyone ever really believe they would honor the agreement if they signed onto it? I certainly didn't. I have always expected bad faith from this regime and have never been disappointed.

The only value of a so called "engagement" strategy is that it gives the world a chance to see the bad faith in the headlines of the media. Whether the bad faith will be enough to get the sanctions the administration seeks is also dubious at this time. I do not see the Russians and Chinese on board yet.

The US needs to keep the use of force option available so we can react to Israel's attack on the nuke facilities.

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