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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
There are some questions around the inspection process, Iran's ability to continue to work on more efficient centrifuge systems, Their ability to trade enriched Uranium for more natural uranium at a heightened ratio and the The disposition of its heavy water reactor, that are going to need clarification.
Also the Inspection process doesn't seem to be all that strong, as Iran it sounds like can declare a site as non declared which can put it off limits to inspections.
Even if the inspectors get an inkling that research is happening on a non declared military or research facility they can't just inspect it, they have to basically it sounds like get Iranian approval.
No matter what happens, this agreement is going to pass, but I think Obama is going to be force to use his Veto.
I'm not saying that its a bad deal or a good deal yet, its too soon into this agreement to know, but its going to have to pass through hearings and we should get a better idea of the mechanics of how this is going to work.
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Quite honestly, it's all a bit of a sham. Iran is a nuclear capable country. They could build a bomb within a few weeks.
The whole concept of nuclear non-proliferation is flawed to begin with. What defines when a nuclear bomb is created? When you screw in the last screw on the missile?
The simple fact of the matter is that many countries are nuclear capable and could have nuclear weapons within weeks. Most countries with working nuclear facilities would fall under this category (Canada included). On top of that many countries have close allies that would supply them with weapons. Saudi Arabia is a phone call away from acquiring a weapon from Pakistan.
A major issue is that no one actually wants to enforce nuclear non-proliferation. You can run a civilian program without any weapons grade nuclear material. Yet countries are allowed to retain the capability to enrich and even a certain amount of weapons grade material.
What this is really about is politics. Both the US and Iran will now treat this as some kind of victory and use it as a political tool. Obama gets to show the world that his foreign policy wasn't a failure. Iran gets to show its population that it stood up to the great Satan.
It was unlikely that Iran was ever going to take that next step anyways, which is actually testing a weapon. The only thing this would accomplish is an arms race with Saudi Arabia, who they are already currently at war with in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, etc...