July 16, 2014 | Quote
John Kerry’s Routine Wears Thin
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It is long past the point at which we should have increased sanctions. Mark Dubowitz, a sanctions expert with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Right Turn: “Iran remains focused on a deal where any tight constraints will be lifted after a short duration leaving the mullahs with an industrial size nuclear capacity that will be impossible to effectively monitor. This kind of deal is looking more likely because of the Obama administration’s decision to de-escalate the sanctions pressure after mid-2013.” He explained that due to sanctions relief, “there has been an increase in Tehran’s negotiating leverage and a steady erosion in the Western position. Congress remains the only firewall against a bad deal and needs to move quickly to pass legislation that threatens massive sanctions if there is no deal by January 2015 that satisfies congressionally-mandated parameters.”
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