Op-ed by Anne R. Pierce on the Obama Administration's Nuclear Deal with Iran in USA Today
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent editorial by Dr. Anne R. Pierce, American foreign policy author and analyst, examines the Obama administration's nuclear "peace" plan in a column in USA Today, "Iran Nuke Deal's Upside-Down Logic." The article shows that the deal is unprincipled and unwise. Excerpts and a link are below.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/25/iran-deal-dangers-arms-race-column/31858765
When do peace plans make war more likely? When does respect for adversaries increase their disrespect for us? When does "non-proliferation" lead to a build-up of arms? When does compromise become capitulation? When does diplomacy for the sake of peace enable aggressors, human rights violators and sponsors of terror instead of rein them in?
When our priorities and our principles and our rhetoric are upside down.
American foreign policy today downplays American ideals and downgrades American power. The hope is that we can create a harmonious world if only we stop being arrogant and assertive, and find "common interests" with enemies as well as friends. But the world doesn't operate that way.
What we see as outreach and cooperation, others see as weakness and naiveté. As we pare down our defenses and tone down our democratic principles, aggressive anti-democratic powers see this as an opportunity. The unfortunate result is a more hostile, more oppressive world. Policies designed to create peace, stability and unity end up having the opposite effect. Nowhere is this upside-down dynamic more evident than in the deal that the United States and the P5+1 powers just forged with Iran.
For more, visit: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/25/iran-deal-dangers-arms-race-column/31858765
SOURCE Anne R. Pierce
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