Krauthammer: ’2014 Will Be Remembered as the Surrender on Iran’

Krauthammer: ’2014 Will Be Remembered As The Surrender On Iran’ (Washington Free Beacon)

Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said 2014 will be remembered as the year that the U.S. “surrendered” on preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Reflecting on Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the UN General Assembly on Monday, Krauthammer said the Obama administration’s weakness in its nuclear negotiations with Iran will put the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the Israeli Prime Minister.

“[Obama] weakened the sanctions even before this round of negotiations,” Krauthammer said.

“So he weakens his hand. When sanctions were the only thing that went around the table in the first place.”

Krauthammer said if negotiations do not succeed and Israel has the capacity to set the Iranian nuclear program back another two to three years, Netanyahu will act on his promise to take military action to do so.