Obama on Iran: Critics Are Same Ones Who Attacked Sanctions They Now Praise

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

"Let me pause here just to remind everybody that, when the interim deal was announced, critics, the same critics we are hearing from now, called it a historic mistake. They insisted Iran would ignore its obligations. They want the sanctions would unravel. They warned that Iran would receive a windfall to support terrorism.

The critics were wrong. The progress of Iran's nuclear program was halted for the first time in a decade. It's stockpile of dangerous materials was reduced. The deployment of its advanced centrifuges was stopped. Inspections did increase. There was no flood of money into Iran. And the architecture of the international sanctions remained in place. In fact, the interim deal worked so well that the same people who criticized it so fiercely now cite it as an excuse not to support the broader accord. Think about that.

What was once proclaimed as an historic mistake is now held up as a success and a reason to not sign the competence of deal. So keep that in mind when you assess the credibility of the arguments being made against diplomacy today."