Krauthammer: Iran Deal ‘Guaranteed To Be Cheated On’

‘This administration has shown with the seizing of the sailors that it will do nothing to jeopardize this deal in the future, in calling out Iran if it cheats’

BAIER: "Charles, there is a lot of confidence coming from this administration when you talk about this deal. Here is the president Sunday about the stockpile."
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OBAMA: "Before the deal Iran was steadily increasing its stockpile of enriched uranium. Enough for up to 10 nuclear bombs. Today more than 98 percent of that stockpile has been shipped out of Iran. Meaning Iran now doesn't have enough material for even one bomb." 
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BAIER: "That sounds pretty good." 
KRAUTHAMMER: "It sounds pretty good. But it is misleading. Number one, we allowed the Iranians to self-inspect. We have no idea if that was 98 percent because we don't have a baseline. The IAEA was supposed to establish a baseline. It wasn't allowed to. Second of all, it's been given the right to enrich. The entire negotiation is a premised on the idea we're going to lift sanctions if it stops enriching uranium. It retained a right, meaning it's going to do it in the present and in the future. In the end, I think Steve is right. What happened yesterday is that with the stroke of a pen, Iran went from a pariah state, unable to use the international system, to trade oil, to a state that is a normal state in good standing of the international community along before any of this starts. It is asserted to be a normal state as of yesterday. And we have no way of exerting any pressure on it if it cheats. And this administration has shown with the seizing of the sailors that it will do nothing to jeopardize this deal in the future, in calling out Iran if it cheats. It's guaranteed to be cheated on."

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