any way that blowing up this deal makes those other issues easier to deal with, rather it s going to be harder but the argument is if you keep waiving these sanctions and allowing more money to flow into iran and prop it up economically, it just encourages these bad actions? well, if the u.s. policy is eternal hatred of iran, then you should try to have all the sanctions you can, but if you wish to have a situation in which the united states has credibility as a negotiating partner, then you uphold the agreement that you made and you work seriously on all of the other issues using all the other elements of pressure. as you heard secretary kerry say, addressing terrorism or ballistic missile threats becomes harder, not easier when iran is moving towards
ordered it down in january, 1961. the three marines who take it down were here to witness it go back up. so, it s interesting. and momentous. but at the same time, you know i think the cuban people a lot of them are, excited about what this might mean. a lot of them are hopeful about what this might mean. but it is not as though, you know, snap, all of a sudden there is democracy and freedom of the press and freedom of congregation in cuba. it s so it is a weird mix. it s exciting and historic. but, what s it going to mean at the end of the day. what did kerry say, i understood he addressed the crowd in english and spanish? he did. it was the kind of speech you would expect. and he did caution that, this is not, everything is not going to happen overnight. this is going to be a journey. but he did look, he is the secretary of state and it was clearly a moment where he was being the nation s top diplomat.
fundamental principles on which we operate. if they want to close four or 40 pathways to a bomb they can close them all because we do not want the pathway to the bomb. what do you say about this is not trust, this is verify and the bottom line will be what the iaea says. how do you swear what president obama and secretary kerry say which is 24/7 anywhere anytime inspections and what you say which is no it s not anywhere anytime. i just ask them to read the deed. so what is it? the deal is we accepted an international mechanism that is actually provides 24/7 access to nuclear facilities. we have had in the past it s interesting. over the past ten years, iran has been visited more often than any other country probably in some years with the exception of japan. but in the last three years, iran even exceeded japan. in the time of visits that the
but even worse is the final capitulation which was the giving in to a lifting of the embargo on ballistic missiles and conventional arms. we just heard kerry say, why didn t you negotiate for u.s. hostages. because it s not a nuclear thing. conventional is the opposite of nuclear. that was not to be discussed at all. it was thrown in by the iranians and russians at the last moment and we caved on it. you look at the tweets coming from the iranians and some of they will suggest they were surprised they got that lifting of the arms embargo. that s right. the obama administration believed that if they could ink this deal moving forward, the iranian regime would right its course in the world, become responsible member of the international community. but history shows us reality shows that the kind of regime transformation they re hoping for rarely, if ever happens
but even worse is the final capitulation which was the giving in to a lifting of the embargo on ballistic missiles and conventional arms. we just heard kerry say, why didn t you negotiate for u.s. hostages. because it s not a nuclear thing. conventional is the opposite of nuclear. that was not to be discussed at all. it was thrown in by the iranians and russians at the last moment and we caved on it. you look at the tweets coming from the iranians and some of they will suggest they were surprised they got that lifting of the arms embargo. that s right. the obama administration believed that if they could ink this deal moving forward, the iranian regime would right its course in the world, become responsible member of the international community. but history shows us reality shows that the kind of regime transformation they re hoping for rarely, if ever happens