November 19, 2014
Deal or No Deal, Iran Has Already Won
Regardless of whether the U.S. and Iran reach an interim deal on nuclear weapons by the November 24 deadline, American interests will have been severely compromised. Since the beginning of Barack Obama’s presidency, writes Lee Smith, the U.S. has made a string of concessions to the Islamic Republic, hoping vainly to win it over, while the latter has continued to sponsor terror, further develop its nuclear program, and violate its own commitments. By now, America has forfeited its own bargaining position: