U.S. Moves to Shutter 'All' Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Sites in Major Reversal of Obama Policy.....

freebeacon ^ | 5/22/2018 | Adam Kredo

[caww]

ran's nuclear reactors have been a tension point since the nuclear deal was put in place due to the Islamic Republic's production of heavy water—a nuclear enriched byproduct—beyond the amounts allowable under the agreement. In order to ensure Iran was not caught breaching restrictions on heavy water under the deal, the Obama administration 'used taxpayer money to purchase Iran's excess heavy water', a policy that was immediately reversed by the Trump administration.

"The Obama administration's purchase of Iranian heavy water gave away the game," said one senior GOP congressional aide who was closely involved in the Iran deal debate. "The Iranians deliberately cheated and violated the deal just to see how the Obama/Kerry team would respond and, wouldn't you know it, the United States responded by literally paying the Iranians to stop violating the deal."

"Then, the State Department turned around and told Congress and the American people that all this showed the deal was working," the source said. "Today they're still using the same line."

While the Obama administration worked to implement a scheme in which it would pay Iran with taxpayer dollars for its excess heavy water, GOP leaders on Capitol Hill worked to outlaw any further deals........Iran must stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing," Pompeo said. "This includes closing its heavy water reactor."."Rather than the willful blindness that characterized the old policy of trying to cajole Tehran into pursuing a nuclear weapon slowly, the secretary clarified that our policy is now to prevent them from getting one altogether."

[goldstategop]

For the EU and Obama, it was never about stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

It was always about getting into business deals with Iran even if that meant looking the other way on Iran’s predatory and aggressive behavior.

Trump has now put a stop to it. The JCPOA has been shown to be the fraud it was in the first place.

[Meadow Muffin]

Vanity, vanity....what is it with vanity to bolster one's image at the same time you do deals under the table. All of us are vain..... but when politicians do things that make themselves look good in the public areas, under the cover of the night ,people, like Klinton and Obama are busy selling America down the proverbial toilet...

[Fhios]

A breeder reactor will always be a breeder reactor.

[Delta 21]

Oh yeah, That reminds me. We never did get around to bombing Iran, did we?

Maybe the IDF will do it for a grattis payment since we let them play with our F-35s. We could even throw in a few JDAMs.

[vette6387]

“A breeder reactor will always be a breeder reactor.”

Not if you bomb it!

[SgtHooper]

I hear there’s a new cruise missile coming out called the “Shutter”!

[caww]

.....”It was always about getting into business deals with Iran even if that meant looking the other way on Iran’s predatory and aggressive behavior.”.......

BO was playing on the wrong side throughout his administration.....he sold us out for what he wanted on the International stage....notoriety.

[caww]

Pretty interesting ‘now’ if you’re watching the people of Iran. They’re shutting down the economy by striking rather than protests. This week the truckers joined in as well ....they might just be successful toppling their government....and Trump, Pence and Pompeo have delivered the message they support this.

[bert]

——We never did get around to bombing Iran, did we?——

Covert action rather than kinetic action has done the job so far. Way back there, even during the time of W predictions were that Iran would have the bomb in 2 years. It didn’t happen

Then the chief Nuclear scientists were killed. The Stuxit Virus attacked all the manufactruing programming and caused untold problems. There were different reports at different times of various destructive explosions at several nuclear related sites that seriously set back Iranian efforts.

And most recently, Bibi presented on TV the whole of the Iranian Nuclear files, their records. How in the world did Israel come into posession of that treasure trove?

Much has been going on about which we know almost nothing

[Delta 21]

Actually I was talking about the 30 seconds after Reagan won the election and the Iranians were stumbling over themselves trying to return our American hostages that were held in captivity for 444 days while President Malaise allowed it.

We should have leveled the place with extreme predjudice.