You go to the used car lot with a friend.
Over his objections, you buy what turns out to be a “lemon.”
Who’s to blame? The used car dealer—and you? Certainly not your friend. In terms of the Iran nuke deal, who is selling it to us—and who is buying it?
In my view, our “friends” are those who are advising us to “look under the hood” and walk away.
But if we have already bought it, what should we do?
One alternative is to try to force the car dealer either to take it back or fix it. Unfortunately, there is no “lemon law” in diplomacy.
Another is to junk it and live with the costs.
A third is to try to drive it despite the inconvenience, humiliation, and likely dangers on the road ahead.
I prefer one or even two to three.
Winston Churchill said of the 1938 Munich Agreement that “we had a choice between shame and war–and got both.” Neville Chamberlain, who negotiated it, rather quickly repented and chose war.
This time around, I believe we can walk away from the new Nuke Agreement without war unless the Iranians choose to go to war with us. If they choose the suicidal course of war, better now than after they develop a nuclear arsenal and missiles that reach Israel, Europe, and the U.S.
I also believe walking away is a better, safer course for the world than than proceeding with this unenforceable deal.
