Details of a putative draft Iran nuclear deal are making the rounds after being reported by the Associated Press, which claims the deal includes cutting Iran’s current 10,000 centrifuges down to 6,000 in return for more immediate sanction relief.
Since the AP story was cowritten by the ever-hysterical George Jahn, the centrifuges, used to enrich uranium to low levels for power generation, are referred to as “machines it could use to make an atomic bomb.”
The article quotes unnamed diplomats familiar with the situation, though the White House has since issued a statement insisting that the reports are untrue, and that no draft deal exists yet.
That may well be the case, as Iran has also said they didn’t expect a deal this week. Both sides seem to be close, however, so what is being reported as a “draft deal” could indeed be the rough framework of it.
Now seriously…with the Republican-controlled Congress rushing to cobble together some form of legislation designed to short-sheet Obama's attempt at an agreement with Iran, why would you advertise that you were close to a deal? Keeping such a thing a secret until the public unwrapping is a monumental undertaking, especially with the number of unrepentant Israel Firsters and avid warmongers in Obama's administration.
Guess what- the ability to make and machine steel and iron and extrude plastics and mold graphite and build complex electronic circuitry all give a nation the 'machines it could use to make an atomic bomb'. The question is, when you have a half of a pound of steel, do you use it to make a fork or do you use it to make a 'launch' switch for some missile control panel?
I'd have to look into the history books, but I'm wondering how many thousands of centrifuges the US operated in order to construct the first atomic bomb, detonated in 1945. 10,000? 20,000? Or did we use atomic technology that did not require the use of ANY centrifuges? We sure got it done, though, and in a few short years- not the decades Iran has supposedly had to work one out- and with the plans for crude but working atomic weapons available on the internet you'd think they'd have at least one bomb if they really wanted one.
The Iranians are not stupid- and I hope the American public is allowed to figure that out before we get ourselves into a mess that will make Vietnam look like Grenada.