"In 2003, when the Iranians made an offer to the former administration with respect to their nuclear program, there were 164 centrifuges," Kerry said in a news conference held in the early hours of Nov. 24. "That offer was not taken. Subsequently, sanctions came in, and today there are 19,000 centrifuges and growing."
In essence, the secretary of State was suggesting the staggering number of centrifuges that Iran now has effectively forced the hand of the P5+1 negotiators at the talks, making the placement of restrictions on Iran's nuclear program the only realistic prospect the negotiators could pursue. Kerry also suggested that had only President George W. Bush done the right thing a decade ago, the United States and its allies in the P5+1 -- Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia -- wouldn't have found themselves in such a precarious negotiating posture.
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2 comments:
Oh, so it's Bush's fault.
That's a new angle.
After 5 years in the WH, the tenants still blame the previous tenants.
Yeah, I see.
539 sorry but it is. Geopolitics is chess, not checkers. After squandering our troops and money next door in Iraq for nothing, the Iranians were the ones trully building wmd capacity and supporting international terror. They now know we have no credible military threat (not enough troops or political will to invade). But don't worry, you can blame Obama all you want for whatever outcome we see in this situation in the years moving forward when the consequences of his current decisions become clear.
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