The former Secretary of State strongly supported the Iran Deal,
saying the agreement limits Iran's centrifuges and stockpiles. Powell
called these "remarkable" changes …
Republican Colin Powell called the Iran Deal a “good deal” this morning on NBC’s Meet the Press,
saying that the Iranians “have been on a superhighway for the last ten
years to create a nuclear weapon or nuclear weapons program with no
speed limit.”
The former Secretary of State strongly supported the
Iran Deal, saying the agreement limits Iran’s centrifuges and
stockpiles. Powell called these “remarkable” changes, saying “We have
stopped this highway race” the Iranians were on.
“It’s a pretty good deal… I know there are
objections to it, but here’s why I think it’s a good deal,” the former
Secretary of State said. He continued, “One of the great concerns that
the opposition has that we are leaving open a ‘lane’ for the Iranians to
go back to creating a nuclear weapon in 10-15 years are forgetting the
reality that they have been on a superhighway for the last ten years to create a nuclear weapon or nuclear weapons program with no speed limit.”
“In the last ten years they’ve gone from 136
centrifuges up to something like 19,000 centrifuges.” That is something
Republicans never talk about. Powell pointed out, “This agreement will
take them down to 5,000 cent all of this will be under IAEA supervision
and I think this is a good outcome.”
“They had stockpiled something in the neighborhood
of 12,000 kilograms of uranium. This deal will bring it down to 300
kilograms,” Powell said. “It’s a remarkable reduction. I’m amazed that
they would do this this but they have done it.”
Putting a finely honed knife to the back of
Republican fear-mongering about the Iran deal, Powell said, “These are
remarkable changes. We have stopped this highway race that they were
going down and I think this is very, very important.”
For the finishing blow, Powell took out the
Republican argument that we just gave them everything and got nothing,
“Will they comply with it? Well, they get nothing until they comply and
that’s the important part of the arrangement.”
Powell served under the shrub from
2001 to 2005, during the Iraq war debacle. During his military career,
has also served as National Security Adviser and Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. In other words, his opinion is worth more than many in
the Republican cabal, whose first job it has been to avoid military
service while sending others to fight for them.
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