The Patriot Post® · Iran Deal Worse Than Feared

The Obama administration initially insisted that the value of sanctions relief for Iran in the recent nuclear deal would be around $7 billion dollars. Israel, which was largely shut out of the process, objected, estimating that the benefit would be closer to $20 billion. Surprise – it turns out the Israelis were much closer. The Iranians are lining up oil deals already, and will benefit greatly from U.S. capitulation. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry kicked off his I’ll-run-for-president-if-Hillary-doesn’t tour with a thud, making asinine comments about the recent deal. Asked why he didn’t bring up the subject of American hostages in Iran, Kerry said, “We don’t want them to become the hostages or pawns of [the] process.” Um, they already are hostages, which is sort of the point.