STUNNING – AT 10:28 A.M. ET:  Evidence is now emerging that supports the charge that the Obama administration caved in to Iran at the negotiating table to get any kind of deal.  From Fox: 

U.S. negotiators reportedly lowered the bar for their own goals during talks over Iran's nuclear program in response to resistance from the Tehran team. And, on the heels of a framework deal being announced in Switzerland, France's top diplomat on Friday admitted his country had initially held out for firmer terms.

The emerging reports indicate the U.S. team, led by Secretary of State John Kerry, gradually backed down over the course of the talks as Iran's delegation dug in. The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former U.S. representatives at the discussions, claimed the White House had initially hoped to persuade Iran to dismantle much of the country's nuclear infrastructure when talks started in late 2013, only to be told categorically that Iran would not do so.

The Journal reported that one Iranian diplomat called the nuclear program "our moon shot," comparing it to the U.S. space program in the 1960s as a symbol of national pride and advancement. From that point, the Journal reports, the U.S. accepted that any possible deal would likely enable Iran to continue to enrich some uranium to produce nuclear fuel and turned their focus to extending Iran's so-called "breakout time" or the minimum period that Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon.

The framework of an agreement was announced Thursday after marathon talks in Switzerland that stretched two days past their original deadline.

COMMENT:  As more and more is known, the deal looks worse and worse.  Obama, who blundered badly by taking the military option off the table early – basically giving Iran a road map of what we wouldn't do – is trying to sell the deal as an alternative to war.  It may in fact lead to war in the future, when, under the deal, Iran will be permitted to return to a full nuclear program. 

April 3, 2015