OBAMA UNCONVINCING – AT 9:31 A.M. ET:   Isn't it remarkable to see how little impact Obama's words are having on the debate over the agreement with Iran?  That is because he has lost so much credibility.  This is a president who has struck out repeatedly in foreign policy, and described defeats as victories.  That reset with Russia?  Home run.  Ending the Iraq war?  Done.  Finished.  Oh, some cleaning up to do.  Yemen?  Look, you can't have everything.

Opposition in Congress to the Iran agreement is building.  Congress returns next week and will immediately debate legislation, likely to pass as of today, that will give the legislators a role in approving any final deal with Tehran.

And the president's own words are hurting him.  From Fox: 

President Obama admitted Tuesday in a broadcast interview that his nuclear agreement with Iran only delays Tehran from eventually acquiring a weapon, which could come immediately after Year 13 of the agreement -- leaving the problem for future presidents.

Obama made the comments about Tehran's so-called "breakout time" in an interview with NPR News that aired Tuesday morning. The president was attempting to answer the charge that the deal framework agreed upon by the U.S., Iran, and five other nations last week fails to eliminate the risk of Iran getting a nuclear weapon because it allows Tehran to keep enriching uranium.

Obama said that Iran would be capped for a decade at 300 kilograms of uranium -- not enough to convert to a stockpile of weapons-grade material.

"What is a more relevant fear would be that in Year 13, 14, 15, they have advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium fairly rapidly, and at that point, the breakout times would have shrunk almost down to zero," Obama said.

The stark admission -- after his energy secretary even claimed the deal was a "forever agreement" -- came as the president seeks to quiet a growing chorus questioning whether the deal he and world leaders have negotiated merely delays the certainty of a nuclear-armed Iran. Obama has insisted confidently that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon on his watch, which ends in roughly 20 months, but has made no similar assurances about his successors.

Under the terms of the deal framework, Iran's breakout time would be expanded from the present two to three months to at least a year. But that constraint would stay in place only for 10 years, at which point some restrictions would start phasing out.

Although Obama acknowledged that Iran's breakout time could shrink, he said at least the world would have better insight into Iran's capabilities because of extensive inspections in the earlier years.

"The option of a future president to take action if in fact they try to obtain a nuclear weapon is undiminished," Obama said.

COMMENT:  That pretty much says it.  Leave it to a future president.  By that time Obama will be secretary-general of the UN, and above any loyalty to America. 

And by that time a booming business with Iran will make it impossible for national leaders to restart sanctions.  Iran will be accepted as a nuclear power with a robust economy, and the most powerful state in the region.

Another famous Obama victory.

April 7, 2015