CAVING IN TO IRAN – AT 10:55 A.M. ET:   A number of reports tell us that the U.S., as expected, is caving in to Iranian demands in the nuclear talks, which face a Tuesday deadline.  From The Wall Street Journal: 

With less than a week to go until the deadline for the Iran nuclear talks, the list of skeptical governments and experts is growing. The latest addition is the International Atomic Energy Agency, and its misgivings are a reality check on Iran’s willingness to honor its promises.

“Progress has been very limited” on Iran’s promise to come clean about its earlier efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, IAEA head Yukiya Amano said this week. Mr. Amano added that “no more new issues” had been resolved, particularly on Iran’s effort to develop explosives for a nuke.

Supporters of the talks hailed last year’s Iranian-IAEA statement, in which Tehran pledged to fess up to its weaponization work. That statement followed a 2013 agreement setting out a 12-step plan for disclosing the possible military dimensions of a nuclear program Tehran still claims is for civilian use. Tehran would clean the slate about the past, the thinking went, and trust would grow. Now Mr. Amano says Tehran has completed only one of the 12 steps.

COMMENT:  But don't despair.  Why, one phone call from Barack Obama and all will be set right.  After all, he's made the oceans recede, and brought goodness throughout the sordid world.

March 27, 2015