Eli Lake, Columnist

Fans of Iran Nuke Deal Start to Acknowledge Its Flaws

Maybe now the U.S. and European allies can close up loopholes and restrict Tehran.

September 14, 2017 at 3:07 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

The restraints currently on Iran aren't sufficient.
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The public line from the supporters of the Iran nuclear deal in the last two years has been clear. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the core agreement is known, is wonderful. As Barack Obama said after its negotiations were completed in 2015: "There's a reason why 99 percent of the world thinks that this is a good deal: It's because it's a good deal."

And you will encounter this kind of thing on social media today.