Ben Shapiro

The invasion of Iraq in 2003 put the Iranians off that plan temporarily.

They soon started speeding to a bomb again when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, decided to race toward a bomb along with the Ayatollahs.

This ended with significant sanctions on the Iranian government.

Then things got worse.

We elected Barack Hussein Obama.

Barack Obama's grand foreign policy vision was if we just hugged the Ayatollah and engaged with the regime, showed goodwill, you know, flexibility, the Ayatollah would somehow magically moderate.

Meanwhile, Iran was still racing toward a nuclear weapon.

Even under the supervision of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Iran began developing secret nuclear infrastructure.

Through ties with Pakistani nuclear scientists, Iran acquired designs for a centrifuge and component parts.

North Korea and Russia helped out with technicians.

The regime's nuclear strategy was simple.

Distribute the program across multiple hidden sites and bury it, literally, under mountains.

Needless to say, Barack Obama's huggeron strategy did not actually draw a clear red line.

Instead, the Obama administration sent John Kerry shuttling across Geneva and Vienna, chasing a signature on a godforsaken piece of paper, the JCPOA, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

This was, objectively, the most disastrous, cowardly foreign policy agreement of my lifetime.

The deal did not stop Iran from getting the bomb.

In fact, it just told Iran that they could have a bomb in 10 years.

The terms of the agreement allowed key restrictions to sunset or expire, leaving Iran with infrastructure and know-how to sprint toward the bomb in a set period of time.

With the world's go-ahead, what did we get in exchange?

Nothing.