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A Bad Deal On Iran Over the weekend, the United States along with five other countries agreed to a deal on Iran's nuclear capabilities. The only people who seem very pleased with the deal are the Iranians and the Obama administration. Should that worry us? Here are the basics of what this deal entails: Iran will not have to give up virtually any aspect of its current nuclear endeavors, but would simply be forced to temporarily stop certain portions of its nuclear program. For example, it must stop the installation of new centrifuges but it can still construct centrifuges and does not require them to get rid of any current centrifuges. It must cap its stockpile of enriched uranium but it gets to keep its enriched uranium and continue enrichment at low levels. It agrees not to commission its heavy water reactor in Arak, capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, but it keeps the reactor in place. It must agree to new, enhanced inspections but this assumes we can trust that they will give access to ALL relevant material and no secret sites exist. In return, Iran will see an ease of $7 billion in economic sanctions (some say that figure is closer to $20 billion), which is what brought them to the bargaining table to begin with. If Iran adheres to the agreement, in return they will not see increased sanctions placed upon various aspects of their economy. In other words, the current deal does nothing to stop Iran's future nuclear ambitions (this is just temporary) and it certainly doesn't diminish anything that they currently have in place. So the world gets no concessions while Iran reaps the benefits of lifted sanctions. Is this supposed to be a win-win for the world? So what does all of this mean? Some believe that this deal will still lead to Iran becoming a nuclear state, only delayed by a little time. K.T. McFarland writes, "It would seem inevitable then, that in the years ahead Iran will become a de facto nuclear state, and a nuclear arms race in the Middle East will ensue. The prudent thing now is for the United States to make plans accordingly ..." An arms race in the Middle East ... is that really the legacy Obama (the Nobel Peace prize winner) wants to leave us with? Keeping Focused on ObamaCare There are some who speculate that the timing of the Iranian nuclear deal is quite suspicious and happened now in order to distract from the disaster that is ObamaCare. I wouldn't put it past this administration, who is so deeply concerned about controlling the message. Here are some of the latest reports related to ObamaCare and the failed rollout of the exchanges...(read) Today's "Hot Topic" On The Hannity Forums: Obama most moderate President of last 50 years - MrCapitalism This is an interesting study. There is a lot of detail in the links as to how exactly they came up with everything, but the top line is this. Taking out rhetoric etc and just focusing on stated positions and signed bills/EOs etc, Obama is the most moderate Democratic president of the post WW2 period. >> TV Tonight (Hannity FoxNews at 10pm ET): Are the President's distractions from ObamaCare really working? Reps. Louie Gohmert and Leonard Lance react. Plus Ann Coulter on the threat the Iran nuclear deal poses to America. And how can knockout assaults be prevented?