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Reader comment on item: The Geneva Agreement with Iran: A Foreign Policy Disaster
Submitted by Alex (United States), Nov 24, 2013 at 17:02
I have one question the answer to which I am surprised Dr. Pipes left out of his article: if the signing of this new agreement in Geneva spurs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into striking Iran and at least significantly curtailing its nuclear program, would not such a result amount to the "silver lining" that Dr. Pipes recently noted in President Obama's disengagement from American engagement in the world?
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Daniel Pipes replies:
I do not consider an Israeli attack on Iran to be a desirable outcome. I would far prefer global pressures on Tehran to force it to undo its nuclear program.
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| 3 | A Separate Reality for Iran [163 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 11, 2013 14:32 | 212113 | |
| 1 | Barrak Hussein Obama [22 words] | Christian Schiffer | Dec 8, 2013 10:42 | 212058 | |
| 2 |  Also as important -the real Birth Certificate [125 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 11, 2013 15:16 | 212058 | |
| Sanction relief [96 words] | Farhad Lahafdoozi | Dec 3, 2013 22:22 | 211995 | ||
| "Negative possibilities continue to multiply." [41 words] | Orange Yonason | Nov 30, 2013 23:08 | 211939 | ||
| More Nuclear Deal "Fallout?" [43 words] | Orange Yonason | Nov 28, 2013 10:36 | 211889 | ||
| 4 | Peacefull nuclear bombs ? [64 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Nov 27, 2013 11:48 | 211868 | |
| 1 | Uranium-235 it is [33 words] | myth | Dec 15, 2013 11:34 | 211868 | |
| 2 | Correction is greatly apreciated [64 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 17, 2013 22:43 | 211868 | |
| 1 | the certainty of human interference with nuclear technology [116 words] | myth | Dec 27, 2013 08:56 | 211868 | |
| And it is not getting better [88 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Nov 27, 2013 02:10 | 211843 | ||
| 1 | Step in the right direction [262 words] | Anon | Nov 27, 2013 02:08 | 211842 | |
| 1 | I respectfully disagree [65 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Dec 13, 2013 01:58 | 211842 | |
| 1 | THE WORLD IS BLIND [145 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Nov 26, 2013 21:03 | 211834 | |
| 1 | Iran deal with the West [79 words] | Rahamim Akerib | Nov 29, 2013 22:19 | 211834 | |
| 1 | It worked out swimmingly with North Korea, what could go wrong? [103 words] | Jeff | Nov 26, 2013 18:35 | 211832 | |
| Geneva Iranian Accords [143 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gunther H. Sciff | Nov 26, 2013 18:25 | 211831 | ||
| 1 | clothing on the black-and-white photo from München reveals the misunderstanding [78 words] | myth | Nov 27, 2013 07:08 | 211831 | |
| 1 | more machiavelli - less obama says the NZZ [281 words] | myth | Nov 26, 2013 16:42 | 211828 | |
| He is given full scope [70 words] | PermReader | Nov 26, 2013 12:27 | 211822 | ||
| 2 | The Iran Deal--President Obama's True Objectives [101 words] | emmett | Nov 26, 2013 11:45 | 211818 | |
| We saw it coming [64 words] | David W. Lincoln | Nov 25, 2013 12:07 | 211796 | ||
| Nov. 4 Geneva agreement gives time--to who? [163 words] | Richard Stoecker | Nov 25, 2013 11:34 | 211795 | ||
| 1 | Iranian treaty is the 21st century version of 'Sulah Hudaybiyyah' [91 words] | Prashant | Nov 27, 2013 22:38 | 211795 | |
| And now we want their "help" [46 words] | Jeff | Nov 25, 2013 10:16 | 211791 | ||
| 1 | The Geneva Agreement with Iran.....Now this is really being a Friend to Iran. [71 words] | Anne | Nov 25, 2013 08:38 | 211787 | |
| Oh, oh? This just in. [14 words] | Orange Yonason | Nov 25, 2013 07:45 | 211785 | ||
| master of disasters [50 words] | Frankz | Nov 25, 2013 07:01 | 211781 | ||
| 5 | GOD SAVE US FROM OBAMA [8 words] | Sardar Ravi Ranjan Singh | Nov 25, 2013 06:29 | 211778 | |
| sad day [54 words] | david morris | Nov 25, 2013 06:09 | 211776 | ||
| War From An Unexpected Source [67 words] | Haym Rabinovitz | Nov 25, 2013 05:16 | 211775 | ||
| Ukraine turns away form west and towards Russia [41 words] | Norbert Weinberg | Nov 25, 2013 02:07 | 211771 | ||
| 1 | Bad diplomacy, but hardly a disaster [318 words] | Dan Simon | Nov 25, 2013 01:53 | 211770 | |
| Iran vs the rest of the world. On the photo op they all look happy!! [54 words] | steven L | Nov 25, 2013 00:31 | 211766 | ||
| end game for Obama's style of peace making, [145 words] | rodney allsworth | Nov 24, 2013 21:46 | 211765 | ||
| Iran & Obama [19 words] | steven L | Nov 24, 2013 19:31 | 211759 | ||
| 1 | There are other Obama Administration disasters already established. [182 words] | Bill - NYC | Nov 24, 2013 17:43 | 211751 | |
| 1 |  Netanyahu's Silver Linings Playbook [69 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alex | Nov 24, 2013 17:02 | 211745 | |
| Thank You/Surprised [86 words] | Alex | Nov 26, 2013 20:59 | 211745 | ||
| come now Daniel, let us pray that you're not a prophet of doom! [116 words] | Wassim | Nov 24, 2013 16:50 | 211744 | ||
| Middle East Cold War Hypothesis [91 words] | John in Michigan | Nov 24, 2013 16:15 | 211736 | ||
| 1 | A mistake? [110 words] | johnt | Nov 24, 2013 15:57 | 211732 | |
| 2 | Your article "The Geneva Agreement with Iran: A Foreign Policy Disaster" [146 words] | P. Cogley | Nov 24, 2013 15:25 | 211728 | |
| Ignoring the Obvious [120 words] | Harry Taft | Nov 24, 2013 15:01 | 211724 | ||
| "Shame on us Americans for re-electing Barack Obama." (November 23, 2013) [17 words] | Yoel Larry | Nov 24, 2013 14:16 | 211723 | ||
| Whimper, or bang? [14 words] | Orange Yonason | Nov 26, 2013 12:54 | 211723 | ||
| Nuclear Canard ? [59 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gary Clarke | Nov 24, 2013 14:10 | 211722 | ||
| Why the Unfortunate Linkage? [577 words] | Ron Thompson | Nov 24, 2013 13:43 | 211720 | ||
| Prior to the agreement....... [43 words] | Dave | Nov 24, 2013 13:15 | 211718 | ||
| 1 | Just add to the lies [70 words] | Benjamin Margalit | Nov 24, 2013 13:11 | 211717 | |
| 3 | IRAN Deal [311 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Carl Goldberg | Nov 24, 2013 12:59 | 211716 | |
| IRAN vs ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [52 words] | Carl Goldberg | Nov 28, 2013 11:51 | 211716 | ||
| There's more than enough blame to go around [137 words] | Doug Mayfield | Nov 24, 2013 12:54 | 211714 | ||
| 2 | Murdered of Humanity & Suicide for America [21 words] | Ravi Ranjan Singh | Nov 24, 2013 12:54 | 211713 | |
| 1 | Historic Mistake?! - Time will tell! [518 words] | NuritG | Nov 24, 2013 12:37 | 211712 | |
| 1 | GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS [60 words] | sam | Nov 24, 2013 11:55 | 211711 | |
| 1 | This is not an error by Obama et al. - it is intentional [45 words] | Avi | Nov 24, 2013 11:17 | 211709 | |
| 1 | JIZYA [24 words] | Sunshine | Nov 24, 2013 11:00 | 211708 | |
| 3 | Betrayal [7 words] | Robin Rosenblatt | Nov 24, 2013 10:55 | 211707 | |
| 3 | The biggest sell-out in U.S. history [62 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Nov 24, 2013 10:47 | 211706 | |
| OBAMA IS THE NEVILLE CHAMBERLIN IN 2013. HE HAS SOLD THE US AND ITS ALLIES DOWN THE ROAD! [99 words] | Ilene Richman | Nov 24, 2013 10:46 | 211705 | ||
| details please [64 words] | Richard Corbett | Nov 24, 2013 09:59 | 211703 | ||
| 1 | "Shame on we Americans for re-electing Barack Obama!" [99 words] | Orange Yonason | Nov 24, 2013 09:58 | 211702 | |
| Compounded disaster [96 words] | SHmuel HaLevi | Nov 24, 2013 09:50 | 211701 | ||
| 1 | I Disagree; It's Not Obama's First Disaster [23 words] | Alan Stein | Nov 24, 2013 09:09 | 211700 | |
| 1 | Peace in our time? [50 words] | Dr. Richard L. Benkin | Nov 24, 2013 08:52 | 211699 |
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