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Sunday, April 5, 2015
‘Iran deal will fuel Sunni-Shiite war’
The Washington Post’s Saturday editorial slams the Lausanne understandings, saying the final deal with Iran will fuel Sunni-Shiite tensions in the region.
The article’s harsh criticism of President Obama is significant in that it comes in an editorial with no byline, thus reflecting the second most-important American newspaper’s official view of Obama’s handling of the Iranian nuclear program.
According to the editorial,
“The Obama administration has enabled Iran’s aggression by refusing to respond to it while negotiating the nuclear accord. Now the president appears to be rushing to offer “reassurance” to traditional U.S. allies in ways that are not particularly wise.”
Read it in full here.
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