Obama: Alternative to deal is war -- ineffective war

Obama: “Does anyone doubt those campaigning against this deal will be demanding that whoever is president bomb those nuclear facilities?”

“We will have rejected alternatives to [military action], once we reject a hard-won diplomatic solution that the world almost unanimously supports.”

“And here’s the irony: military action will be far less effective than this deal in preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. Every estimate, including those from Israeli analysts, say military action will set back the nuclear deal a few years at best.”

“It will likely guarantee inspectors will be kicked out of Iran. Probably it will drive Iran’s program deeper underground. Certainly it will destroy international unity we’ve spent years building.”