WarSclerotic

What a bizarre world! The Associated Press revealed on Tuesday that, under the terms of a secret deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate the Parchin military site, where it is suspected that Iran carried out nuclear weapons development activities. You read that correctly. The cat will get to guard the cream. No need to worry, friends.

The date on Tuesday was Aug. 19, not April 1, so this was not a prank. By the same “healthy” logic used by world powers, Israel should let Hamas run the Iron Dome system during the next war in the Gaza Strip, and the Interior Ministry should give up its authority to stem illegal migration. We must adapt to the new world we live in. And what a strange world it is!

Over the past decade, Iran never stopped lying and cheating as it built three secret nuclear facilities, and the world nobly turned the other cheek. How is there still anyone who does not understand why Israel opposes the nuclear deal with Iran? Are there any Israelis who think it is wrong to oppose the deal? A deal of the brave it is not. Rather, it is a deal of the naive.

Since the deal was signed in Vienna on July 14, there have been non-stop surprises, including revelations about secret components of the deal. And recently, the IAEA chief said he was obligated to keep the details of his organization’s side agreements with Iran confidential. If the AP report proves to be true, he should hang his head in shame.

Over the past month, during which opposition to the deal has only grown, we have had trouble digesting numerous problematic aspects of the deal. For example, we discovered Article 10 on Page 142, which stipulates that world powers and Iran will foster “cooperation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to, nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems.” Absolutely unbelievable!

Later, we heard U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (future Nobel Prize winner?) admit to Congress that he had not seen the IAEA’s side agreements with Iran, but, thank God, he had been briefed on them.

And now, we find out Iran will inspect itself at Parchin. If this absurdity is true, it would be best for Kerry to declare, “I didn’t know.”

Under the deal, Iran will provide its own soil samples from Parchin, and it will have an advance notice of 24 days before inspections of suspicious sites can be conducted. American comedian Jackie Mason joked that restaurants in New York face a tougher inspections system.

By agreeing to this deal with Iran, Obama produced a very funny episode of “It’s a Wonderful Country” (an Israeli comedy show), but in Persian rather than Hebrew.

It is now easy to understand why, within weeks of the deal being signed, the Iranians were saying that no foreign entities would enter their military sites. They knew what they were talking about, as they were aware that world powers had agreed to forgo inspections of Parchin.

So what’s next? What other secrets will we find out about the nuclear deal? Perhaps, when the deal expires, Iran will be allowed to conduct nuclear weapons tests with world powers?