Doug, he gave Iran the go-ahead to develop its own nuclear power stations for generating electrical power. That is not a go-ahead to develop nuclear weapons. I see no reason on Earth why Iran should not have the right to build nuclear power stations if they wish to...same as any other country that is a signatory to the NNPT.

To treat the Iranians differently from the way you treat everyone else in the world is the height of hypocrisy, but that's what you do when you've already basically decided that another nation is "bad" and therefore it doesn't have the same rights you or your friends (like Israel) do.

Israel, as a matter of fact, apparently has a right that no one else does. They can secretly build several hundred nuclear weapons and delivery systems...pretend they don't even have them...refuse to officially admit to having them...and the USA doesn't say "boo" about it...and no one does anything about it.

Hypocrisy, Doug. Sheer, total, hypocrisy on the part of the USA policy-makers of the past. You would think they were all paid employees of the Israeli government, in fact. Obama is simply trying to treat everyone in a fair and even-handed way now...while dealing with that sort of entrenched prejudice and hypocrisy...and I wish him the best of luck in reversing a totally unfair and ridiculous situation.