Obama fueling ‘No. 1 nightmare scenario for U.S.
Ex-Clinton official: White House brushing off potential nuke disaster
Greg Corombos
WND.com
Oct. 11, 2014
Thanks to a preoccupation with the Islamic State, or ISIS, and a string of diplomatic concessions from the Obama administration, Iran is closer than ever to producing nuclear weapons and the United States and our allies have little leverage remaining to demand it change course.
That’s assessment of former Clinton administration official Lawrence J. Haas, who served as spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget and as communications director for then-Vice President Al Gore. He is now a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. For the Oct. 7 edition of U.S. News & World Report, Haas authored a column entitled, “Giving Iran the Store.”
In a subsequent interview, Haas said there are many foreign policy headaches for the Obama administration in the Middle East and beyond, but he said actions over the past six years, and especially the past several months, suggest preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is far too low on the White House list of international priorities.
“The prospect of a radical regime in Tehran with nuclear weapons remains the No. 1 nightmare scenario for the United States, not just in the region but perhaps around the world,” Haas said. “We are not giving it nearly enough attention as we were two years ago or four years ago and certainly not nearly as much as we should be today.
“We should not be distracted. This remains a top priority and we’re not giving it the attention it deserves,” he said.
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