Iran's past military activities are precisely why the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is needed: The deal significantly limited Iran's program and closed off all of Tehran's pathways to a bomb. And thanks to the inspections regime, Iran cannot engage in any such clandestine activities without getting caught.
All of these restrictions, limitations and inspections will be lost if Donald Trump follows Netanyahu's advice and kills the deal on May 12.
And therein lies the tragedy of Netanyahu.
By helping to kill the Iran deal, Netanyahu may advance his own political interest, but only by undermining that of Israel's. Bibi may consider himself the biggest political winner of the Iran deal's collapse. Yet, Israel will count among some of the biggest losers of this diplomatic travesty.
This article originally appeared at The American Conservative.
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