Webb: Iran Deal Means ‘We, the United States, Are Accepting the Eventuality

Democratic presidential candidate and former Virginia Senator Jim Webb defended his controversial stance on the Confederate flag Wednesday.

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a historic agreement with Iran that places limits on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

“This should have been debated openly in front of Congress”, he said.

When prodded by Rehm, Webb acknowledged that “different forms” of racism still exist in the country, but that Americans should consider the background on both sides. “The seriousness of this agreement can’t be underestimated in terms of our long-term policies in the region”.

“As I am reading through the documents I say to myself, ‘What does Iran get of this?’ They get a lot out of this”, Webb stated. He has also written 10 books (including six novels), taught literature at his alma mater (the United States Naval Academy), won an Emmy Award in 1984 for reporting he did on U.S. Marines in Beirut as a journalist for PBS, and earned a law degree at Georgetown University.

“We should, with respect to the situation with Iran right now, we do not want to be signaling in the region right now that we have accepted that Iran would have a larger role in this balance than would be good for the region”, Webb said. And that he was “trying to figure out” what the United States gets out of the deal based on the “vague guarantees” of examinations.

Now, as the fifth candidate to vie for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Webb is aiming to become the first commander in chief with those possessions – along with many other credentials. “We can not send a signal to this region that we will in any way accept the eventual acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran”. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, called the deal “a victory for diplomacy over saber-rattling”.