US will 'walk away' if verifiable Iran nuclear deal not reached

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama assured in a taped television interview Sunday that the United States was prepared to "walk away" from nuclear talks with Iran if a verifiable deal cannot be reached with Tehran.

"If there is no deal then we walk away," Obama said in the interview, which aired on "CBS News Sunday Morning" and in expanded form on the network's "Face the Nation" show.

"If we cannot verify that they are not going to obtain a nuclear weapon, that there's a breakout period so that even if they cheated we would be able to have enough time to take action -- if we don't have that kind of deal, then we're not going to take it," he said

"And the good news is during this period Iran has abided by the terms of (an interim) agreement. We know what is happening on the ground in Iran. They have not advanced their nuclear program.

"So we're not losing anything through these talks. On the other hand, you get to a point in negotiations where it is not a matter of technical issues any more, it is a matter of political will."

http://news.yahoo.com/us-walk-away-verifiable-iran-nuclear-deal-not-143520163.html

Perhaps he can just use his phone and pen.

[Dakine10 5,452]

The time to walk away was 60 years ago. If the CIA hadn't screwed with Iran's elected government back then, we probably wouldn't have to deal with a "totalitarian" one now.