Egyptian Columnist Compares Iranian Nuclear Agreement To Munich Agreement

Egyptian Columnist Compares Iranian Nuclear Agreement To Munich Agreement

‚Imad Al-Din Adib, a columnist for the Egyptian daily Al-Watan, has harshly criticized what he called the „pathetic“ agreement arrived at by the U.S.-led P5+1 and Iran, arguing that it allows Iran to produce a nuclear bomb after it expires and disregards Iran’s regional policy that harms its neighbors. According to Adib, the Obama administration is mistaken in its assessment that lifting sanctions on Iran will lead to democratization and political reforms in the country, because the resultant influx of cash to Iran will be channeled to increasing tensions in the region. He also compared the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with the 1938 Munich Agreement signed by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler, adding that many historians viewed the Munich agreement as the cause of Hitler’s megalomania…