Some might object to calling the latest round of concessions by western negotiators a "cave in." But if real negotiations involve give and take, both sides should be seen as giving something in order to reach an agreement. I have seen no major concessions by Iran in weeks while the west has moved the goalposts on several critical issues, including when sanctions would be lifted, the removal of Hezb'allah from the terror list, allowing Iran to operate at least 6,000 centrifuges, and now, easing demands that Iran come clean on its past nuclear activity. This is critical because only if the IAEA has a benchmark from which to judge how far the Iranian program has come can they ascertain its ability to build a bomb. Washington Free Beacon: U.S. negotiators are said to have given up ground on demands that Iran be forced to disclose the full range of its nuclear activities at the outset of a nuclear deal, a concession experts say would gut the verification the...(Read Full Post)