Former President Barack Obama is once again making the case for diplomacy with Iran, as tensions continue to rise. In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, Obama argued that the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was a major achievement that showed diplomacy could constrain Iran’s nuclear program without using military force.
“We went about trying to negotiate a diplomatic agreement that would get the enriched uranium out of Iran, that would assure they could not get to a nuclear weapon without us knowing about it… and that there were mechanisms in place to enforce it and verify it,” Obama explained, according to The Hill. “And we pulled it off without firing a missile.”
