The Obama administration has finally concluded a nuclear agreement with Iran. A careful examination of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reveals that it concedes an enrichment capacity that is too large; sunset clauses that are too short; a verification regime that is too leaky; and enforcement mechanisms that are too suspect. Congress should reject the JCPOA and renegotiate a more stringent one.
At this late date, the only way that the agreement can be reopened is for Congress to first reject it. Then the United States can return to the table and confess that without bipartisan support in the United States, key provisions of the agreement have to be reconsidered. At the end of such a process, the United States may yet be able to obtain a viable accord that alters Iran's nuclear trajectory.