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Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert cut through the fog of diplomacy on Newsmax’s “Saturday Report,” applauding President Trump’s decision to strike decisively and calling the operation a display of real leadership at a perilous moment. Olmert made plain what every sober American should already know: Iran’s nuclear ambitions cannot be negotiated away with empty promises and loose paperwork.
At the same time, Olmert warned against fanciful hopes that a few strikes will topple Tehran overnight, reminding viewers that Iran is a nation of nearly 100 million people with deeply entrenched Revolutionary Guard power. His point was simple and urgent for conservatives who prize realism: resolve, not naïve optimism, wins long fights.
Yet while leaders like Olmert urge sustained pressure, reports now swirl of a U.S.–Iran draft framework that would pause the fighting and open a 60‑day window for talks on nuclear issues — a Pakistan‑mediated proposal that has many Americans on edge. If true, this proposed MOU trades months of military pressure for a diplomacy sprint whose terms remain murky to the public and dangerous if badly written.
Alarmingly, leaks and coverage of the draft suggest it leaves crucial loopholes, failing to require the dismantling of Iran’s enrichment infrastructure and giving Tehran wiggle room on the most sensitive questions. That is exactly the kind of appeasement that has emboldened the ayatollahs for decades and would hand them economic lifelines without meaningful concessions.
The reports even point to arrangements that could free frozen Iranian assets for “humanitarian” or reconstruction uses — money that, under Iran’s opaque system, can and will be skimmed by the IRGC to bankroll proxies and terror networks. Any deal that releases funds or preserves enrichment is not a peace plan; it is a payday for our enemies.
Patriots should demand a clear, ironclad bargain: no enrichment, verifiable surrender of weapon‑usable material, and independent inspections enforced by penalties, not press releases. Olmert’s blunt counsel — that only sustained, determined pressure will protect Israel and America — should guide Congress and the White House as they weigh any draft now reported to be close to a formal text. The people who pay taxes and send sons and daughters into harm’s way deserve nothing less than a deal that destroys the Iranian bomb and starves the regime’s war machine.
