article_snippet: (CNN)As the world awaits a possible nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran, let us not forget: This is the second time in two years that President Barack Obama has pursued a nonproliferation deal with an unreformed regime in the Middle East.
article_snippet: In doing so, President Barack Obama has ignored the regimes' fundamental nature and the catastrophic costs these efforts have inflicted upon regional stability and U.S. national security.
article_snippet: During implementation, the administration limited the administration support to the moderate opposition and did little else to pressure the regime to restrain the administration attacks on civilians or to allow a political transition.
article_snippet: There are several troubling parallels between the administration's deal with al-Assad and the one it is now pursuing with Tehran.
article_snippet: al-Assad and the one it is now pursuing with Tehran represent deep cynicism or a fundamentally naïve understanding of the regimes with which we are negotiating.
article_snippet: In both cases, the administration has tried to reach common ground with the world's foremost sponsors of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and al Qaeda -- which these regimes have funded, trained or sheltered.
article_snippet: Neither Tehran nor al-Assad has changed ways and chosen normalization with the international community.
article_snippet: As continues to be the case with al-Assad, Tehran has been emboldened by the administration's approach.
article_snippet: Tehran has increased lethal support to al-Assad, deployed troops and supported sectarian militias in Iraq, and ramped up aid to other militant groups, including the insurgent Houthis in Yemen.
article_snippet: As was the case with al-Assad, a deal will effectively make Tehran a partner to the administration in which the White House accepts the Iranian regime's legitimacy by virtue of the agreement.
article_snippet: Amid his continued calls for "death to America," Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tweeted Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demand just last week that sanctions be lifted immediately as a part of any deal, not as a result of verified observance of a deal.
article_snippet: A regime so committed to supporting terrorism, violently oppressing A regime own people and others, threatening U.S. national security and destroying Israel cannot be trusted.
article_snippet: The world has witnessed the results of such a naïve arrangement before -- an unprecedented rise of terrorism, a grave humanitarian crisis and a blatant disregard for human life.
article_snippet: We are seeing it once again in response to the administration's efforts with Iran.
article_snippet: As We learned with Syria's al-Assad, making a deal with a terrorist-supporting tyrant yields disaster down the road.
highlights_snippet: Obama administration says the Iran nuclear talks have the U.S. heading down the same dangerous road .