Biden says Ukraine is a battle for the free world -- which is why he...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Call out, don't aid, Russia and Iran if you want to promote the cause of freedom and enhance the chances of democracy's emergence everywhere possible.
48% : The original deal famously involved a large cash payment to Iran.
47% : A new deal would not only legitimize Iran's nuclear ambitions -- curtailing Israel's ability to make important decisions with regard to its own national security -- but would also give terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas a nuclear umbrella under which they would be free to wage war on Israel.
46% : Even if Iran were to again abide by the deal, the provisions have already started to expire and will end completely after 2030 -- after which the Iranians are free to revitalize their nuclear program on a potentially even larger scale.
45% : And it was next to impossible for the United States to know the full details of the Iranian nuclear program and whether Tehran was abiding by the accord's guidelines.
43% : If the United States stands for regime change in Russia -- as Biden indicated in his speech on Saturday and a follow-up with reporters days later -- we should certainly advocate a similar policy for Iran, where the mullahs lack popular support, the economy is in free fall and protests have been frequent over the past few years.
41% : It simply strains credulity for the United States to impose debilitating sanctions against Putin vis-à-vis Ukraine while also entering a deal with Russia and another undemocratic state -- Iran -- that includes porous sanctions, provides these two countries with billions of dollars and creates a framework allowing Iran to become a nuclear power, thus further jeopardizing the free world.
41% : It failed to address Iran's ballistic missile program, which allowed Tehran to unrestrictedly build and test deadly weapons.
40% : It amounted to a win for Iran and its allies and a major setback for America and the West.
33% : The original 2015 deal -- which gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program -- was fatally flawed.
32% : Given the current closeness of Iran and Russia, the United States cannot in any shape, manner or form provide economic incentives to Iran when its principal partner is facing sanctions for a brutal invasion.
31% : Its sanctions relief would provide the rogue state with tens of billions of dollars -- some of which Tehran will funnel to Bashar al-Assad's murderous Syrian regime and terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.
30% : Instead of forcing Iran to stop developing nuclear weapons, the deal merely compelled Tehran to become more covert.
28% : But a renewed nuclear deal would sabotage Western interests, too, allowing two rogue powers to work together against America, with Russia leveraging Iran for relief from Western-imposed sanctions in exchange for Russia helping Iran do the same.
23% : Ultimately, the Biden administration's desperate and misguided effort to reinstate the deal hands Russia, Iran and other rogue states a win and directly endangers America and the West.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.