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67:23 The ball is sent over by Glenn Murray, comfortable save by Bradley Guzan.
64:13 Substitution Liam Dickinson comes on in place of Elliott Bennett.
64:13 Substitution (Brighton) makes a substitution, with Sebastien Carole coming on for Gary Dicker.
62:06 Assist on the goal came from James Milner.
62:06 GOAL - Fabian Delph:Aston Villa 3 - 1 Brighton Fabian Delph grabs a goal from just outside the penalty area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Aston Villa 3-1 Brighton.
61:20 The assistant referee flags for offside against Ashley Young. Adam Virgo restarts play with the free kick.
60:52 The ball is delivered by Stewart Downing, Michel Kuipers makes a save.
59:23 Elliott Bennett concedes a free kick for a foul on Ashley Young. Free kick taken by James Collins.
57:08 Corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young, Effort on goal by Ashley Young from just inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.
55:49 The ball is sent over by James Milner, Fabian Delph takes a shot. Save made by Michel Kuipers.
54:48 Corner taken by James Milner, save made by Michel Kuipers.
52:58 Unfair challenge on Gary Dicker by Curtis Davies results in a free kick. Elliott Bennett fires a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
52:25 Foul by Curtis Davies on Nicky Forster, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Inigo Calderon.
Correction - 51:33 The referee blows for offside against Glenn Murray. Indirect free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.
51:33 The official flags Glenn Murray offside. Habib Beye restarts play with the free kick.
50:59 The assistant referee flags for offside against Ashley Young. Free kick taken by Michel Kuipers.
49:53 Substitution Stephen Warnock leaves the field to be replaced by Curtis Davies.
49:44 Elliott Bennett has a shot on goal from outside the box which misses right.
47:37 The assist for the goal came from Stewart Downing.
47:37 GOAL - Ashley Young:Aston Villa 2 - 1 Brighton Ashley Young finds the net with a headed goal from close in. Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton.
Correction - 47:17 The ball is crossed by Elliott Bennett, save made by Bradley Guzan.
Correction - 46:08 Stewart Downing crosses the ball, clearance by Tommy Elphick.
45:17 A cross is delivered by Elliott Bennett, Bradley Guzan makes a save.
45:08 Stewart Downing delivers the ball, clearance by Tommy Elphick.
45:00+1:24 It is the end of the first-half.
44:39 Adam Virgo takes the direct free kick.
44:39 Booking James Collins goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
44:32 Unfair challenge on Glenn Murray by James Collins results in a free kick.
44:22 The ball is delivered by Stephen Warnock, clearance made by Jim McNulty.
42:36 Stewart Downing takes the inswinging corner, save by Michel Kuipers.
42:26 James Milner sends in a cross, Jim McNulty gets a block in.
40:59 GOAL - Tommy Elphick:Aston Villa 1 - 1 Brighton Tommy Elphick scores a goal from close in to the bottom right corner of the goal. Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton.
40:03 Elliott Bennett takes the outswinging corner, clearance by Nathan Delfouneso.
38:51 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young played to the near post, clearance by Glenn Murray.
38:23 The ball is sent over by James Milner, save made by Michel Kuipers.
37:34 The offside flag is raised against Glenn Murray. Indirect free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.
36:47 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Glenn Murray by James Collins. The free kick is delivered left-footed by Jim McNulty from right channel, clearance made by Stephen Warnock.
36:09 Nathan Delfouneso gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Adam Virgo. Michel Kuipers restarts play with the free kick.
33:55 The ball is sent over by Jim McNulty, clearance by Habib Beye.
30:20 Corner taken by James Milner from the right by-line, Foul by James Collins on Tommy Elphick, free kick awarded. Michel Kuipers takes the direct free kick.
27:39 The ball is crossed by Stephen Warnock.
24:09 Stephen Warnock crosses the ball.
22:14 The ball is sent over by James Milner, Adam Virgo manages to make a clearance.
21:33 The ball is sent over by Elliott Bennett, Habib Beye manages to make a clearance.
14:56 Stewart Downing has an effort direct from the free kick.
14:56 Booking Alan Navarro receives a caution.
14:50 Unfair challenge on Fabian Delph by Alan Navarro results in a free kick.
13:53 Nicky Forster produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.
12:59 Substitution James Milner is brought on as a substitute for Marc Albrighton.
6:58 Nathan Delfouneso sends in a cross.
4:55 Marc Albrighton provided the assist for the goal.
4:55 GOAL - Nathan Delfouneso:Aston Villa 1 - 0 Brighton Nathan Delfouneso fires in a goal from close in to the bottom left corner of the goal. Aston Villa 1-0 Brighton.
3:26 Nicky Forster produces a cross, clearance made by Luke Young.
1:18 A cross is delivered by Ashley Young, Elliott Bennett manages to make a clearance.
1:08 Ashley Young delivers the ball, clearance by Jim McNulty.
0:41 Corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young from the left by-line to the near post, save by Michel Kuipers.
0:18 Luke Young takes a shot. Michel Kuipers makes a save.
Correction - 0:00 The game gets underway.
Marantz's new SR5011 receiver offers a raft of features including immersive surround support and eight HDMI ports.
As Marantz's "cheapest" full-size SR receiver, the SR5011 fits most of the features you'd want into its distinctive tapering enclosure.
The $899 Marantz SR5011 is a 7 x 100-watt receiver which offers the latest sound and video technologies with the gentlemanly design ethic the company is known for. If you're paying this amount of money you wouldn't want to miss out on Dolby Atmos, and the SR5011 surely includes it as well as the tag-along DTS:X.
Of increasing interest to buyers of new televisions is the Marantz's support for video technologies you'll see more of in the coming years: HDR and 4K. The receiver offers HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2 support on each of its eight HDMI inputs. It also offers dual HDMI outputs.
The receiver includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming with support for AirPlay, internet radio, Pandora, SiriusXM, and Spotify Connect. The model also offers playback of AIFF, FLAC and WAV lossless files at up to 24-bit/192-kHz, plus ALAC/Apple Lossless at up to 96kHz/24-bit, as well as SACD-quality DSD2.8MHz and 'Double DSD' 5.6MHz.
The receiver features compatibility with the new Marantz 2016 AVR Remote App which the company says has been built from the ground up. It's available for iOS, Kindle Fire and Android.
The SR5011 will be available in the US for $899 in July while pricing and availability for Australia and the UK are yet to be announced. We'd plug the US price into the exchange rate website of your choice, but we all know how futile that is for now, given the volatility of both countries' currency in the past few weeks.
President Barack Obama has made an art form of attacking his opponents rather than substantively defending his own policies, most recently regarding the Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Essentially, Obama argues that we must either accept his wretched deal or go to war to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
As is typical, Obama posits the wrong choice, apparently to distract from the unpleasant reality that the agreement won’t work. It will not prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. So the real choice we are faced with is dealing with the consequences of military action or the consequences of a nuclear Iran.
Neither is palatable, but the latter is far worse. If the real objective is stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, preemptive military action is now inescapable.
This rock-and-hard-place outcome has long been foreseeable. Iran’s dogged determination to become a nuclear-weapons state was fiercer and stronger than the West’s frail response. Assuming Iran scrupulously complies with every provision agreed to in Vienna — an absurdly unlikely scenario given the ayatollahs’ objectives and history — its ambitions for nuclear weapons will simply have been delayed eight to 10 years.
In all likelihood, the ayatollahs are already at work violating the accords. After all, Iran has systematically breached its voluntarily assumed obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for more than 30 years. Now the president’s deal will allow Iran to keep the fruits of its violations. Yes, the deal includes restrictions on uranium enrichment, but Tehran can retain its enrichment program, with guaranteed international assistance in improving it. These concessions are fatal mistakes.
Moreover, Iran’s ballistic missile efforts — its development of the means to deliver nuclear weapons all over the world — will barely be touched. Nor does the deal in any way address Iran’s clandestine weaponization efforts, which it has denied and hidden from the International Atomic Energy Agency with great skill.
Last week, the news that the administration has not even seen the texts of two agreements between the energy agency and Iran, both crucial to implementation of the Vienna accords, only raises further doubts. President Obama must provide the texts of these “side deals” to Congress before any serious consideration of the overall agreement is possible.
Scuttle the deal? Dream on.
Patrick Clawson, the director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, provided the most recent thumbs-down assessment of sanctions: “Iran has muddled through the shock of the sanctions imposed in 2012, and its structural (economic) problems are not particularly severe compared to those of other countries.” He estimates Iran’s nuclear and terrorism-support programs to cost only about $10 billion annually. No wonder administration officials have testified that sanctions (including those imposed piecemeal before 2012) did not slow Iran’s nuclear efforts.
Nor will the deal’s “snapback” mechanism (intended to coerce Iran back into compliance if it breaches its obligations) change that reality. Tehran’s belligerent response is expressly stated in the agreement’s text: “If sanctions are reinstated in whole or in part, Iran will treat that as grounds to cease performing its commitments, in whole or in part.” Tehran does risk losing some future economic benefits should sanctions snap back, but by then it will have already cashed in the assets the deal unfreezes and signed new lucrative trade and investment contracts.
Once those benefits begin flowing all around, the pressure on world governments will only increase to ignore Iranian violations, or to treat them as minor or inadvertent, certainly not warranting the reimposition of major sanctions. The ayatollahs have dusted off Lenin’s barb that “the capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them,” and applied it to the age of nuclear proliferation.
If diplomacy and sanctions have failed to stop Iran, diplomacy alone will fail worse. Like it or not, we now face this unpleasant reality: Iran probably will violate the deal; it may not be detected doing so and if detected, it will not be deterred by “snapback” sanctions. So we return to the hard question: Are we prepared to do what will be necessary to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons?
Obama most certainly is not, which means the spotlight today is on Israel.
If Israel strikes, there will be no general Middle East war, despite fears to the contrary. We know this because no general war broke out when Israel attacked Saddam Hussein’s Osirak reactor in 1981, or when it attacked the North Korean-built Syrian reactor in 2007. Neither Saudi Arabia nor other oil-producing monarchies wanted those regimes to have nuclear weapons, and they certainly do not want Iran to have them today.
However, Iran may well retaliate. At that point, Washington must be ready to immediately resupply Israel for losses incurred by its armed forces in the initial attack, so that Israel will still be able to effectively counter Tehran’s proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, which will be its vehicles for retaliation. The United States must also provide muscular political support, explaining that Israel legitimately exercised its inherent right of self-defense. Whatever Obama’s view, public and congressional support for Israel will be overwhelming.
American weakness has brought us to this difficult moment. While we obsessed about its economic discomfort, Iran wore its duress with pride. It was never an even match. We now have to rely on a tiny ally to do the job for us. But unless we are ready to accept a nuclear Iran (and, in relatively short order, several other nuclear Middle Eastern states), get ready. The easy ways out disappeared long ago.
John Bolton is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. A version of this essay first appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Follow him on Twitter at @ambjohnbolton.
Daniel Radcliffe is just one of those paying tribute to Richard Griffiths, who played the boy wizard's nasty Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" films, following the actor's death Thursday, at the age of 65, of complications from heart surgery.
Radcliffe -- who also appeared on stage with Griffiths in "Equus" -- said Friday: "Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career."
He wasn't the only one to honor the late actor.
Britain's National Theatre director Nicholas Hynter said Griffith's unexpected death would devastate his "army of friends."
"Richard Griffiths wasn't only one of the most loved and recognizable British actors -- he was also one of the very greatest," he said, according to the BBC. "His performance in 'The History Boys' was quite overwhelming: a masterpiece of wit, delicacy, mischief and desolation, often simultaneously."
Warwick Davis, who also appeared in the "Harry Potter" films, also said: "You got a great deal of support (as an actor) for having Richard about. He was lovely, he would always make time for his fans, that's what makes a great actor, it's about having a good persona."
Another tribute came from actor Richard E. Grant, who wrote on Twitter: "My beloved 'Uncle Monty' Richard Griffiths died last night. Chin-Chin my dear friend."
Taylor Swift wants artists to stand up for themselves. This one did, against Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift Wants Artists to Stand Up for Themselves. This One Did—Against Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift performs on June 13, 2015, in Philadelphia.
Swift posted the image, an adorable little red fox, on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter in October alongside the “I Know Places” lyric “They are the hunters, we are the foxes/And we run…” The fox on Swift’s Instagram post, which has since been deleted, is nearly—but not completely—identical to Burguieres’. Another artist’s name (Liñya?) is signed in the corner and dated 2014. Burguieres suspects it’s a tracing done by a fan. That wouldn’t be illegal or wrong, as long as she or he didn’t try to use the work for commercial gain. But by sharing the work with her hundreds of millions of social media followers and using her album’s hashtag, that’s what Swift did.
Burguieres posted an open letter to Swift on Facebook on Friday, and has since promoted it on Twitter and Imgur. She told me she’s given up on getting any kind of recompense from Swift, but wants to make a statement on behalf of independent artists. (See: Cara Delevingne’s recent claim over a “The Future is Female” T-shirt.) Swift has the money to give Burguieres her due. She should put it where her mouth is.
Read Burguieres’ full letter below.
I am a professional artist. With years of work and support from customers, friends, and family, I have built a business around my designs and am (hopefully) adding my own small form of beauty to the world. I now have three shops in New Orleans and gratefully rely on people who demonstrate that art they love is worth paying for. I may “only” have 1239 followers on Instagram, but I believe my work has value. I believe there are many others out there like me.
As a professional artist, I was astonished to see you use one of my most popular designs on all your official social media platforms as part of your promotions for 1989. While I wondered why no one had sought permission or offered compensation to do so, I recognized that such endorsement is a once-in-a-lifetime boost for an artist and can skyrocket an artist’s career. Friends congratulated me and customers expressed joy. But congratulations turned to confusion. The design was a copy, and with someone else’s name signed to it.
I was devastated, but I took solace in thinking that someone so outspoken about artists’ rights would willingly fix her mistake. Mistakes are easy to make; I thought if you only KNEW about the error, you would do what is in your power to make it right. I was wrong. My efforts to combat the pirated and unauthorized copy (and your use and distribution of it to millions of people) were noticed, as you removed the post after several days. But the copy had been shared and downloaded countless times, and it seemed neither you nor your team intended on correcting your mistake.
After months of effort, I received an offer from you and your team that mentions no credit to me as the artist of the design, but does include payment of a “four-figure” amount, with the stipulation that I must donate it all. Taylor, as a professional, would you agree to such terms from Apple, or Spotify? My work is my living—it is how I pay bills and support my family and employees. Many of your fans are professional artists, and support themselves and their families with earnings from their intellectual property. Would you really profit from and distribute a copy of their work to millions of people, and then tell them they don’t deserve professional recognition or compensation?
I don’t know what will come of this letter, but for the sake of my own business and on behalf of independent artists like myself, I had to speak up. I have no ill will toward you, and I appreciate the theoretical virtue of your stance as a defender of art and intellectual property. I simply hope to see your actions fall more in line with the values you claim to hold.

67:23 The ball is sent over by Glenn Murray, comfortable save by Bradley Guzan.

64:13 Substitution Liam Dickinson comes on in place of Elliott Bennett.

64:13 Substitution (Brighton) makes a substitution, with Sebastien Carole coming on for Gary Dicker.

62:06 Assist on the goal came from James Milner.

62:06 GOAL - Fabian Delph:Aston Villa 3 - 1 Brighton Fabian Delph grabs a goal from just outside the penalty area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Aston Villa 3-1 Brighton.

61:20 The assistant referee flags for offside against Ashley Young. Adam Virgo restarts play with the free kick.

60:52 The ball is delivered by Stewart Downing, Michel Kuipers makes a save.

59:23 Elliott Bennett concedes a free kick for a foul on Ashley Young. Free kick taken by James Collins.

57:08 Corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young, Effort on goal by Ashley Young from just inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.

55:49 The ball is sent over by James Milner, Fabian Delph takes a shot. Save made by Michel Kuipers.

54:48 Corner taken by James Milner, save made by Michel Kuipers.

52:58 Unfair challenge on Gary Dicker by Curtis Davies results in a free kick. Elliott Bennett fires a strike on goal direct from the free kick.

52:25 Foul by Curtis Davies on Nicky Forster, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Inigo Calderon.

Correction - 51:33 The referee blows for offside against Glenn Murray. Indirect free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.

51:33 The official flags Glenn Murray offside. Habib Beye restarts play with the free kick.

50:59 The assistant referee flags for offside against Ashley Young. Free kick taken by Michel Kuipers.

49:53 Substitution Stephen Warnock leaves the field to be replaced by Curtis Davies.

49:44 Elliott Bennett has a shot on goal from outside the box which misses right.

47:37 The assist for the goal came from Stewart Downing.

47:37 GOAL - Ashley Young:Aston Villa 2 - 1 Brighton Ashley Young finds the net with a headed goal from close in. Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton.

Correction - 47:17 The ball is crossed by Elliott Bennett, save made by Bradley Guzan.

Correction - 46:08 Stewart Downing crosses the ball, clearance by Tommy Elphick.

45:17 A cross is delivered by Elliott Bennett, Bradley Guzan makes a save.

45:08 Stewart Downing delivers the ball, clearance by Tommy Elphick.

45:00+1:24 It is the end of the first-half.

44:39 Adam Virgo takes the direct free kick.

44:39 Booking James Collins goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

44:32 Unfair challenge on Glenn Murray by James Collins results in a free kick.

44:22 The ball is delivered by Stephen Warnock, clearance made by Jim McNulty.

42:36 Stewart Downing takes the inswinging corner, save by Michel Kuipers.

42:26 James Milner sends in a cross, Jim McNulty gets a block in.

40:59 GOAL - Tommy Elphick:Aston Villa 1 - 1 Brighton Tommy Elphick scores a goal from close in to the bottom right corner of the goal. Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton.

40:03 Elliott Bennett takes the outswinging corner, clearance by Nathan Delfouneso.

38:51 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young played to the near post, clearance by Glenn Murray.

38:23 The ball is sent over by James Milner, save made by Michel Kuipers.

37:34 The offside flag is raised against Glenn Murray. Indirect free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.

36:47 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Glenn Murray by James Collins. The free kick is delivered left-footed by Jim McNulty from right channel, clearance made by Stephen Warnock.

36:09 Nathan Delfouneso gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Adam Virgo. Michel Kuipers restarts play with the free kick.

33:55 The ball is sent over by Jim McNulty, clearance by Habib Beye.

30:20 Corner taken by James Milner from the right by-line, Foul by James Collins on Tommy Elphick, free kick awarded. Michel Kuipers takes the direct free kick.

27:39 The ball is crossed by Stephen Warnock.

24:09 Stephen Warnock crosses the ball.

22:14 The ball is sent over by James Milner, Adam Virgo manages to make a clearance.

21:33 The ball is sent over by Elliott Bennett, Habib Beye manages to make a clearance.

14:56 Stewart Downing has an effort direct from the free kick.

14:56 Booking Alan Navarro receives a caution.

14:50 Unfair challenge on Fabian Delph by Alan Navarro results in a free kick.

13:53 Nicky Forster produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.

12:59 Substitution James Milner is brought on as a substitute for Marc Albrighton.

6:58 Nathan Delfouneso sends in a cross.

4:55 Marc Albrighton provided the assist for the goal.

4:55 GOAL - Nathan Delfouneso:Aston Villa 1 - 0 Brighton Nathan Delfouneso fires in a goal from close in to the bottom left corner of the goal. Aston Villa 1-0 Brighton.

3:26 Nicky Forster produces a cross, clearance made by Luke Young.

1:18 A cross is delivered by Ashley Young, Elliott Bennett manages to make a clearance.

1:08 Ashley Young delivers the ball, clearance by Jim McNulty.

0:41 Corner taken right-footed by Ashley Young from the left by-line to the near post, save by Michel Kuipers.

0:18 Luke Young takes a shot. Michel Kuipers makes a save.

Correction - 0:00 The game gets underway.

Marantz's new SR5011 receiver offers a raft of features including immersive surround support and eight HDMI ports.

As Marantz's "cheapest" full-size SR receiver, the SR5011 fits most of the features you'd want into its distinctive tapering enclosure.

The $899 Marantz SR5011 is a 7 x 100-watt receiver which offers the latest sound and video technologies with the gentlemanly design ethic the company is known for. If you're paying this amount of money you wouldn't want to miss out on Dolby Atmos, and the SR5011 surely includes it as well as the tag-along DTS:X.

Of increasing interest to buyers of new televisions is the Marantz's support for video technologies you'll see more of in the coming years: HDR and 4K. The receiver offers HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2 support on each of its eight HDMI inputs. It also offers dual HDMI outputs.

The receiver includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming with support for AirPlay, internet radio, Pandora, SiriusXM, and Spotify Connect. The model also offers playback of AIFF, FLAC and WAV lossless files at up to 24-bit/192-kHz, plus ALAC/Apple Lossless at up to 96kHz/24-bit, as well as SACD-quality DSD2.8MHz and 'Double DSD' 5.6MHz.

The receiver features compatibility with the new Marantz 2016 AVR Remote App which the company says has been built from the ground up. It's available for iOS, Kindle Fire and Android.

The SR5011 will be available in the US for $899 in July while pricing and availability for Australia and the UK are yet to be announced. We'd plug the US price into the exchange rate website of your choice, but we all know how futile that is for now, given the volatility of both countries' currency in the past few weeks.

President Barack Obama has made an art form of attacking his opponents rather than substantively defending his own policies, most recently regarding the Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Essentially, Obama argues that we must either accept his wretched deal or go to war to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

As is typical, Obama posits the wrong choice, apparently to distract from the unpleasant reality that the agreement won’t work. It will not prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. So the real choice we are faced with is dealing with the consequences of military action or the consequences of a nuclear Iran.

Neither is palatable, but the latter is far worse. If the real objective is stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, preemptive military action is now inescapable.

This rock-and-hard-place outcome has long been foreseeable. Iran’s dogged determination to become a nuclear-weapons state was fiercer and stronger than the West’s frail response. Assuming Iran scrupulously complies with every provision agreed to in Vienna — an absurdly unlikely scenario given the ayatollahs’ objectives and history — its ambitions for nuclear weapons will simply have been delayed eight to 10 years.

In all likelihood, the ayatollahs are already at work violating the accords. After all, Iran has systematically breached its voluntarily assumed obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for more than 30 years. Now the president’s deal will allow Iran to keep the fruits of its violations. Yes, the deal includes restrictions on uranium enrichment, but Tehran can retain its enrichment program, with guaranteed international assistance in improving it. These concessions are fatal mistakes.

Moreover, Iran’s ballistic missile efforts — its development of the means to deliver nuclear weapons all over the world — will barely be touched. Nor does the deal in any way address Iran’s clandestine weaponization efforts, which it has denied and hidden from the International Atomic Energy Agency with great skill.

Last week, the news that the administration has not even seen the texts of two agreements between the energy agency and Iran, both crucial to implementation of the Vienna accords, only raises further doubts. President Obama must provide the texts of these “side deals” to Congress before any serious consideration of the overall agreement is possible.

Scuttle the deal? Dream on.

Patrick Clawson, the director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, provided the most recent thumbs-down assessment of sanctions: “Iran has muddled through the shock of the sanctions imposed in 2012, and its structural (economic) problems are not particularly severe compared to those of other countries.” He estimates Iran’s nuclear and terrorism-support programs to cost only about $10 billion annually. No wonder administration officials have testified that sanctions (including those imposed piecemeal before 2012) did not slow Iran’s nuclear efforts.

Nor will the deal’s “snapback” mechanism (intended to coerce Iran back into compliance if it breaches its obligations) change that reality. Tehran’s belligerent response is expressly stated in the agreement’s text: “If sanctions are reinstated in whole or in part, Iran will treat that as grounds to cease performing its commitments, in whole or in part.” Tehran does risk losing some future economic benefits should sanctions snap back, but by then it will have already cashed in the assets the deal unfreezes and signed new lucrative trade and investment contracts.

Once those benefits begin flowing all around, the pressure on world governments will only increase to ignore Iranian violations, or to treat them as minor or inadvertent, certainly not warranting the reimposition of major sanctions. The ayatollahs have dusted off Lenin’s barb that “the capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them,” and applied it to the age of nuclear proliferation.

If diplomacy and sanctions have failed to stop Iran, diplomacy alone will fail worse. Like it or not, we now face this unpleasant reality: Iran probably will violate the deal; it may not be detected doing so and if detected, it will not be deterred by “snapback” sanctions. So we return to the hard question: Are we prepared to do what will be necessary to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons?

Obama most certainly is not, which means the spotlight today is on Israel.

If Israel strikes, there will be no general Middle East war, despite fears to the contrary. We know this because no general war broke out when Israel attacked Saddam Hussein’s Osirak reactor in 1981, or when it attacked the North Korean-built Syrian reactor in 2007. Neither Saudi Arabia nor other oil-producing monarchies wanted those regimes to have nuclear weapons, and they certainly do not want Iran to have them today.

However, Iran may well retaliate. At that point, Washington must be ready to immediately resupply Israel for losses incurred by its armed forces in the initial attack, so that Israel will still be able to effectively counter Tehran’s proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, which will be its vehicles for retaliation. The United States must also provide muscular political support, explaining that Israel legitimately exercised its inherent right of self-defense. Whatever Obama’s view, public and congressional support for Israel will be overwhelming.

American weakness has brought us to this difficult moment. While we obsessed about its economic discomfort, Iran wore its duress with pride. It was never an even match. We now have to rely on a tiny ally to do the job for us. But unless we are ready to accept a nuclear Iran (and, in relatively short order, several other nuclear Middle Eastern states), get ready. The easy ways out disappeared long ago.

John Bolton is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He is now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. A version of this essay first appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Follow him on Twitter at @ambjohnbolton.

Daniel Radcliffe is just one of those paying tribute to Richard Griffiths, who played the boy wizard's nasty Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" films, following the actor's death Thursday, at the age of 65, of complications from heart surgery.

Radcliffe -- who also appeared on stage with Griffiths in "Equus" -- said Friday: "Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career."

He wasn't the only one to honor the late actor.

Britain's National Theatre director Nicholas Hynter said Griffith's unexpected death would devastate his "army of friends."

"Richard Griffiths wasn't only one of the most loved and recognizable British actors -- he was also one of the very greatest," he said, according to the BBC. "His performance in 'The History Boys' was quite overwhelming: a masterpiece of wit, delicacy, mischief and desolation, often simultaneously."

Warwick Davis, who also appeared in the "Harry Potter" films, also said: "You got a great deal of support (as an actor) for having Richard about. He was lovely, he would always make time for his fans, that's what makes a great actor, it's about having a good persona."

Another tribute came from actor Richard E. Grant, who wrote on Twitter: "My beloved 'Uncle Monty' Richard Griffiths died last night. Chin-Chin my dear friend."

Taylor Swift wants artists to stand up for themselves. This one did, against Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift Wants Artists to Stand Up for Themselves. This One Did—Against Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift performs on June 13, 2015, in Philadelphia.

Swift posted the image, an adorable little red fox, on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter in October alongside the “I Know Places” lyric “They are the hunters, we are the foxes/And we run…” The fox on Swift’s Instagram post, which has since been deleted, is nearly—but not completely—identical to Burguieres’. Another artist’s name (Liñya?) is signed in the corner and dated 2014. Burguieres suspects it’s a tracing done by a fan. That wouldn’t be illegal or wrong, as long as she or he didn’t try to use the work for commercial gain. But by sharing the work with her hundreds of millions of social media followers and using her album’s hashtag, that’s what Swift did.

Burguieres posted an open letter to Swift on Facebook on Friday, and has since promoted it on Twitter and Imgur. She told me she’s given up on getting any kind of recompense from Swift, but wants to make a statement on behalf of independent artists. (See: Cara Delevingne’s recent claim over a “The Future is Female” T-shirt.) Swift has the money to give Burguieres her due. She should put it where her mouth is.

Read Burguieres’ full letter below.

I am a professional artist. With years of work and support from customers, friends, and family, I have built a business around my designs and am (hopefully) adding my own small form of beauty to the world. I now have three shops in New Orleans and gratefully rely on people who demonstrate that art they love is worth paying for. I may “only” have 1239 followers on Instagram, but I believe my work has value. I believe there are many others out there like me.

As a professional artist, I was astonished to see you use one of my most popular designs on all your official social media platforms as part of your promotions for 1989. While I wondered why no one had sought permission or offered compensation to do so, I recognized that such endorsement is a once-in-a-lifetime boost for an artist and can skyrocket an artist’s career. Friends congratulated me and customers expressed joy. But congratulations turned to confusion. The design was a copy, and with someone else’s name signed to it.

I was devastated, but I took solace in thinking that someone so outspoken about artists’ rights would willingly fix her mistake. Mistakes are easy to make; I thought if you only KNEW about the error, you would do what is in your power to make it right. I was wrong. My efforts to combat the pirated and unauthorized copy (and your use and distribution of it to millions of people) were noticed, as you removed the post after several days. But the copy had been shared and downloaded countless times, and it seemed neither you nor your team intended on correcting your mistake.

After months of effort, I received an offer from you and your team that mentions no credit to me as the artist of the design, but does include payment of a “four-figure” amount, with the stipulation that I must donate it all. Taylor, as a professional, would you agree to such terms from Apple, or Spotify? My work is my living—it is how I pay bills and support my family and employees. Many of your fans are professional artists, and support themselves and their families with earnings from their intellectual property. Would you really profit from and distribute a copy of their work to millions of people, and then tell them they don’t deserve professional recognition or compensation?

I don’t know what will come of this letter, but for the sake of my own business and on behalf of independent artists like myself, I had to speak up. I have no ill will toward you, and I appreciate the theoretical virtue of your stance as a defender of art and intellectual property. I simply hope to see your actions fall more in line with the values you claim to hold.