No, it isn't Israel or even trying to undo Obama. It's Trump's base. Iran is the "enemy" to American conservatives and Trump knows this. As with virtually everything he does, he is trying to please them. The consequences of this decision are of course unimportant because they affect the country as a whole, which is of no significance to him whatsoever.
To be honest, I was against the deal from the start because it's terms seem like no real deterrent to development of nuclear arms. But I've now been able to see how important and fickle Iran's progress toward westernization has been. Providing a holding environment that enables changing in attitudes has been very important, but now Trump threatens that and provides momentum for political pendulum swings throughout the world.
As with virtually everything he does, he is trying to please them. The consequences of this decision are of course unimportant because they affect the country as a whole, which is of no significance to him whatsoever.
It also hinders the development of all countries due to the sanctions and the hike in oil prices. It affect mostly the developing countries and developed countries with no oil reserve. When we compare the development models of different states like Gujarat, we can see the importance of free trade without sanctions and terror.
Their revolutionary guard have already threatened U.S. bases within a 2k kilometer range of them. When the missiles and bombs start raining down I hope the carpet factories are spared.Its a bad political move which may again make Iran irate and boost their intention to continue with their nuke programs.
Their revolutionary guard have already threatened U.S. bases within a 2k kilometer range of them. When the missiles and bombs start raining down I hope the carpet factories are spared.
Its not like its a secret or anything that Iran has been on the pentagon's radar for many years.Fear monger often?
Its not like its a secret or anything that Iran has been on the pentagon's radar for many years.
Again...How exactly does not certifying the deal prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? Getting rid of the deal helps hardliners in Iran greatly, and has no benefit to the US. It greatly increases the chances Iran starts up a nuke program. What does de-certifying even mean? Has that verbiage ever been used in terms of foreign policy before? Is it possible that trump will somehow "de-certify" the deal to please his base while it still functionally remains the same? As I understand decertification, on its own, does not put the US in violation of this deal, because it doesn’t reimpose sanctions. There’s nothing in the text of the deal itself that requires the American president to certify that Iran is complying with the deal’s terms.
It seems that Trump would like to have a war with either or both of Iran and North Korea (presumably in service of some sort of twisted goal of earning 'respect' for America), and he is basically trying to provoke them into threatening behavior.
The following countries are signators on the Iran nuclear agreement
US
France
Germany
China
UK
EU
Russia
Trump is the only one in the list who claims Iran has violated the agreement. Who do you believe? Trump or the remaining countries on the list?
My guess is anybody but the habitual liar
The Trump admin contends that Iran violates the "spirit" of the agreement, not the agreement itself. It's nonsense, but the well indoctrinated Repub base just loves it. That's the whole point- keeping the base nicely irrational, drinking the trickle down kool-aid.
What really happened is that Iran built a truly credible nuclear proliferation threat to bargain it away for the US abandoning our long standing policy of isolation & regime change. It was a highly skillful exercise in brinkmanship on their part. They put us in the position that we were willing to do that in order to prevent nuclear proliferation.
There never was any realistic military option nor is there today.
While trump did punt this to Congress there was a comment he made that I missed that is concerning. He said he will send it to Congress to fix and if they can't fix it he will end the agreement, he gave Congress 60 days.
It will be interesting to see what he does after 60 days. My guess is he will try to pretend it never happened.
Trump will never get the multilateral sanctions re-imposed as long as Iran adheres to the agreement, which it looks like they will. This whole effort is a big fat fail from a group of people who promised they could, somehow, improve on Obama's deal but now seeing the challenge don't seem interested in even giving that a serious attempt.
I wonder where I heard that before... Only saber rattling, eh?
Six months later... Well we all know what happened the last time the US didn't want to hear what the IAEA had to say regarding a nation they had been dying to invade for a decade.
This time, YOU go first.
What really happened is that Iran built a truly credible nuclear proliferation threat to bargain it away for the US abandoning our long standing policy of isolation & regime change. It was a highly skillful exercise in brinkmanship on their part. They put us in the position that we were willing to do that in order to prevent nuclear proliferation.
There never was any realistic military option nor is there today.
I've already done my part for this country. Have you served in our armed forces?You gonna join up to fight the infidels?
I've already done my part for this country. Have you served in our armed forces?
Snowflake much?You think serving in the military of your own free will and doing the bidding of a government that lies to go to war and covertly undermines foreign governments is doing your part? If that's doing your part then you haven't done shit. Tell me, what did you get in exchange for your service? A nice pay check? Practical skills? A free education? Life long medical benefits? Gtfo.
Those that go into the military for altruistic motives usually don't hold it over everyone else's head.
Your service demands no more respect than any other person doing any other job in America.
Hell, your voting history probably has caused more harm than any amount of good you think you did serving this country.