does he even understand the iran deal? no, he just cares that he’s un-doing anything obama.
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Good news for Airbus too. I recall Boeing signing a deal with the Iranians for $10 Billion worth of aircraft.
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Boltons outline…
There are four basic elements to the development and implementation of the campaign plan to decertify and abrogate the Iran nuclear deal:
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Early, quiet consultations with key players such as the U.K., France, Germany, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, to tell them we are going to abrogate the deal based on outright violations and other unacceptable Iranian behavior, and seek their input. -
Prepare the documented strategic case for withdrawal through a detailed white paper (including declassified intelligence as appropriate) explaining why the deal is harmful to U.S. national interests, how Iran has violated it, and why Iran’s behavior more broadly has only worsened since the deal was agreed. -
A greatly expanded diplomatic campaign should immediately follow the announcement, especially in Europe and the Middle East, and we should ensure continued emphasis on the Iran threat as a top diplomatic and strategic priority. -
Develop and execute Congressional and public diplomacy efforts to build domestic and foreign support.
Thing is that the WH has NEVER produced its justification as outlined in item # 2…
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Prepare the documented strategic case
The White House, coordinating all other relevant Federal agencies, must forcefully articulate the strong case regarding U.S. national-security interests. The effort should produce a “white paper” that will be the starting point for the diplomatic and domestic discussion of the Administration decision to abrogate the JCPOA, and why Iran must be denied access to nuclear technology indefinitely. The white paper should be an unclassified, written statement of the Administration’s case, prepared faultlessly, with scrupulous attention to accuracy and candor. It should not be limited to the inadequacies of the JCPOA as written, or Iran’s violations, but cover the entire range of Iran’s continuing unacceptable international behavior.
Although the white paper will not be issued until the announcement of the decision to abrogate the JCPOA, initiating work on drafting the document is the highest priority, and its completion will dictate the timing of the abrogation announcement.
A thorough review and declassification strategy, including both U.S. and foreign intelligence in our possession should be initiated to ensure that the public has as much information as possible about Iranian behavior that is currently classified, consistent with protecting intelligence sources and methods. We should be prepared to “name names” and expose the underbelly of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard business activities and how they are central to the efforts that undermine American and allied national interests. In particular, we should consider declassifying information related to activities such as the Iran-North Korea partnership, and how they undermine fundamental interests of our allies and partners.
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or that we go to war on the pretext of preventing this.
And one of my questions in the scenario you just laid out is: with what army??? We’re already stretched WAY too thin in Afghan. and Iraq. We haven’t been able to escape the spider’s web of those two countries and now - we’re gonna invade Iran because something something ???
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Nothing much to add to the dismay here, however predictable the action, except that I wish I could apologize to those brave kids who fought the regime’s motorcycle-riding thug basiji and risked the brutalities of Iranian detention to demand a more open, modern, liberal-democratic sort of society. If only the actual liberal democracies valued their own ostensible values as much as that. None of this would be happening. Fuck.
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tRump’s de facto nuclear proliferation deals.
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Yep. This was about 2 things and 2 things only if you look at Faux News and its KKKomment section:
- Fuck Obama; and
- Fuck Muslims.
There’s our ME foreign policy in a nutshell.
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None of us will be sleeping very well.
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If Iran cuts a deal with europe it leaves the US the ugly girl at the dance and even less goodwill in the Middle East.
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It will be our money, and our blood. Works out well for Bibi.
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A psychotic to whom have been handed over the tools of the US foreign policy to resolve his personal psychological issues.
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Trump Bolton Inc believe we could take Iran the way we took Baghdad. And they have the fantasy that we would be welcomed by cheering crowds.
Me? If I were that type of believer, I’d be lighting candles for the protection of our infrastructure from hacking.
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Adam Schiff, in his response, nailed it.
The President’s willingness to shatter the international consensus, forged over years of arduous negotiations, on how to constrain Iran’s nuclear program only makes sense as part of a campaign to erase his predecessor’s legacy, regardless of the consequences to our national security.
trump, is a moron.
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He doesn’t have one and firmly believes he doesn’t need one. Honest to God…Trump literally believes Iran is going to come crawling to him begging for relief, willing to do whatever he desires at that point.
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Not to worry about #2…
Roseanne to the rescue :
Roseanne doing an episode about Muslim neighbors at Roseanne Barr’s urging
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Maybe BO should should issue a statement that he hated the deal and was against it all along, so Trump is just carrying out his secret plan. I swear he’d change his mind.
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Well, doesn’t much matter. The Trumpers have already established a pretty clear template for “rogue nations” to be taken seriously with North Korea.
You want a seat at the table, get yourself some nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them them anywhere in the world, and you’re in.
Tada.
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You forgot:
3. Fuck having a State Department because who needs it.
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Are they unaware of how well the last American backed regime change in Iran worked out?
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Gosh, this IS a surprise.
“TRUMPEDO” the dumb bomb, the unguided missile, strikes again. Un-solving a problem reasonably addressed by his predecessor, who worked with the world’s other leading nations.
President Clean-up, Trump’s successor, is going to have a lot on her plate.
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