Posted on 10/13/2017 12:16:52 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
President Donald Trump says he will not re-certify the Iran nuclear deal because the country is not living up to the spirit of the deal and has committed "multiple violations."
The president says he "cannot and will not make this certification," and he is directing his administration to work closely with Congress to address the deal's "man flaws" to make sure Iran can never threaten the U.S. with nuclear weapons.
Arizona Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in reaction to President Trump's action.
Senator McCain said, "For years, the Iranian regime has literally been getting away with murder. Meanwhile, the United States has lacked a comprehensive strategy to meet the multifaceted threat Iran poses. The goals President Trump presented in his speech today are a welcomed long overdue change. They offer the United States a path forward that centers our policy towards Iran on its destabilizing regional ambitions rather than its nuclear program alone. I look forward to learning more about the specifics of this strategy, and the Senate Armed Services Committee will conduct thorough oversight of our military's role in it."
"Iran has routinely threatened the United States and its neighbors for decades. It is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. Its support of the murderous Assad regime has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions, destabilizing nations across the Middle East. Its continued development and testing of ballistic missiles flouts international law. Its rampant abuse of human rights within its own borders and around the Middle East is horrific. And it has the blood of hundreds of American soldiers on its hands from its support of anti-American terrorist groups and militias throughout the region. And yet, despite this long track record of Iranian malign activities, the Obama administration consistently treated Iran narrowly as a non-proliferation problem rather than as a geopolitical one. This legacy of failure casts a long shadow on our present situation."
"I did not support the nuclear deal at the time it was proposed, and many of its specific terms will make it harder to pursue the comprehensive strategy we need. In that sense, I agree with the President that the deal is not in the vital national interests of the United States. I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress on additional legislation to increase sanctions and other pressure to hold Iran accountable for its broader destructive behavior in the region. I am also eager to collaborate with our partners and allies to revisit the most problematic provisions of the nuclear deal, and support a unified, forceful international front in the event that Iran materially breaches the terms of the agreement."
Now if we could only get Kernal Klink to vote for something Trump supports.
What a waste of an opportunity...
he is directing his administration to work closely with Congress to address the deal’s “man flaws”...
Nobody wants man flaws
McCain just wants to be on TV.
He will be dead before he can actually act
McCains days alive are numbered
Wonder how he will vote on the rewriting of the Iranian agreement? I say put your money and vote where your mouth is Senator McCain.
Anybody started a pool?
Even a blind squirrel
Oh CRAP!
If John McBrainCancer likes a President Trump policy, IT’S TIME FOR DONALD TO REVERSE COURSE!
No, this is just the press release John McCain’s office put out about the Iran strategy.
John McCain himself, when asked about the situation, said, “I really like Chicken McNuggets in my Happy Meal,” and then stared out the window for 15 minutes.
So John is for war but not tax cuts or obummercare repeal:-)
He said he would repeal Obamacare too, until the chips wee on the table.
Broken Clock.
Hopefully it stops at that same hour when the vote on the tax bill comes up.
PERIOD
Who cares what he thinks. McCain, just die already.
Must have really pained him to pretend to agree with Trump on anything.
I will believe it when I see it!
Who is that guy, what happened to “Songbird”?
Maybe Trump should rename his Obamacare and tax reform bills the “Bomb Iran and North Korea Act of 2017” and then McCain will vote for it.
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