Don't mess with US.
Posted on 03/15/2018 6:44:39 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
President Donald Trump sent a clear message to European allies and senior administration officials Tuesday when he fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: the President remains steadfast on implementing his strategy to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, even if it means dismantling the 2015 Iran nuclear deal established by President Obama, sources told this reporter.
Trump, who ‘begrudgingly’ recertified the Iran deal January, will not re-certify in May if Germany, France or Great Britain back down from the conditions the administration set in place at the beginning of the year to hold Tehran accountable for its nuclear program, a White House official told this reporter.
U.S. allies, however, have argued that Iran is abiding by the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the JCPOA, which they contend is working to keep Iran’s nuclear ambitions in check. Germany, which has a strong economic incentive to keep the deal, has been the most critical of Trump’s strategy and has stated they were consulting with Britain and France on how to proceed with Iran if Trump withdraws. In late January, Tillerson traveled to Warsaw and announced that he had secured support from Britain, France, and Germany on the Iran deal. He said all the parties agreed to work on the deal, despite Trump’s possible decision to walk away from it, according to Reuters.
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This is inherently tied to the conflict in Syria, because of oil deal among Russia, Iran and Syria. Also with Turkey.
This is all about interaction of multiple national agenda's and strategic and economic interests.
Don't mess with US.
This is all about interaction of multiple national agenda’s and strategic and economic interests.
It’s all fun and game politics until the first mushroom cloud
Not fun and games. This is the real deal.
Yes. He did.
Pompeo will maintain that course.
They don’t call it the deep “state” for no reason.
Why didn’t Trump send any message to pro-Iran Qatar?
Trump seems to be trying to solve the nuclear problem in North Korea and also the nuclear problem in Iran. Parallel efforts, with North Korea bearing fruit first. The Q drops have pretty much said this is the approach.
Qatar and Iran also share management of the world's largest gas field, South Pars, in the Persian Gulf.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/05/gulf-crisis-qatar-may-move-closer-to-turkey-iran.html 6 June 2017
Because Qatar supports Jihadi's and is close to Iran partially because of proximity to oil/gas reserves. It probably was judged as unimportant. There is a conflict between various interests in the region about supplying Natural Gas and oil to the EU. They all want the EU to be dependent upon their supply, it is a question of who will actually deliver it and what path will pipeline take.
Trump is a risk taker. He is good at such undertakings.
The risks with the Nuke industry is high stakes.
Iran is said to have received help from Norks with their effort. Probably Russia also.
Trump's the most serious President as far as out national interests and safety since Reagan.
Trump re-certified the Iran deal in January? First time i’ve heard this. He went back on his campaign promise on that. He should never have done that.
Are you looking for an excuse to criticize Trump?
Pretty petty complaint.
Yes, I agree that Iran is an unreliable country when it comes to honesty on agreements.
Are you looking for an excuse to criticize Trump?
Pretty petty complaint.
Yes, I agree that Iran is an unreliable country when it comes to honesty on agreements.
I hardly consider Trump goin back on his word about the Iran deal a petty complaint.
He works for us now. It's our job to hold him accountable. I hope you agree on that.
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