Less than 24 hours after formally certifying Iran’s compliance with the P5+1 nuclear deal, the Trump Administration has announced a new round of sanctions against Iran, nominally for having a ballistic missile program.
This bizarre disconnect between reality and policy was prefaced in the statement confirming compliance, during which administration officials vowed Iran “won’t go unpunished” for non-specific allegations that they are violating “the spirit” of the deal.
Ballistic missile sanctions are a highly controversial way to sanction Iran, as the UN resolution on the missiles explicitly forbids Iran developing nuclear-capable missiles. Many view this old resolution as tantamount to obsolete because of the P5+1 deal, and Iran has repeatedly noted it makes no sense to complain about their conventional missiles when they’re complying with the nuclear deal and obviously have no warheads.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif expressed anger at the latest round of moves, noting that the US has been in repeated violation of the P5+1 deal in preventing companies doing business with Iran. He noted Iran has had to repeatedly take the US to the joint commission on the deal to seek redress, and warned that major US violations could ultimately force Iran to withdraw from the deal.
That’s likely the goal of the Trump Administration’s moves, as they are very well aware that the US “ripping up” the deal, as Trump has promised to do, would alienate Europe, and hoping that if they continue to violate the deal Iran might just give up and withdraw, allowing them to shift the blame for a failure that’s still very much the fault of the US government.
With any luck, making America great again will;mean it has to withdraw from the UN and any connection with humanity at all. What a loser!!
The Israeli/Saudi Axis and their big money backers want a war with Iran so bad that they are willing to repeatedly wrench defeat from the jaws of victory in an effort to bludgeon their mental masturbation into reality.
It’s sad, really. Re-establishing fair trade with Iran would bring a noticeable boost to many sectors of the economy. Having a war with Iran would put the global economy into great jeopardy, along with the potential to kick off the full hot phase of WWIII.
Bingo!
Iran has a lot to offer and we’re sitting back and letting China & others scoop up the all big opportunities. All because “that shitty little country” demands it.
The True Cost of Parasite Israel
Forced US taxpayers money to Israel goes far beyond the official numbers.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-true-cost-of-israel/
Israel’s Dirty Little Secret
How it drives US policies exploiting a spineless Congress and White House
http://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/israels-dirty-little-secret/
How to Bring Down the Elephant in the Room
http://www.unz.com/tsaker/how-to-bring-down-the-elephant-in-the-room/
Israeli occupied territories
https://codoh.com/media/files/cartoon24s.png
We have a perfect opportunity to gain Iran as a powerful trading partner and, with a few trust-building measures on our part, a valuable ally in the region. Within a few months we could sweep away 30+ years of mutual antagonism and both come up smelling like a rose. We could, with some hard persuasion, bring both Israel and Iran to the table to bury the hatchet and shake hands. But, instead, we choose to piss it all away with petty agenda-chasing and media bites. It’s not only reckless and stupid, it’s really sad.
“…allowing them to shift the blame for a failure that’s still very much the fault of the US government.”
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You mean “that’s still very much the fault of Mr. Trump.”
All the double-crossing moves by the US only shows how shrewd the Kims of NKor are… unlike Saddam (a onetime US client); of Qaddafi (who tried to make nice with the US), the Kim’s have negotiated cautiously with the US. They actually came to some deals and abided by them. But once they wound up being listed in the Axis of Evil, the Kims scurried to rapidly develop nuclear WMDs.
Without nukes, the Kims would have gone the way of the rest of the Axis countries… Iran delayed and closed down their nuclear program. But that’s proven to be a grave mistake. Iran will have to rely on the Chinese and Russians to deter attack by the US and their bosses in Tel Aviv.
Remember this?
IAEA: Iran Continues to Comply With Nuclear Deal
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/06/02/iaea-iran-continues-to-comply-with-nuclear-deal-2/
NUKES * WARS * PLANET HEAT — NO MORE
Wars of aggression, nukes and global warming, each a fast track to extinction and still with little hardship the world could neutralize them by sanctions that pack a punch.
No trading with any nation that has more than 5 nukes, start a war of aggression and no truck, boat or plane crosses your border. And nationalize every penny owned by any and all investors.
For name of the game has to be, no development, production or consumption beyond what people need for a healthy and comfortable life
no matter how the us/israhell war mongers try. iran still remains impervious to their threats.