Less than a month ago, President Trump admitted that Iran was in compliance with the P5+1 nuclear deal. It was clear he wasn’t happy with it, and reports were that the admission came after a bitter fight with his cabinet, who warned him against falsely claiming Iran wasn’t complying.
Even though literally nothing has happened between then and now with respect to the deal itself, President Trump today declared Iran “not in compliance” in the course of his vacation at a golf course in New Jersey.
Trump didn’t offer any details on what Iran wasn’t complying with, likely because the IAEA, responsible for actually keeping track of the deal, continues to certify that Iran is in compliance. Trump was therefore uncomfortable with providing details, but as usual was quite comfortable with the threats.
Trump insisted Iran needed to take action to get themselves into compliance, though naturally we have no idea what that action would be, mostly since Iran is already in compliance as far as everyone else is concerned, and threatened “very strong things” would happen if Iran didn’t comply with his demand. Again, he offered no details on what he’s threatening or what he’s demanding, though he did condemn President Obama for making the deal in the first place, reiterating how opposed he is to the nuclear deal in general.
Which is really the key here. President Trump has wanted to withdraw from the deal from the start, but his cabinet has warned him that the US could face diplomatic fallout if they unilaterally withdraw from the hard negotiated deal. Trump, then, is trying to manufacture an excuse for withdrawing where none exists, and seems to hope rote repetition of the allegation of noncompliance will be sufficient.
The only way they could be any more transparent about their desire to attack Iran is if they wore a sign around their necks.
Just who the heck is supposed to be fooled, here?
The 3D checkers match continues. There is the carved in stone neo-liberal position that if the USSA has nukes, then the precious Iranian mud people should also have them. This sentiment alone is proof that Democracy is the road to hell. I am fully aware that international terrorism doesn’t come from Shia Iran, but allowing anyone who doesn’t have nukes to acquire them is insane. Moslems don’t need nuclear power plants.
Nuke plants are a big part of the future. Mac, if countries you consider problematic (Iran, etc.) were offered molten salt reactors, and especially the thorium-fuelled rx this would answer many power problems while at the same time preventing the harvest of U238 or Plutonium, as MSRs don’t make those actinides.. Profileration-proof reactors are indeed possible.
Don’t like nukes period. Like hydrogen power!
What’s this “hydrogen power” you’re referencing? If you mean fusion, that’s nuclear, is not yet commercially feasible. They’ve been working on it since I was a kid, and I’m 70. If you’re talking about W’s fabled fuel cells, you apparently do not understand thermodynamics. It takes more energy to charge a fuel cell or battery than is produced by the fuel cell when it is for work. Ie, there is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine.
International terrorism primarily comes from white Christian Pagan Polytheists, and the godless among you.
The fact that you don’t see that is quite painful, literally speaking, for the beleaguered people of the world, but the comeuppance your dark souls will bring upon themselves, is a small consolation.
lol lol
This has nothing to do with “neo-liberal” versus “neo-conservative.” Both are in agreement that we need to at least threaten the American sheeple like you with the bogeyman of Iranian nuclear weapons so we can justify increased military spending.
The proverbial “17 intelligence agencies” have, in repeated NIEs over the past 10 years, assessed “with high confidence” that Iran hasn’t had even a hint of a nuclear weapons program since 2003 (while not actually stating that it had one prior to 2013). Iran has never enriched uranium to the level of HEU (20% fissionable), always being careful to keep the level just short of that and rapidly converting those stocks to fuel for the Tehran Research reactor, which makes vital medical isotopes. Of course, US propagandists repeatedly round 19.x% up to 20% in order to claim Iran is creating HEU, which would still not be bomb grade, which requires well over 90% fissionable.
Nobody is “allowing” Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. They don’t want them. The ayatollahs have deemed them “un-Islamic” because they indiscriminately attack non-combatants, and I’m sure also because they know if they ever used one they would quickly be obliterated. The NPT, to which Iran is a signatory, guarantees all sovereign states who sign it the right to have the full nuclear fuel cycle, not to mention power plants. You’ll just have to deal with your Islamophobia.
Iran already has nukes. They got them in 1991-1993 from the Soviets. At least four. They are hidden and the deal does not affect them. This is why the US is worried about Iran’s missile delivery systems. Seriously. Now everyone will think I am anti-Iranian. That’s how it goes here.
the french moved in to deliver nuclear reactors to the shah. as a signatory of the nnpt ,iran has complied with all regulations. the u.s. as a signatory has not complied with the treaty. it states the fellow signatories are to help develop nuclear means for peaceful purposes. iran is the current world producer of radiation isotopes for medical needs.
LOL. I don’t think you’re anti-Iranian. I think you read some BS email or fake news post that sounded plausible and you were gullible enough to believe it. The MIC has every incentive to ratchet up the fear to justify additional expenditures and rob you of your tax dollars, and no incentive to keep such evidence secret. If the US intelligence community had even a shred of evidence for what you claim, it would have been all over the news long ago.
Does this mean that the attack on N. Korea is off or are we going to fight two countries at once?
While we will not literally attack Iran, it will take a lot of energy and focus to simultaneously threaten Russia, Iran, China, attack N. Korea, and fight ISIS / Al Qaeda. We’ll go light on the last two. This is the classic enemies list from the morons who have wrecked the world for the last 20yrs+. The deep state has won.
China has promised to take out anyone who attacks NK and Iran has a mutual defence pact with Russia.
Attack Russia or China and they both have a full-out Nuclear response doctrine.
Trump, the king of bluff bravado and innuendo, will only be isolating the US diplomatically by withdrawing from the nuke agreement with Iran. The world will better understand that the US can’t be trusted, and serves the demands of the Saudis and Israeli far-right. Understanding that truth is a first step towards something better.
It looks like the elite have their bunkers, medical and food supplies in place and secure. Now it’s time to start the final countdown to all out nuclear war. How else to get rid of seven billion plus souls and have the planet to themselves.
Hey, it’s worked in the past.
Another war for terrorist entity of Israel. Any one remember the non existent WMD in Iraq? US needs to free itself from AIPAC, Project of new American Century and other terror groups.
utter nonsense and propaganda,claiming iran is non compliant. its getting ridiculous. how about forcing israel to comply with the nnpt? they refuse iaea inspections . its easy to see why north korea withdrew from the nnpt. now the u.s. needs to do the same as it has violated repeatedly the terms of the agreement.
The most likely target of US aggression in the near future is not Iran or North Korea. They can defend themselves if attacked by sinking a few capital ships. The CIA proxy forces have already attacked the Philippines. The most likely new victim will be Venezuela. Venezuela has a very small army, and a lot of oil. The orange one stated only one exception for his anti-interventionist beliefs. He will intervene whenever/wherever he can “take their oil.” If the US thinks it can intervene in Venezuela and install a puppet that will allow US oil companies to extract Venezuelan oil for US profit, it will happen.