On Tuesday afternoon, President Trump announced that he is withdrawing the United States from the P5+1 nuclear deal. He’s been condemning the deal for years, and is moving to reimpose US sanctions on Iran. This would put the US in violation of the pact.
Trump set a May 12 ultimatum demanding changes to the deal, and threatening to withdraw if he didn’t get them. While the European Union offered him myriad concessions to try to keep him placated, Trump ultimately was unsatisfied.
He went on to complain that the deal will only guarantee the survival of the “Iranian regime.” He said the deal was “a great embarrassment to me as a citizen, and to all American citizens.” He cited Israel’s allegations of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear arms.
Trump claimed the whole world was in agreement on the “threat” posed by Iran, despite materially the entire world remaining committed to the deal. He talked up working with American allies to force a large number of new concessions out of Iran.
While there had been some warnings that the deal could not survive without the US, Iran and all other signatories to the P5+1 deal have said they will remain in the pact. It is only the US that is in violation, and the rest of the world intends to keep the deal going as best they can without America’s support, which even at the best of times was only half-heated.
There is little reason to suggest new negotiations could happen, with Trump conceding if he was Iran he wouldn’t negotiate either. At the same time, he threatened Iran with much bigger problems if they didn’t.
Trump concluded that he had made America “much safer” by withdrawing from the deal. In reality, he’s likely to provoke a major diplomatic backlash for disavowing a treaty signed just a few years ago.
NEOCON DON
ISRAEL FIRST!
FAKE NEWS!!!
Tomorrow he meets with Sheldon Adelson for further instructions.
https://lobelog.com/three-billionaires-paved-way-for-trumps-iran-deal-withdrawal/
This is pretty anti semtic!
Israel just bombed Syria https://twitter.com/WaelAlRussi
they dont waste time do they?
I’m sure you meant..”bombed Syria again”
Does Sheldon Adelson represent Judaism or Jewish values?
CNN’s Amanpour: “I would describe pulling out of this deal as possibly the greatest deliberate act of self-harm and self-sabotage in geo-strategic politics in the modern era.”
making appeals to CNN isnt the best argument….
Amanpour is not defined by what CNN is. She can think for herself.
by definition she is paid by CNN , so she is their mouthpiece, she doesnt say anything that would conflict with what the owners want.
What she said was spot on whether her bosses are CNN or Al Jazeera.
Raimondo – your man, the “anti-war” president, comes through once again!
“Says deal ‘only guarantees survival of Iranian regime'”
So this is all about regime change!
Well, I’m for regime change, USA regime change!!!
This won’t matter. Hiring Bolton won’t matter. Promoting Pompeo won’t matter. Promoting Haspel won’t matter. Hiring Giuliani won’t matter. Nikki Haley’s mouth won’t matter. Bombing Syria won’t matter. Enabling Yemen war won’t matter. Filling Gitmo won’t matter. Moving Israeli capital to Jerusalem won’t matter. Nothing matters.
I wonder if North Korea thinks the JCPOA is(was for us) a horrible deal. Probably won’t matter.
Since Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal, then the U.S. should have no part in any of the inspections in Iran that were part of the deal.
This is a typical Israeli style over the top drama. But Trump has no other but to obey. Can anyone really think that he can do anything independently? How about a little financial hiccup, and monopoly operating systems just freezing up, and money to politicians stops flowing? Plenty of reasons to just do what told. But the process of US and Western allies just ignoring UN SC, is moving along. Iran deal is UN SC + Germany deal, and this is ine more example of violating an agreement struck by UN SC.
To me this all looks like a concerted pressure in Russia. Even “nice” Germany declared that it does not care about any other military engagement except focusing on Russia! Seriously, Germany affraid of Russia.
Yes, as the POTUS, he makes his choices. If he does not have backbone for hard decisions, he should return to his pointless career and stfu.
bullshit, the president is just a figurehead, look at how the deepstate reacts when he tries to pull out of syria, they fake a gas attack, twice!
He doesn’t have to play, he is CIC, the choice is binary. Just like Obama, and every president before them. Why not just go ahead and say Hillary made him do it.
It was a campaign promise. He was against it from the start, even before there was a chance of him winning the nomination.
The only thing wrong with Jason’s article is:
“In reality, he’s likely to provoke a major diplomatic backlash for disavowing a treaty signed just a few years ago.”
The Iran deal was never a treaty. Obama evaded Senate confirmation with an Executive Order. It was a good Order, but every executive has the complete power to revoke a prior executive order (even his own). BUT, Trump IS evading the congressional requirements for abandoning the Agreement.
Actually it wasn’t even an executive order. It was a “State Department Political Commitment.”
But it’s also a legally binding UN Security Council Resolution.
Correct, though equivalent to an EO.
The only legal bind in Resolution 2231 is that the “state” (USA) is obligated to report violations, which Trump can’t do because there are none. In the absence of such a report, the SG has to introduce an equivalent resolution on the topic for a vote (Paragraph 11). I wonder whether that will even happen.
http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/2231(2015)
Note to Trump believers nationwide. Never, ever trust a cavalier, habitual fabulist with only his own self-interests and his political base in mind…on A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Bibi is jerking off furiously over the prospects for total war as we speak.
http://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2018/05/shout-theater-for-persian-gulf.html
Bibi is not jerking off. Syria just accused Israel of attacking Iranian positions in Syria immediately after Trump’s announcement.
The IDF has reported “unusual” Iranian troop movements in Syria and Israel has opened its bomb shelters in the North.
This is the third Israeli attack on Iranian forces in Syria in about six weeks. It looks like Netanyahu is determined to start a war with Iran with the belief that Trump will follow.
This has always been the plan.
Why is it no one ever calls out Israel as the tail that is wagging the dog? Everytime someone points it out, their comments get deleted.
Why is Israel so concerned about Iran? Iran is not about to attack Israel. Iranian politicians may stand on balconies and wave their fists at Israel, but so what?
Israel knows as long as there is conflict in the ME , the Arabs cant ally against them. Its in their interest to keep the Arab states fighting forever(sunni shia war).
Notice the Neocons always get what they want? With Obama it was Libya and sending weapons to ISIS in Syria. With Trump its more of the same in Syria, doesnt matter who you vote for they always get what they want. We will be at war with Iran within the next 2 years.
So how is Justin Raimondo going to spin this as something good, positive and necessary?
I think it’s positive that America has gone from pretending to honour the deal whilst actually breaking it by keeping sanctions, to making no pretense.
Perhaps now that Iran has no reason to stay friendly with the USA, pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria will force the American troops to go home.
This demonstrates quite convincingly that the US is completely at the mercy and taken over by Global Zionism, the biggest threat to our world. The American people should revolt and demand that their country should be given back to them.
Trump didn’t “withdraw” from “the deal”. It’s not a used car transaction. He’s not returning a product to Wal-Mart. It is a legally binding U.N. Security Council Resolution that the Government of the United States of America signed its name to. What Trump has done is to Blatantly VIOLATE that U.N. Security Council Resolution. Violate, not withdraw. Violate.
Interesting. I just wrote a column saying the same thing.
Unfortunately, the US policing agent for enforcing UN resolutions, Is the US senate, for the US, that is.
We aren’t withdrawing from the agreement – we are violating it. How is Shep Smith more on point about this fact than this site?!
But, but, but… Trump is supposed to be the antiwar candidate?