A two-day conference later this week in Warsaw, Poland is being described by officials as a “make-or-break” moment for President Trump’s hostility toward Iran, as officials will be pushing hard for the European Union to match the US policy.
This is expected to center chiefly on demanding that the European nations all stop trading with Iran, even though the EU remains a party to the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, and Iran remains in compliance with the deal. Beyond that, officials are also emphasizing the general need for anti-Iran unity.
All of this boils down to the US reiterating demands they’ve failed to sell Europe on since last year, and a lot of the nations invited aren’t planning to attend at all. This makes the US selling the world on this change highly unlikely.
Efforts to push nations to stop trading with Iran continue internationally, with little to show for them. The Trump Administration is also planning a new push against Iraq, despite the new Iraqi government already having ruled out cutting off trade ties with their economically important neighbor.
If the US expected there to be anti-Iran unity, it shouldn’t have unilaterally left the nuclear deal. There does need to be unity on Iran… the US should get with the program.
Another opportunity to show the world whether these countries should be called EU or EV (European Vassals)
If the neocon cabal couldn’t invade Iran at the zenith of their power
under Dubya, what makes them think they have a snowball’s chance in hell
of pulling it off now? Iran is stronger now than it was then, and there’s even less support for such an invasion now than there was then. It doesn’t make sense. It’s like they’re just keeping the notion alive in hopes of “someday”, like it’s some kind of unrequited jackoff fantasy.
If only there was fairness in sanctions and all the rest of the world refused to trade with Israel!!