The United States and other members of the UN Security Council are angry tonight at the US push for “snapback” sanctions on Iran, built around the US dictating what’s going to happen, and the rest of the world seeing the attempt as unseemly.
Pompeo says the move amounts to American leadership, and everyone’s resistance will be viewed as siding with the ayatollahs. Other nations said that in withdrawing from the deal and then trying to use the deal against the parties within it, the US was being “unpleasant.”
The US is arguing that they are still sort of part of the P5+1 nuclear deal, despite publicly disavowing it. The deal had a secret clause allowing the US to force the introduction of a UN resolution on Iran sanctions relief, and then argues that once they veto it, the sanctions will all be de facto back to pre-deal levels.
The legality is questionable, at best, but Pompeo says it really doesn’t matter, because the US intends to enforce the sanctions as though they are a thing whether or not they are able to push it through the UN in a quasi-legal manner.
The legality is not questionable; it simply does not exist. To be able to invoke the snapback, a nation needs to be a “participant” in the deal. The US decided they are not a participant two years ago.
But, legality shmeagality, we are going to sanction all and sundry and dare the world to disobey. I don’t know … at some point, the bully’s threat is going to be called. Is this the last straw?
Yes, Pompeo is a PR disaster, …hard to believe anyone could be so preposterously self-assured. It would be nice to see him deflated; but, sadly, we’re no doubt soon to be delivered the presentable subtle version of same.
Pompeo is a sociopath on steroids.
My only regret, besides the fact that Pompeo was born, is that the late actor James Gandalfino won’t be able to play the role of Pompeo when they make a movie about the Trump Era.
The World hopes so. This has gone on long enough.
MUCH GOOD CAN COME FROM TRUMP/POMPEO “SNAPBACK”
Consider the following:
— Iran, having suffered the burden of being cheated of its rights under JCPOA for 5 years, has now a good excuse to leave the agreement altogether; AND abandon NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) following the example of North Korea.
This would free Iran of its crippling obligations in the field of nuclear technology and pave the way for rapid progress towards, for example, acquiring indigenous nuclear-powered warships and submarines.
As far as future Iran sanctions are concerned, they can’t become much harsher than what they are today. Friendship with China and Russia will help a lot, added to that the widening split between EU and US will help the rest of the world have easier times unburdened of American interference.
— UNSC would likely emerge weakened and in shambles after this foolish Pompeo initiative. It opens the way for a much-needed reform of the Council: A reorganization of the UN Security Council long-demanded by the non-permanent members such as India, Japan, Germany, Brazil and Indonesia.
The legality of US push for “snapback” sanctions on Iran is questionable, at best, but Pompeo says it really doesn’t matter, because the US intends to enforce the sanctions at all cost.
The US is run by a gangster syndicate that makes its own rules and laws and demands others to abide by it……or be sanctioned and punished.
“Trump Rebukes Allies Who Oppose Sanctions on Iran”
Fixed. Stop blaming Pompeo. It’s Trump and only Trump.
I think Pompeo is worse than Trump, so I can accept the headline as it was written.
Trump is President and Pompeo is Secretary of State. If Trump doesn’t do some rebuking of his own, it’s on him.
“Pompeo is worse than Trump”
Pompeo did not appoint himself, Trump did. Trump could have chosen someone more peace oriented, but he did not, and he could have canned Pompeo at any time, but he has not. Pompeo is a caricature of an arrogant SOB, but, in terms of significance, he is only an extension of Trump. A fish rots from the head down.
I agree that Trump is to blame for appointing Pompeo, but I still think that Pompeo is far worse. Trump is enthralled to Pompeo or he would have gotten rid of him like so many others.
“but I still think that Pompeo is far worse.”
If you mean, “imagine a president Pompeo,” perhaps you have a point.
I knew you’d come around to seeing it my way :>)
The only opinion that counts is Israel’s – and, at present, both Trump and Pompeo are useful to them.
Where there’s smoke, there’s blackmail – anonymous
“Where there’s smoke, there’s blackmail”
While that is one possible explanation, it is not the simplest explanation. The simplest explanation, and therefore the most likely explanation to be true, is that Trump does not have a non-interventionist bone in his body.
Putting West Point in state means military reflex to everything!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pompeo is an arrogant SOB with delusions of Godhood, and he makes a perfect foil. But the buck stops with Trump.
This is definitely a step towards the world getting a clue about what dangerous rogue nation needs containment, but America’s official manner and disposition is not the nature of the problem. Our government’s determination to violently achieve wildly unfair dynamics between nations is the problem here, which will continue in a Biden presidency with less rudeness.
Yes, in this context the ayatollahs are the moderates that the community of nations should work with to achieve a better future.
Zionism has a knee on the neck of America
Zionism has a knee on the neck of the entirety of Western Civilization.
Trough America and its compromised leaders and institutions Zionism has knee on th entire world.
If Zionist have plenty of influence aside of that imposed through Washington. It is just starker in the states because the Evangelical types here give it more political weight, and the whole world empire thingy.
Forget Evangelicals..It is Zionist trillions that is doing the trick
“The deal had a secret clause”….The typical BS from Pompeo & Trump to justify his stupid actions…!
“The deal had a secret clause” … which is not reserved for US alone but any other country that indicates Iranian violation of Agreement. But it is not automatic! There is a process to prove violations, not just say so! US wants just to bypass the whole thing — and go for a snapback.
The thirty day notification for US to invoke snapback has NOT BEEN ACCEPTED. Foreign ministers of UK, France and Germany have sent a letter Friday to UN SC and Secretary General to that effect. Same with China and Russia. It remains to be seen what will happen when US tries to table the resolution — when the thirty day notification was deemed illegal and not accepted. No future president of UN SC could possibly accept US draft resolution when UN SC rejected US 30 day notification as illegal.
But then — this is an alternate universe, and we see the creation of an American un-UN.
The UNSC will simply vote to not put the resolution on the agenda since there are enough votes.
“The deal had a secret clause”….The typical BS from Pompeo & Trump to justify their stupid actions…!
So in other words that “secret clause” that Trump and Pompeo are siting was put in there by none other than Obama and Kerry.
You don’t get it…there’s No secret clause…!
Of course — there is no secret clause. Snapback was envisioned as a mechanism under the Agreement ONLY if the agreement is a failure. Complete failure.
All other presumed violations under the Agreement have a process for investigation and resolving.
The snapback under agreement is invoked only after conclusion that Iran does NOT want to work any more under the Agreement.
So, rather then letting Iran just walk away from the deal — the Agreement simply returns to status quo ante — sanctions regime before the deal.
Iran never left the Agreement, even though US unilateral sanctions forced many businesses to leave Iran to avoid US retaliation. The complaints that Iran may have violated a provision are meaningless, unless signatories invoked the process for clarifying disputed allegations.
There are really no grounds for Trump to claim violations — and without being part of the agreement US forfeited the right to address any violations.
One cannot just jump to snapback!
I bet that Trump’s advisors FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF WITHDRAWAL. They did not notice the dates by which arms embargo would expire. Or thought arrogantly that Iran would come to the table, or that Europeans would exit as well — given American sanctions threat.
Neither happened. Europeans complied with American sanctions and essentially sanctioned Iran — but established own money mechanism for humanitarian trade. Allowing them to remain signatories.
“Or thought arrogantly that Iran would come to the table”
I’d guess this. We seem to have cornered the arrogance market.
Iran and Russia are in a state of cautioned preparedness, just waiting for the USA to shoot itself in both feet!
No, I do get it. Pompeo and Trump have trashed the Obama administration for doing such a bad job on the JCPOA. By citing a “secret clause” they are admitting that Obama and Kerry did a pretty good job on JCPOA.
I don’t understand…Why some people use sarcasm on their comments on this site?! When you can relay your thoughts directly and diligently why use sarcasm…?!
Irony works to ridicule without getting on any “lists” the stabbings of a thousand slashes. Computers don’t get “no my business address is not the same as my home address” so you can get anything by their business ineptitude. Talk about anything, but use code words like one too many trips to Jeffrey”s island, instead of black tail. More fUn than pedantic explicit slurs & more.
That “secret clause” was scribbled on a piece of toilet paper. Trump has wiped it clean.
obama/sanders–worse than trump
“the state always reflects the values and desires of its people”. Durkheim
Huh??? You are citing Emile Durkheim??? You mean Stalin reflected the values and desires of the people??? I was a History/Sociology major in college and there was a certain amount of what was fed to me that I did not agree with. I also took three classes in economics, and econometrics.
I disagreed with some of Durkheim’s premises.
Big Faced Pompeo. Simply put, he is a joke
I was a Trump supporter but am hoping he loses so that we won’t have to listen to this POS Pompeo anymore. Same goes for little Jared.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has posted a compilation video of senior Trump administration officials including the president himself outlining why the US can have no say in deciding whether the United Nations introduces crushing ‘snapback sanctions’ against Tehran.
The clip starts with Donald Trump announcing the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal in May 2018, and follows up with excerpts from remarks by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and former State Department special envoy for Iran Brian Hook explaining why the US hadn’t tried to use the snapback mechanism.
In a 2018 briefing cited in the video, Bolton says Washington can’t use the mechanism “because we’re out of the deal.” At a 2019 event, Hook tells reporters that “on snapback we are no longer in the deal, and so, the parties that are in the deal will have to make their decisions.”
https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1297215107626414082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1297215107626414082%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fworld%2F202008231080255182-irans-zarif-posts-clip-of-trump-pompeo-explaining-why-us-cant-trigger-snapback-sanctions%2F
Bolton and Hook are gone now so I imagine that will be the first excuse. Probably be pretty heavy towards Bolton since everyone hates him.
The audacity of Mr. we lie, we cheat, we steal is mind blowing. Standing at the UN with a strait face and acts as if he holds the truth.
If anyone follows this new blackmail, we may as well all give up hope. The cowardice of the “Europeans” in not firmly refusing the previous motion from Pompass must be overcome. Say NO like China and Russia did against the sanctions-no snapback. The USA is in the wrong.
Does Iran have an independent central bank that is not part of the world cabal?