Monday, April 30, 2018

The Nuclear Agreement with Iran needs to be preserved despite what Bibi and Donnie want.

There has been a gaga among several cliques of American Foreign and Military thinkers since 1979 to get rid of the current Iranian regime and any semblance of a nuclear program. Whether the reasons for this are to get even with the current government for the downfall of the Shah and the immediate democratic revolution that followed or for the control of the oil reserves in that country (historically a desire for several great powers like Great Britain, the United States, and Russia that resulted in the exploitation of the Iranian people and the overthrow of democratic governments) or a legitimate (but overrated fear) of Iranian nuclear reach into Israel, or a rivalry with the Sunni Saud Family for the soul of Islam in the Middle East, the fever reached new levels when the six power nuclear agreement with Iran was concluded in 2015.

President Trump blames President Obama for concluding the worst deal ever made with Iran. That five other nations approved and blessed the deal seems to escape his attention. It is not helped when the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu (another Obama hater), spews outdated intelligence information at a presentation today, hoping to goad President Trump into leaving the Agreement. Having Neo Conservative fanatic  John Bolton as the National Security Adviser is not helpful to the situation either.

The Nuclear Agreement with Iran needs to be maintained. Will it make Iran a different political system? Maybe not but that is not the point. If we wanted that condition in all our agreements, we should have had a different political system in Saudi Arabia by now. If the United States does leave, there should be hope that France, Germany, Britain, Russia, and China could hold the agreement with Iran together. It would mean more isolation for the United States but at least their nuclear program would be checked.



http://blogforarizona.net/we-have-seen-this-play-before-neocons-want-to-get-their-war-on-with-iran/

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/4/30/17303576/netanyahu-iran-deal-speech-amad

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/04/30/netanyahu-playing-to-trumps-abject-ignorance-and-it-might-work/?utm_term=.c41656773059

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/world/middleeast/israel-iran-nuclear-netanyahu.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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