Germany, the UK, and France Wanted
U.S. to Stay
(Arrogant Trump Just Said No)
My Deal 100% and My “America First” Policy Prevails
Trump pulls the U.S. out of Iran
nuclear weapons agreement – now what – oh yeah, U.S. allies (The UK, France,
and Germany) may pull away from U.S. – and all thanks to Trump – so, thanks a
heluva lot for nothing except more of your crazy deal-making crap. The
headlines of this story is a bit scary – to wit:
“Europe will try to keep the Iran deal
alive. It can't.”
The heart of this issue: When national security adviser John
Bolton stood before the White House press corps on Tuesday detailing President
Trump’s decision to walk away from the multilateral nuclear agreement to
constrain Iran’s nuclear program, it reminded some observers of events 15 years
ago, when Bolton was a cheerleader in the Bush administration for the invasion
of Iraq, intended to dismantle Saddam Hussein’s stockpile of weapons of mass
destruction — which turned out not to exist.
While
technically the agreement, official name: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA), is among Iran, the United States and five other major powers, can
remain in effect even after Washington pulls out, John Bolton’s history
suggests that the administration may have a more ambitious goal to implode the
agreement altogether.
The sanctions Trump wants to re-impose aren’t just on Iran
but on other entities that do business there, such as banks – that is where it
gets sticky.
To
understand why the Trump administration’s unilateral action could scuttle a
multilateral agreement negotiated by all the permanent members of the U.N.
Security Council (the United States, the UK, France, China and Russia, plus
Germany), it’s important to recall why the economic sanctions placed on Iran
proved so effective in the first place.
As part of
the post-9/11 war on terror, the U.S. Treasury Department discovered that U.S.
sanctions targeting terrorists and weapons proliferators created such risks for
international banks and lenders that depended on dollars for transactions that
they voluntarily refused to do business with targeted entities.
Ergo: Iran was
essentially denied access to the international banking and global financing
systems.
The flaw and
danger for our allies is, and again, thanks to Trump’s misguided arrogance is
this part again from Bolton:
He left little doubt that the
administration was reinstituting those crippling financial sanctions, and he
gave no indication that the administration would offer exemptions to banks and
corporations from allied countries saying to reporters:
“Well, the
decision that the president signed today puts sanctions back in place that
existed at the time of the deal; it puts them in place immediately. Now, what
that means is that within the zone of economics covered by the sanctions, no
new contracts are permitted. Treasury will be announcing what they call
“wind-down provisions” that will deal with existing contracts. And there will
be varying periods within these contracts to be wound down. Some will extend up
to six months; some might be 90 days.”
So, what does that mean in layman’s
terms exactly, um, Mr. Ass Wipe John Bolton?
Hint: As a former senior Treasury Department official Juan Zarate, who helped
design the sanctions said: “It has proved effective in isolating Iran, and if the Trump
administration reinstates them, I doubt that Great Britain, France, or Germany
will be able to maintain the economic engagement at the core of the Iran
nuclear agreement.”
Ergo: They will pull out or make a deal on their own
totally without the U.S. at all. So, what then would China and Russia do?
Simple answer: Who in the hell knows. More
here from Yahoo.news.
My 2 Cents: Trump now more than ever some sort of
pride in his new slogan “America First” which really means in his critical case
“America Alone.”
Face it folks, Trump is a walking disaster – “Art of the Deal”
we are not talking a slick pitch here like heading off a slick car salesman –
we talking destiny of the planet should a major war breakout in the Middle and
nukes start flying from Israel against Iran overwhelming population and then
the Saudis, who hate Iran, too,
engage.
We are serious war and what would Trump
do – help of pals the Israelis and Saudis? The outcome would not be pretty –
not one bit. “Art of the Deal” like I’ve said awhile: “Art of Con.”
Trump has
to be removed from office and this awesome power, which has gone to his head
obviously. The sooner the better. To coin Trump's words: This decision is the worst in history. believe me...!!!
Stay
tuned for the outcome and thanks for stopping by.
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