jc456
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This took guts. I applaud President Trump for doing it. The iran deal guaranteed us that Iran would get Nukes after ten years, at best. Trump was right that it was the worst deal ever negotiated.
At this point in time exactly what does the US accomplish by walking out of the agreement. The other signers of the treaty refuse to renegotiate the agreement and will continue to trade with Iran. In fact, they would benefit by US sanctions on Iran. Iran has got most the money the US was holding since the 1970's. Iranian oil will continue to be sold on the world market. The UN will continue inspections. What exactly changes other than increased friction between US and Iran?
The actual merits to walking out or benefits we got from the deal or will or won't get now are IRRELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION. We should never negotiate with Iranians. That's the damn point. All praise to Trump!
And besides he really just kicked it down to congress .... along with daca healthcare and the budget ... for 6 mos.
The point is we did negotiate with Iran and the United States signed the agreement. The Iranians have met the requirements of the agreement according to our Secretary of State and the UN who conducted the inspections. Just because the Senate did not vote on the agreement, that does not make the treaty invalid in international courts. If the US is going to renege on an agreement it certainly should have a lot better reason than we should have never negotiated.
Personally, I didn't like the deal and think we could have done better but we agreed to it and the United States lives up to it's agreements.
If not ratified by the Senate, there is no treaty. It was an agreement between the other parties and Barack Obama only. We are not signatories to any international court.
illegally btw.