“In an hourlong meeting last week, according to The New York Times, Trump spent 55 minutes telling some of his highest-ranking national security advisers that he wanted to abandon the Iran deal. Defense Secretary James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster convinced the president to maintain the agreement for now.”
Fire them, Mr. President, and do what you promised to do. You were right that this is the most disastrous deal an American President ever concluded. End it.
“Trump administration unveils new Iran sanctions,” by Katie Bo Williams, The Hill, July 18, 2017:
The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled a new slate of economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program and destabilizing actions in the region, the day after announcing that it will grudgingly recertify Tehran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement reached under former President Obama.
The U.S. Treasury Department designated 16 entities and individuals for supporting “illicit Iranian actors or transnational criminal activity,” according to a statement.
Some of those targeted had supported the Iranian military or Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by developing drones, fast attack boats and other military equipment. Others stole U.S. and western software programs, which were sold to the Iranian government, according to the statement.
The State Department separately designated two organizations involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
“This Administration will continue to aggressively target Iran’s malign activity, including their ongoing state support of terrorism, ballistic missile program, and human rights abuses,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
The sanctions, he said, “send a strong signal that the United States cannot and will not tolerate Iran’s provocative and destabilizing behavior. We will continue to target the IRGC and pressure Iran to cease its ballistic missile program and malign activities in the region.”
The administration is required to certify to Congress every 90 days that Tehran is sticking to the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement — a move that Trump made Monday, his second time since taking office.
But the president has expressed deep ambivalence about the agreement, which he repeatedly vowed to tear up on the campaign trail, and senior officials reportedly had to talk him into Monday’s announcement.
In an hourlong meeting last week, according to The New York Times, Trump spent 55 minutes telling some of his highest-ranking national security advisers that he wanted to abandon the Iran deal. Defense Secretary James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster convinced the president to maintain the agreement for now….
Oliver says
Obama and Clinton would have given Iran what they wanted and cash besides.
And our ally. France signed a $1billion deal tp develop a natural gas field for Iran
John Forbes says
END this OBAMA DEAL fast President TRUMP !!!
This is a horrible deal for us all to even imagine any DEMOCRATIC country aiding this BARBARIC CLERIC LED DEATH GLORIFYING MESS with anything !!
p says
iran gets nukes in this satanic deal
mohamonator says
Sensible move given the mullahocracys most recent outrage:
American scholar jailed in Iran is innocent, professor says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/american-scholar-jailed-in-iran-is-innocent-professor-says/2017/07/17/85f09db6-6b5e-11e7-abbc-a53480672286_story.html?utm_term=.87edbcfc501c
p says
let the post get him out
Walter Sieruk says
The company high executives ,by they of North America of Europe , must have no business ethics at all for dealing and commence and trade with those on power of that tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran which so inappropriately has the word “republic” in its title . Shame on those business executives for upholding that oppressive and vicious Islamic tyranny of Iran Those company executive for engaging in trade and commence with Iran ,thus further reinforcing this tyranny are despicable because of their unconscionable business activities .
To further expose just how wicked cruel murderous and oppressive this Islam regime actually is is revealed in this following essay.
That cruel and oppressive Islamic tyranny of Iran would not be support in any way. No excuses. Shame on those company Business executives with dealing with this regime. This Islamic dictatorship has its origin in the deception of the Iranian people. For this Islamic regime was based in the foundation of false and empty promises. As well as lying words. After the fiendish Muslim clerics obtained total power in Iran they showed their true colors by having their Islamic state police who are called the “Revolutionary Guards truest the people on Iran in many heinously brutal and ruthless ways. As, for example, their brutal, callous misogyny against both girls and women. This thesis statement is explained, in some detail, by the following. This tyrannical Islamic regime in Iran that so falsely and inappropriately has the word “republic” in its title. It should be made known that this called the “Iranian Revolution” turned out to be a hoax. Ayatollah Khomeini before achieving power in Iran in his lying and deceptions presented himself to the Iranian people as if he was someone who would be in power would give freedom to the people of Iran with any tyranny. The reality turned out to be just the opposite. As explained by a former Muslim as well as a man who took part in this Islamic “revolution “ ,who is now a Christian informs the reader of his book that “Prior to the Revolution no one ever imagined that other political parties would be suppressed under the rule of Ayatollah Khomeini. He had promised that all groups would have freedom to run their own campaigns after the Revolution. He even stated that governing system would be based on the decision of the people via a referendum. He never spoke of a system that would be governed by Islam. He even made clear that mullahs would not take part in any political activities, and that they would only be allowed to teach spirituality… Immediately after the Revolution, mullahs rushed into government offices to occupy the most important political l positions, making it difficult for the interim secular government to function … The mullah’s occupation of position was exactly the opposite to what the Ayatollah Khomeini had promised before the Revolution.”. [1] In other words, the insincere, disingenuous and outright lying Ayatollah Khomeini made many bogus promise he really had no intention of keeping. His lying deception worked, for he achieved great power in Iran.
Furthermore, of the many heinously evils outcome s of that Islamic “revolution” is the extremely cruel, brutal and demonic misogyny of this hideous Islamic regime. Not only against women but even young girls. As explained by a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard member who defected to the West and how now lives in America his book also informs the reader about the malicious and murderous affront girls in Iran’s Evin prison which reads that those in power ,the “paraded teenage girls in front in front of me as they led them to their deaths. These girls were barely out of their childhood, barely old enough to think of themselves, much less form thoughts against the state. They knew nothing about the machinations of politics. They were innocent in every sense of the word and certainty innocent of trumped –up charges that led to their imprisonment. Yet they suffered fates too brutal for even the most vicious criminal. ..Their few remaining moments of life had been filled with the level of abuse that few can imagine…The author further states “They tortured and killed young girls, in God’s name and before their execution they raped them because they believed that if a girl dies virgin, she will go to heaven, and they wanted to deny them this reward.” [2] This is as malice -filled and viciously wicked as can possibly be. This, very much, reflects the wisdom that was printed in POOR RICHARD’S ALMANACK by Benjamin Franklin . For it reads “Those who are feared are also hated
[1] ISLAM THE HOUSE I LEFT BEHIND by Daniel Shayesteh . Pages 90, 91
[2] A TIME TO BETRAY by Reza Kahlili. Pages 2,3. 117.
Peter Buckley says
It is ironic that a regime founded on “Islamic piety” should be the one to oversee the drug epidemic that now engulfs Iran:
http://www.unodc.org/islamicrepublicofiran/drug-prevention-treatment-and-hiv-aids.html
It is ironic that a regime founded on “Islamic piety” should oversee a dramatic decline in the country’s birth-rate:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10554866/Iran-attempts-to-reverse-falling-birth-rate.html
It is ironic that a regime founded on “Islamic piety” should oversee a dramatic decline in mosque attendance:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11776241/Friday-prayers-in-the-Islamic-Republic-of-Iran-but-where-are-the-worshippers.html
It is ironic that a regime founded on “Islamic piety” should oversee what has become known as a “tsunami of atheism” sweeping the country:
http://en.qantara.de/content/turning-away-from-shia-in-iran-a-tsunami-of-atheism
Clearly something’s afoot in Iran:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10624/free-iran
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10620/iran-regime-change
Does John Bolton have Trump’s ear?
.https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10695/trump-iran-nuclear-deal
Nic says
Hope not. Bolton is a foolish maniac.
Jack Holan says
When Iran develops in a year or two an Atomic bomb and have the North Koreans test it for them what will any Administration do at that time?
Importantly what Punishment will be meted out to ex-President Obama ?
He admitted to using the Media to lie to the American People. The Talking Points of Senators and Congressmen regarding PM Netanyahu’s realistic assessment were totally bogus and Obama knew this and it was critical for our Nation to hear the truth. The ex-Presidents private correspondence to the Ayatollahs during the push for internal freedom making certain guarantees. Surrounding and hiding all disclosure from the public regarding violations. Again what will be ex President Obama’s punishment if Iran develops a bomb on the schedule the Israel’s said? Also will we claw back all of his finically benefits from having been President?
Frank Anderson says
Jack, IN MY opinion Iran already has all it needs for nuclear weapons. Why would Iran need to accept the “heat” for having them publicly when it is allied with North Korea? Iran enriches “home-grown” uranium as high as it can get away with and then sends it to North Korea to finish into weapons. The “Little Boy” bomb that was used on Hiroshima needed a ball of U-235 about the size of a softball to explode. That was enriched by removing U-238 until the ball contained about 90 percent U-235. See THE BOOK published in the 1950’s, Fat Man and Little Boy, which I read in high school in the 60’s. Notice the chapter “Tickling the Dragon”.
So what prevents Iran from enriching in its 19,000 centrifuges 5 softballs, sending them to North Korea, which then takes them down to the 1 needed for a bomb? I predict Iran is funding North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs in exchange for NK services in arming Iran.
As far as punishment for those who did what they did? How about another Nobel Prize, a multi-million dollar book deal, and “donations” to foundations which spend 90 percent on “overheads” while throwing away 10 percent on “charities” that manage to lose the money? Of course there are those super hundred thousand dollar “speaking fees” and expenses. God may be the one to see this justice done. WJC, BHO and HRC were never under oath when lying to us. They had their fingers crossed whenever their lips move. Expecting any of them to tell the truth is as hopeless and futile as expecting a Muslim to tell the truth. It’s just not going to happen. May I suggest that we focus on what we can do to defeat and disappoint them in the future?
Jacqueleen says
President Trump must indict Obama as a fraud and negate all that he signed, sealed and delivered while wasting America’s precious time sitting in the Oval Office. Obama is demonic and certainly needs to be sent home.
Wulf says
This is all part of the show. Powers way over Trump’s head are keeping Iran volatile and ready. Old Persia will be a big player in things to come.
billybob says
“Trump spent 55 minutes telling some of his highest-ranking national security advisers that he wanted to abandon the Iran deal.” That’s stupid. It’s too late. It’s a done deal. The money was paid and Iran is not going to give it back. The horse has left the barn. The train has left the station. What does “undoing the deal” mean? You’ll never get the sanctions back that were originally in kept place by the 5 original partners to the deal – France, Russia, etc. Sanctions by the US alone won’t have any impact. It’s history now. So I guess Trump is just making noise to impress his constituents.
gravenimage says
Trump administration unveils new Iran sanctions
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Too watered down, of course–as noted, Trump is getting some *very* bad advice–but I am glad to see *any* new sanctions against Iran. A step in the right direction.
Joy D. Brower says
Trump’s advisors are Globalists of the first order, so their “allegiance” to Trump is only as strong as their desire to remain in his inner circle and influence his foreign policy decisions! From the get-go, people like Spencer and Geller – who are VERY much in the known about the insidious nature of Shariah, Jihad and the Islamic State in America – have warned that Trump’s choice of these men for his close and high-ranking advisors may have been ill-conceived and NOT conducive to a sane policy vis-a-vis Islam!
beel says
Sad case as the democrats still do not understand the ill effects of giving a country like Iran nukes.
Frank Anderson says
Beel, I suggest that Iran (the aggressor) is taking the opportunity to accumulate nuclear weapons. Appeasement, which starts with the aggressor instead of the appeaser, has been shown time and again in history to be essentially suicidal.
If a nuclear exchange gets started, and alliances come into play for automatic involvement and increased bombing, the automatic escalation of WWI will look paltry. To call the democrats’ utter ignorance and failure “sad” is really being polite. Permit me to suggest reading Herman Kahn’s book from the 1950’s On Thermonuclear War. If we survive the exchange we will probably see BILLIONS dead and civilization collapsed for centuries. What a pitiful legacy to leave future generations because we lack the insight, will and guts to act. Did this happen to India many thousands of years ago? This is a good time to both think and act.
M says
Fire entire Middle East except Israel.