The President kept another campaign promise by pulling the U.S. out of the Obama Iran nuclear deal. This of course, has caused outrage among the Left and all of “yesterday’s” political who’s who have come out with “the sky is falling” statements. According to them, the United States will never be trusted again on the world stage, our European partners will turn to our enemies for support, including trade and Iran will increase production of nuclear materials now. And the list goes on.
First, the United States didn’t really make a deal, not in the true since. This deal wasn’t even a treaty between nations because Obama never brought the deal to congress for ratification. This so called deal was between several nations and Obama. So, one man with a pen cut a deal with arguably our worst enemy. He gave them over a hundred billion dollars in US cash, released five terrorist being held in Gitmo and in return, Iran agreed to slow, not stop, their nuclear ambitions. In fact, the deal allowed Iran to produce nukes after seven years, so long as they comply with the terms of the deal; which they have not. Following the deal, Iran held 15 or more US sailors and videoed taped them on their knees with their hands over their heads. Following that, they continued to shoot off missiles and kill American soldiers in Syria and Iraq. All of these acts were strictly prohibited in the agreement. Obama and our European allies simply turned their heads as if none of this was happening.
The thing is; the Iran deal was nothing more than Obama attempting to boost his record as world peace president. Hs legacy was always more important to him than protecting America or the world, for that matter.
President Trump said, during his campaign “The Iran deal is the worst deal of all time.” He continued to say this after being elected and didn’t pull out of it until this week. I suspect because he finally, after 15 months in office, has surrounded himself with people that understand the danger of the agreement and as important, understand him.
Like North Korea, every president in my lifetime has stated that the U.S. will never allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. Also like North Korea, every president except this one has done nothing to truly stop the spread of these weapons. All presidents have talked a big game and in the process have given away hundreds of billions of tax payer dollars trying to buy their way out of these threats. In each case, they have come up empty handed. In all cases these two countries have out-smarted us and have gone back on their word. Reagan’s “trust but verify” was never followed by Bush one, Bush two, Clinton, and certainly not Obama.
When Trump came into office, North Korea was shooting of ballistic missiles that can reach the mainland and an Iran deal that provides Iran with approval to go full-nuclear in seven years. Obama’s deal with Iran only prevented Iran’s nuclear ambitions during Obama’s terms, but not the next President’s term. How anyone can feel good about that deal is frightening. How a U.S. President can have the power to provide billions of dollars to a country that publically proclaims “Death to America” on a regular basis is mind boggling. They burn our flag, burn pictures of our presidents and kill our men and women regularly. I would argue that Obama committed treason. He certainly did not make America or the world safer with this fake deal.
While the Left scream the world is coming to an end, I would say that President Trump, by backing out of the deal, simply reset the field with Iran (and the world) back to reality. It does no one any good to keep our heads in the sand pretending that Iran is playing fair and everything is fine. For God’s sake, Obama’s deal didn’t even allow us to inspect their military nuclear sites. So much for the verify part of the deal.
Other than Israel who praised the president and had all but begged Obama not to agree to the deal, all of our European allies have denounced the president and announced their desire to continue the deal. China and Russia of course like the deal.
In June, President Trump will meet with North Korea’s leader to discuss the complete dismantling of their nuclear program. Finally we have a President that does believe in trust but verify. This meeting will provide promises we can agree with but it will also ensure results; or their will be no deal. In the meantime, heavy sanctions will be reinstated with Iran. Those sanctions will be held in place until Iran comes back to the table or worse case, see the complete forced destruction of their nuclear sites. While all of this is scary and dangerous, pretending that there is no issue is far more dangerous. Ignoring a country who tells you that they want to kill you is not an option. Remember, the only way to stop a bully is to be a bigger bully.
The Europeans will come around. They are always slow on the uptake. Trust me, they need us far more than we need them. China will do nothing and Russia, who continue to pretend they are big boy players on the world stage are weak, broke and will also be defeated if they engage in this battle.
Trump did the right thing. Allowing this deal to continue, would have forced us to provide nuclear weapons to Israel and Saudi Arabia. How would a Middle East filled with nuclear capabilities make the world a safer place?
The entire region has been at war with each other all of my life (and long before that). If you think that the president’s cancellation of the Iran agreement is frightening, picture these crazy ass people all having nukes.
While I don’t want to get ahead of myself because there is much to do, I believe the world and history will be kind to the President and the United States for standing up against these small rouge nations whose history is to cause death and destruction both inside and outside their borders.
The Left has been proven wrong at every turn and the outcome of this move by Trump will be no different. Keep the faith and never say whoa during a hard pull.
