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"Iran and Trump:

 
Emir 2019-07-09 23:18:09 

The fuel Iran is making now will be used in its reactor at Bushehr, which requires fuel enriched to just below five per cent, so this is not a very big breach of the treaty. Indeed, Iran says it is not a breach at all, quoting the part of the JCPOA that says a party can “cease performing its commitments… in whole or in part” in the event of “significant non-performance” by any of the other parties.

You could say certainly argue that the United States “ceased performing its commitments… in whole or in part’’ by abandoning the JCPOA, imposing extremely harsh trade sanctions on Iran, and trying to force everybody else to stop trading with it too, but there would be no point. This is about power, not legality or fairness, and the United States has the power.

The US has used its power to force most of the other countries that signed the treaty to stop trading with Iran too, even though they knew that Iran was meeting all its obligations. Unfortunately, it’s not “Germany’’ or “France’’ that trades with Iran; it’s German and French companies, which will not be allowed to buy or sell in the US if they trade with Iran.


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BeatDball 2019-07-09 23:44:19 

I see it coming...there will be WAR! Take that from a man who would have, at least, be the rank of a Major in the New York Army National Guard...but, for his stupid & impetuous disposition, quit as a 1st Lieutenant!
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