They're at it again. The left has "experts" who are commenting on foreign affairs based upon phony facts. This Fake News commentary is a common feature on the mainstream media. Today's installment is an article by "expert" Stephen Walt in Foreign Policy in which Walt claims that nationa around the world cannot trust the USA to do what it says it will do. According to Walt, it was broken promises by the USA that led to the current level of bad blood between the USA and Russia; more broken promises by the USA that led to the development of North Korean nuclear weapons, and even more broken promises by the USA that led to German reunification decades ago. Walt goes further to claim that under President Trump the USA has become even less trusted than it was under the presidents who came before him. It sure sounds like the USA is totally dishonest as Walt puts it.
Still, this is complete nonsense. Indeed, all you need to hear is one sentence from the Walt analysis to understand just how delusional this "expert" really is. Walt says that the USA does not trust those with whom it deals. That is the reason for what Walt calls "the extraordinarily stringent inspection regime incorporated into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran." In truth, there is almost no meaningful inspection regime in the JCPOA. Iran has, in fact, refused to allow ANY inspection of activities on its military posts. That means that if Iran is enriching uranium for bombs at sites located at military bases (the most likely location for such activities), not so much as a single inspector can review that activity. Walt calls this "extraordinarily stringent" but in reality it is closer to "nonexistent".
It's ironic to have these so called experts doing an analysis of all of the supposed misdeeds of the USA when they don't even understand the facts.
Still, this is complete nonsense. Indeed, all you need to hear is one sentence from the Walt analysis to understand just how delusional this "expert" really is. Walt says that the USA does not trust those with whom it deals. That is the reason for what Walt calls "the extraordinarily stringent inspection regime incorporated into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran." In truth, there is almost no meaningful inspection regime in the JCPOA. Iran has, in fact, refused to allow ANY inspection of activities on its military posts. That means that if Iran is enriching uranium for bombs at sites located at military bases (the most likely location for such activities), not so much as a single inspector can review that activity. Walt calls this "extraordinarily stringent" but in reality it is closer to "nonexistent".
It's ironic to have these so called experts doing an analysis of all of the supposed misdeeds of the USA when they don't even understand the facts.
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