Senator Bernie Sanders has written an article for The Guardian in which he proclaims that by withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, President Trump has placed the USA "on the path to war". I didn't know that. And I have to add that after reading Bernie's analysis, I still don't know that. Indeed, other than being good for a laugh or two, reading Bernie's views was a waste of time.
For example, according to Bernie, the JCPOA (as the Iran deal is known) has stringent inspection mechanisms to prevent Iran from developing nukes. That's pretty funny. Since the JCPOA was signed, Iran has refused to allow any inspectors from any agency or country to have access to any military installation across the entire country of Iran. Think about that for a moment. What's the most likely place for Iran to carry out its nuclear weapons program? Will the scientists be in an old warehouse in Teheran or on a military base where they can be protected by the Iranian army? Well, Iran would allow inspections at the warehouse where the program is certainly NOT located, but there are NO inspections at those military bases where the program certainly is located. In short, the supposedly "stringent inspection mechanisms" do not exist. Bernie is either a fool or a liar.
Bernie also says that the President's withdrawal from the JCPOA will make war with North Korea likely. After all, why would Kim Jung Un agree to any deal with the USA when the next president could just pull the country out of the deal? Of course, that's where Bernie's true dishonesty really comes into the light. The JCPOA is not a treaty of the USA. It is an executive deal that never got the two-thirds agreement in the Senate required to make it the law of the land. President Obama avoided taking the deal to the Senate as a treaty because he knew that the senators would not approve it. Obama set it up as something that could be rescinded easily by any future president. North Korea can insist that the senate ratify any deal in the future and then it will be a treaty.
The reality is that the JCPOA gives Iran approval to develop nukes in just seven years from now. That is the real path to war. What President Trump is doing is trying to stop that from happening.
Someone should really tell Bernie to check his facts.
For example, according to Bernie, the JCPOA (as the Iran deal is known) has stringent inspection mechanisms to prevent Iran from developing nukes. That's pretty funny. Since the JCPOA was signed, Iran has refused to allow any inspectors from any agency or country to have access to any military installation across the entire country of Iran. Think about that for a moment. What's the most likely place for Iran to carry out its nuclear weapons program? Will the scientists be in an old warehouse in Teheran or on a military base where they can be protected by the Iranian army? Well, Iran would allow inspections at the warehouse where the program is certainly NOT located, but there are NO inspections at those military bases where the program certainly is located. In short, the supposedly "stringent inspection mechanisms" do not exist. Bernie is either a fool or a liar.
Bernie also says that the President's withdrawal from the JCPOA will make war with North Korea likely. After all, why would Kim Jung Un agree to any deal with the USA when the next president could just pull the country out of the deal? Of course, that's where Bernie's true dishonesty really comes into the light. The JCPOA is not a treaty of the USA. It is an executive deal that never got the two-thirds agreement in the Senate required to make it the law of the land. President Obama avoided taking the deal to the Senate as a treaty because he knew that the senators would not approve it. Obama set it up as something that could be rescinded easily by any future president. North Korea can insist that the senate ratify any deal in the future and then it will be a treaty.
The reality is that the JCPOA gives Iran approval to develop nukes in just seven years from now. That is the real path to war. What President Trump is doing is trying to stop that from happening.
Someone should really tell Bernie to check his facts.
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