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This is, of course, one of the Western Power's goals behind the nuclear accord, viz., to bring Iran back into the Western orbit. I hope you don't mind my speaking the truth: You're an idiot!

You can safely ignore any number Trump quotes. Chances are he pulled it straight from his ass.

A mistake clear and simple. The Obama administration made a number of big mistakes. Nothing in comparison to the Trump administration of course.

I certainly would not agree with that. I doubt that you can support that statement with anything other then anecdote or hearsay. but I am prepared to listen. The IAEA had Iraq exactly right. Their work there proved outstanding. And at 78 million per year versus 4 trillion.

It could be read that way.

with five other nations and the United Nations of course. Probably "on his own" is not exactly what you meant.

Many here seem to believe that The Nuclear Accord with Iran was just something dreamed up by Obama who sent Kerry to implement it. The United States took the initiative in negotiating among the parties, but the Accord was by no means a unilateral accord between the Obama administration and...

Of course treaties are not statutory law, but they become, nevertheless, "the supreme land of the land" much in the same way a statute is. As a practical matter some treaties do affect domestic law and others do not. Congress may pass laws that are needed to implement a treaty. The President...

the word collusion has a negative connotation so most would not use that word to describe efforts to keep the U.S. in the Iran agreement. A word that means much the same thing as collusion but with a positive connotation is "cooperation". This is the lovely thing about the English language...

jem, I hate to burst your bubble, but for most treaties, especially bi-lateral agreements, there is no formal enforcement body, such as for example the WTO, that will come down on any nation that fails to live up to the agreement they have signed. And even when a nation party to an agreement...

Ir can be. And so can Formal Treaties approved by the Senate! Again, see Carter and 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan.

That's a correct account as far as it goes but it omits the many months of diplomatic effort prior. And it would not have been difficult had Israel been a party; it would have been impossible. Why do you think that Obama worked together with Kerry to bring this about as an executive agreement...

Whether it was an 'Executive Agreement" or a Treaty has no bearing on whether it can be scrapped without Congress's approval. cf, Carter and mutual Defense treaty with Taiwan, 1954.

I love both the U.S. AND Canada.

This is absolutely true. Not only is the U.S. the most hypocritical nation, it is also by far the worst terrorist nation. The first step in regaining respect from other nations is to recognize its faults. The second step is to stop commiting the same crimes over and over..

Yes I do. The Marshal plan was only somewhat difficult to sell to the U.S. and it's allies. Nothing comparable to the diplomatic achievement of the Iran deal, and what is at stake -- Nuclear war. Diplomatically the Iran Deal was an Amazing achievement. Reagan Gorbachev INF, no comparison...

Jem, you at at heart a good man. I am pleased to see that you are recognizing that Trump is not what he pretends to be -- that he is not going to do for our country what we would hope he would do.

There is a disappointing amount of truth in what you posted. Russia has been working on trying to foment discord among the Western alliance of nations since at least 2009. Long before Trump decided to run. But as it turned out, their efforts were brilliant in design and realization. Kudos to...

They were both horrible decisions. What makes Trumps Iran decision such a disaster is the discarding of one of the Greatest Achievements of U.S. Diplomacy in our nations history. And for what? To please Trump's creditors, i.e., Putin and his friends, who control Trumps access to money?

Peace and stability is obviously not driving the decision making in these countries. Were it , they would not be constantly at war with each other. That seems quite self-evident.