Trump Nearly Pulled the Plug On the Iran Nuclear Deal (But Didn't)

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As I reported yesterday, the administration begrudgingly certified that Iran was in compliance with the nuclear deal that an ankle-gripping Obama administration capitulated to. This deal is essentially a crap sandwich handed to the Trump administration by Obama. The deal was frontloaded so Iran got billions in cash and sanctions relief up front while the counterparties–at least those interested in restraining Iran–had to wait for nearly a decade for the agreement to be worth anything. Trump was vociferous about how bad the deal was on the campaign trail and his bad humor in re-certification was obvious. As it turned out, the re-certification nearly didn’t happen.....

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/07/18/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-certification/?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow_RedState&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

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Top officials like Mr. Tillerson and Mr. Mattis have expressed concern about the effect on American relations with European allies if Mr. Trump were to unilaterally pull out, especially after he already announced his intention to back out of the Paris climate change accord that Europeans strongly support.

Too damn bad.  The region has been an absolute mess for 100 years because of our 'allies' and the creation/management of these nations by them, post WWI.