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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 18, 2020, 03:57:20 am
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Check this out and see after article please:
Europe Is Creating an Opportunity for Iran Talks, and Washington Should Take It
Charles Thépaut and Elana DeLozier
January 17, 2020
By triggering the nuclear deal’s dispute resolution mechanism, Britain, France, and Germany are opening diplomatic space that could help the United States and Iran return to the negotiating table.
In a press conference following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, President Trump reaffirmed his administration’s “maximum pressure†policy against Iran and asked, once again, for European countries to leave the nuclear deal. Meanwhile, Tehran announced what it called a “fifth and final remedial step†away from its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. In response, the British, French, and German foreign ministers stated on January 14 that they would trigger the JCPOA’s dispute resolution mechanism (DRM).
At the same time, however, the E3 clarified that they are not joining the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign, which has steadily intensified ever since the United States withdrew from the JCPOA and reimposed unilateral sanctions in 2018. Contrary to U.S. claims, the European decision will not immediately provoke “snapback†UN sanctions on Iran (though that scenario could unfold later if the E3 plan fails and Iran’s violations go before the UN Security Council). Instead, Europe is maintaining its evenhanded position somewhere between Washington and Tehran in order to preserve the possibility of new negotiations, on both the nuclear program and other regional issues.
Read more at: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/europe-is-creating-an-opportunity-for-iran-talks-and-washington-should-take (https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/europe-is-creating-an-opportunity-for-iran-talks-and-washington-should-take)
Ok, that sounds possibly reasonable, I heard one reasonable voice say what many say, the JCPOA (Iran Nuclear Deal) isn't perfect but it's still something. And one can read and read and many people might be persuaded, it should still be followed.
Well, Mike Doran whom many of us know said, if you want to know of someone who understands this deal well, a good source is Richard Goldberg (https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg)
Richard Goldberg
@rich_goldberg
Disagree strongly with this piece. The DRM should be nothing more than a way point on the path to snapback. No talks should take place before snapback is finalized and sunsets taken away. Certainly NO sanctions relief prior to a new deal being finalized. https://washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/europe-is-creating-an-opportunity-for-iran-talks-and-washington-should-take (https://washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/europe-is-creating-an-opportunity-for-iran-talks-and-washington-should-take)
3:32 PM · Jan 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1218284959414308867 (https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1218284959414308867)
So, it's good to have at least, a seemingly viable source concerning this discussion.
Then again, sounds like Goldberg worked some for the former Republican(in Name only) Governor of Illinois, Rauner. So, that's not a positive but what can one do I suppose. Blue States often have liberal Republicans, that's how they got elected. We will see.
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For the weenies of the left, talk is the answer to any and all problems;
ranging from migraine headache to nuclear proliferation.
The wise Ancients knew better; as their first action was to insure their
adversaries feared them.