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- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Trump Further Isolates America as Global Community Ignores & Ridicules Iran "Snapback" Sanctions
President Trump signed an executive order yesterday to impose a variety of sanctions on Iran, and other nations, individuals, and companies that sell them conventional arms, arguing that Tehran is in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [Iran Nuclear Deal]. The other signatories to the deal in Europe, Germany, France, and Britain, along with China, Russia and the European Union all responded by reminding Trump that because he withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
Trump Suffers Embarrassing Diplomatic Defeat at the UN After Alienating Most of Our Closest Allies
The United Nations Security Council voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reject the Trump administration's bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran despite months of lobbying by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Dominican Republic was the only other Security Council member voting in favor of the US resolution, signaling how isolated America has become internationally during the Trump years. The arms embargo, designed to prevent Iran from strengthening its conventional military
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
America's Envoy to Tehran Quits as Trump's Disastrous Iran Policy Continues to Unravel
Donald Trump's special envoy to Iran, Brian Hook, quit this week. Hook had been the face of the administration's disastrous Iran policy with the unenviable task of trying to coax the Iranians back to the negotiating table after Trump withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [Iran nuclear deal] and reimposed harsh economic sanctions. Hook's mission was to neuter Iran by forcing them to negotiate a new deal to give up their nuclear program, stop producing ballistic
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
The Reasons Why Americans Wisely Oppose Trump's Chaotic Iran Policy
We have been writing about the Trump administration's dangerously inept Iran policy for two years. And, several recent polls now show that the majority of Americans also oppose the President's policies. The most recent poll, released Friday by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News, found that 56% of eligible voters disapprove of Trump's handling of the situation with Iran, with only 43% approving. The respondents were also asked whether the administration's policies, including t
- Jan 9, 2020
- 3 min
Even GOP Doesn't Buy Trump's Reasons for Killing Soleimani, DT Less Trusted & RBG is Cancer-Free
Despite launching missiles at two US bases in Iraq, Iran bought themselves some good will yesterday by taking their revenge while allowing Donald Trump a face-saving way to back down from his earlier threats to escalate the conflict further. The assassination of Gen Qassem Suleimani was seen as an unnecessary and mindless provocation in much of the world, so Iran's measured response was applauded globally. It's pretty telling when Iran's generally brutish leaders are seen as
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Iran's Retaliation was Measured to Allow Trump to De-escalate the Conflict, But Will He?
Early today, Iran launched more than a dozen guided missiles at two US military bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of military commander, Qasem Soleimani. However, there are indications that Iran wants to de-escalate the conflict with the United States. First, they warned Iraq in advance of the attack which would have allowed time to get Iraqi and US forces to safety, and they also seem to have targeted areas of the bases that were unoccupied. Moreover, their
