DONALD TRUMP HAS SUGGESTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT HE PLANS
ON SCRAPPING THE NUCLEAR DEAL THAT THE UNITED STATES MADE WITH
IRAN.
OF COURSE THIS HAS TO DO WITH IRAN ENRICHING URANIUM, AND
HOW A DEAL WAS STRUCK DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BETWEEN
THE U.S. AND IRAN TO SCRAP THAT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.
DONALD TRUMP
AND REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT LIKED THAT PROGRAM, THEY BELIEVE THE
U.S. RECEIVED THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.
HERE IS TROPICS PLANNING THAT.
I DON'T THINK IRAN IS IN COMPLIANCE, WE WROTE THEM A
TOUGH LETTER AS YOU KNOW TO THE CONGRESS, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE
IN COMPLIANCE, BUT WE HAVE TIME AND WE WILL SEE, WE PUT DOWN A
LOT OF POTENTIAL DEFAULT SITUATIONS.
I DON'T THINK THEY
ARE LIVING UP TO THE SPIRIT OF THE AGREEMENT.
I THINK IT'S A
HORRIBLE AGREEMENT, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
AGREEMENT AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE
AGREEMENT IN COMPLIANCE, AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE SOME
VERY STRONG THINGS TAKING PLACE IF THEY DON'T GET
THEMSELVES IN COMPLIANCE.
THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
THAT ACCORDING TO THE U.N.'S NUCLEAR
WATCHDOG, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS.
I NEVER
UNDERSTOOD WHY REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS.
IS IT BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO INVADE IRAN?
DO THEY WANT ANOTHER WAR?
BECAUSE
THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE
DETAILS.
FIRST OF ALL, KEEP IN MIND THE U.S. JUST EXTENDED
SANCTIONS RELIEF FOR IRAN AS PART OF THE 2015 NUCLEAR
AGREEMENT, WHICH TRUMP DESCRIBED AS THE WORST DEAL EVER.
WE
IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON IRAN BECAUSE THEY WERE ENRICHING
URANIUM, THEN WE CAME TO A DEAL WHERE THEY WOULD STOP ENRICHING
IT FOR NUCLEAR PURPOSES, THEN WE WOULD GET TO CONSTANTLY CHECK IN
ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY AREN'T HIDING AN ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM WE ARE UNAWARE OF --
UNDER THIS IRAN DEAL, TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS AND LET YOU
KNOW HOW INVASIVE IT IS FOR IRAN, AND AGAIN THEY ARE
COMPLYING -- IRAN IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INSPECTORS FROM THE
U.N.'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOG, AND --
WHAT IS THE ISSUE, WHY DO WE KEEP GOING BACK TO CRITICIZING
THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL?
IF YOU WANT TO INVADE AND GO TO WAR, I
CAN SEE WHY YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
BUT IF THEY ARE COMPLYING THEN
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
THE
ISSUE IS THAT IT HAPPENED TO BE FOR THIS DEAL EVER STARTED.
HE HATES EVERYTHING OBAMA DID, THAT'S IT.
AND NETANYAHU, IN ORDER TO HAVE HIS FRIENDSHIP, FROM THE
BEGINNING, HAS SAID THIS IS A BAD DEAL.
HE SAID IT ALL
THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA LEADING UP TO THIS UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HE DOESN'T LIKE THE DEAL, HE DOESN'T LIKE
--
THAT WE AREN'T FIGHTING HIS WAR?
NO, HE THINKS IT IMPERILS ISRAEL'S SECURITY, IF YOU ARE
THE PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY YOU WANT YOUR COUNTRY TO BE SECURE,
BUT HIS REASONING IS THAT ONCE IT EXPIRES IRAN CAN GO MAKE MORE
NUCLEAR WARHEADS, AND IT DOESN'T GO ON IN PERPETUITY.
FINE, BUT
EVERY DEAL IS LIKE THAT.
AND IF THEY ARE DOING THAT AND BECOMING
PART OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND THINGS ARE GOING IN THE PROPER
DIRECTION, THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THEY WANT.
IT'S A DEAL
FOR IRAN TOO, THEY ARE GETTING SOMETHING FOR IT, THEY AREN'T
GIVING IT UP FOR NOTHING.
THE OTHER PART THAT'S SO ABSURD WHEN
YOU HEAR TRUMP SAY IT, HE CAN'T JUST END IT.
THIS IS THE P5 PLUS
1.
BECAUSE HE LOVES NETANYAHU, BECAUSE NETANYAHU LOVES KUSHNER,
AND BECAUSE TRUMP WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING, LIKE MARK SAID,
THAT'S AGAINST WHAT OBAMA DID FROM START TO FINISH, THAT IS
HIS MOTIVATION, IT ALL GOES BACK TO BEING MADE FUN OF, IF YOU
ASKED ME AND I SAID IT BEFORE, AT THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, SO EVERYTHING HE'S DONE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN MOTIVATED IN A LITTLE WAY BY THAT.
THERE
IS NO QUESTION HE CAN'T DO THIS ON HIS OWN, BUT HE HAS NETANYAHU
IN HIS CORNER, NETANYAHU IS BEING VOCAL, AND ISRAEL
DOESN'T WANT TO THINK IT'S A DANGER TO THEM.
THE REASON IRAN AGREED TO THIS DEAL WAS BECAUSE THE SANCTIONS
WE IMPOSED WERE CRIPPLING THEM.
THEY WERE SO DESPERATE TO LIFT
THE SANCTIONS THAT THEY AGREED TO THIS DEAL.
SO IF THE FEAR IS,
OKAY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE TIME LIMIT OF THE DEAL RUNS OUT, THEN
YOU IMPOSE SANCTIONS IF THEY START ENRICHING URANIUM AGAIN.
WHY IS THAT DIFFICULT?
NETANYAHU'S RESPONSE, OR HIS
PERSPECTIVE, IS LET'S GO GET THEM.
BUT NO.
IRAN CONTINUES TO FUND HEZBOLLAH.
THAT'S ALSO PART OF
IT.
MAKING A DEAL WITH IRAN, FOR NETANYAHU AS A BLACK-AND-WHITE
PERSON, THAT'S INSUFFERABLE, WHICH MAKES HIM INSUFFERABLE.
ISRAEL'S VIEW OF IRAN IS DIFFERENT.
WE ARE NOT ISRAEL, WE
ARE THE USA, WE ARE DEALING WITH A PRESIDENT WHO, IF HE SEES
OBAMA'S FINGERPRINTS ON ANYTHING, WANTS TO UNDO IT.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE, THAT
TRUMP RHETORIC, WHICH GOT HIM SUCH ATTENTION ON THE STUMP --
THIS IS A LOUSY DEAL, THIS IRAN DEAL IS AWFUL --
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS IN THE DEAL.
OBAMACARE IS A TERRIBLE DEAL -- EXACTLY.
ANA IS RIGHT, HE HAS
NO IDEA WHAT THIS IRAN DEAL IS.
IF HE HAD WATCHED A FEW EPISODES
OF TYT HE WOULD KNOW MORE THAN HE DOES NOW BECAUSE WE BROKE IT
DOWN.
ANA IS RIGHT, IRAN IS SO MOTIVATED TO STAY ON THE
STRAIGHT AND NARROW BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WERE TOUGH.
SANCTIONS WORK.
I UNDERSTAND THE TOUGH RHETORIC BECAUSE THAT'S
ALL HE DOES, THAT APPEALS TO HIS BASE AND ALL THAT CRAP.
BUT YOU
ARE RIGHT, IT BORDERS ON SABER RATTLING THAT HE DOES.
I THINK
HE FEELS EMPOWERED IN THE MOMENT BUT THE DAMAGE IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND IN THIS CASE IT HAS THE VIRTUE OF NOT BEARING ANY
RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT IS GOING ON.
AS YOU SAY IRAN IS ALREADY
FOLLOWING THE DEAL.
IF TRUMP MATCHED HIS TOUGH TALK WITH DETAILS OF WHAT HE
BELIEVES IS BAD ABOUT THE DEAL MAYBE I WOULD BE MORE RECEPTIVE
TO IT.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT THE DEAL ENTAILS,
HE IS NEVER SPECIFIC ABOUT IT, ALL HE DOES IS TEAR IT APART AND
SAY IT'S A BAD DEAL.
BUT A BAD DEAL FOR WHOM?
WE ARE GETTING
EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT, WHICH IS IRAN STOPPING THEIR NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
HIS RHETORIC HAS REAL
RAMIFICATIONS, BECAUSE THE WAY HE HAS HANDLED NORTH KOREA SO
FAR HAS LED TO FEARS THAT THINGS WILL ESCALATE, THINGS WILL GET
BAD WITH NORTH KOREA.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY ENGAGE IN SOME SORT
OF NUCLEAR WAR WITH NORTH KOREA.
AND THE FACT THAT HE'S HANDLING
IRAN IN A SIMILAR FASHION AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH US IS
DISCOURAGING, AND MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE
CAN'T GET INVOLVED IN ANOTHER WAR.
IRAN HAD A PRESIDENT WHO WAS SORT OF A DONALD TRUMP-ISH
CHARACTER.
HE WOULD GO ON WITH THIS STUFF -- ISRAEL SHOULD BE
DRIVEN INTO THE SEA, ALL THE JEWS WITH IT -- HE HAD TOUGH
TALK TOWARD AMERICA AS WELL, AND WE SORT OF REALIZED AFTER A
WHILE THAT WE COULD COMPARTMENTALIZE HIM, HE WASN'T
RECOGNIZED BY IRAN AS SOMEONE WHO KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT, HE WAS SORT OF THE DRUNK UNCLE ON THANKSGIVING.
I WONDER
IF TRUMP ALSO CAN'T FIND HIS WAY TO THAT PLACE IN TERMS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL RHETORIC.
BUT FOREIGN NATIONS CAN'T IMPACT THE WAY WE THINK AS MUCH
HERE AS WE DID IN IRAN.
FAIR ENOUGH.
ALTHOUGH I WOULD THINK THAT THE FOREIGN RIDICULE WOULD
RESONATE WITH SOME PEOPLE, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T. THE ANALOGY
IS STRONG BUT I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING HERE THE SAME WAY IT
HAPPENED THERE.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING TO
REMEMBER, IS THAT THEY GOT A NEW LEADER, AND NETANYAHU AND THE
WAY ISRAEL LOOKS AT THAT, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, WE ARE
DIFFERENT THAN ISRAEL.
ISRAEL HAS LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR NOT
TRUSTING ANYTHING IRAN DOES AT ANY TIME.
WE, ON THE OTHER HAND,
ARE DIFFERENT.
WE ARE LOOKING OVER THESE INSPECTIONS, WE ARE
PART AND PARCEL OF WHY IT HAPPENED, AND I THINK THAT'S THE
BEST POINT OF THIS PANEL, IS THE ONE YOU MADE, MARK, WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT THIS DIFFERENTLY AND CAN'T BE PAWNS.
THEY LOVE TO CONTROL THE WAY WE THINK, OTHER LEADERS, AND
WITH TRUMP RUSSIA CAN DO IT, ISRAEL CAN DO IT.
TRUMP CLAIMED HE WAS ALL ABOUT AMERICA FIRST, THIS
NONINTERVENTIONIST FOREIGN POLICY IDEA THAT HE HAS NOT
FOLLOWED THROUGH ON IT ALL.
IN FACT HE ESCALATED DRONE STRIKES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, HE ESCALATED NOT JUST BUSH ERA POLICIES BUT
OBAMA ERA POLICIES IN REGARD TO THE MIDDLE EAST, WE ARE FIGHTING
SAUDI ARABIA'S WAR IN YEMEN -- HOW MANY RESOURCES OF OURS WILL
BE UTILIZED FOR WARS WE SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN?
I GET
IT, ISRAEL HAS LEGITIMATE CONCERNS -- WE ARE ISRAEL.
RIGHT
NOW IRAN IS FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THEIR PORTION OF THE DEAL,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO PLAN ON DOING IN
OCTOBER WHEN THAT DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE.
BUT I DO WANT TO
HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN, HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL OF THE U.S. RENEGING ON THE I RUN DEAL.
WE ARE AGAINST ANY TYPE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION, AS
WELL AS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND WE BELIEVE THEY MUST BE DESTROYED
TO THE WORLD.
SO OUR POSITIONS ARE CLEAR.
ARMS RACES AREN'T
ACCEPTABLE TO US IN ANY REGION, AND WE SEE THAT AS
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
LET'S GO TO GRAPHIC 13, HE ALSO SAID --
I AGREE.
PULLING OUT WOULD BE USELESS, I THINK IT WOULD BE
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
HE MADE A GREAT POINT IN REGARD TO NORTH KOREA, HE SAID
LISTEN, IF THE WORLD SEES THE UNITED STATES DOES THIS WITH A
DEAL AS THEY ARE DOING, THREATENING TO, WITH IRAN, WHY
WOULD NORTH KOREA OR ANY COUNTRY, SYRIA OR MYANMAR, GET
INTO DEALS WITH THE UNITED STATES IF ALL THEY ARE GOING TO
DO IS RENEGE ONCE YOU ARE COMPLYING WITH THEM?
THIS JUST IN, AMERICA GUARANTEES YOUR SECURITY, WE GO
IN WITH TROOPS, AND THEN WHEN THE GOING GETS ROUGH AND WE MILK
THE SITUATION FOR ALL WE CAN, WE PULL OUT.
WE ARE VIEWED WIDELY
THAT WAY, WE'VE LET DOWN COUNTRIES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
I WOULD ARGUE WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE TO BEGIN WITH, THAT'S
A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT MY POINT IS THE WAY AMERICA IS
PERCEIVED, MICHAEL IS RIGHT, THIS AGREEMENT COULD BE SEEN IN
THE SAME WAY FUTURE AGREEMENTS COULD, WHICH IS AS WORTHLESS.
AND GO THE OTHER WAY, SURE WE WILL AGREE TO SOMETHING AS THE
U.S., WE KNOW YOU AREN'T SERIOUS, THAT WAS THE LAST GUY,
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF FOLLOWING THROUGH.
IF TRUMP WERE
REALLY A BUSINESSMAN, AND WE KNOW HE ISN'T, HE'S JUST A BRAND
AND A TOUGH TALKING, VACUOUS GUY WHO HAS MANAGED TO SKATE HIS WAY
INTO OFFICE, HE WOULD KNOW THE VALUE OF FOLLOWING THROUGH ON
THESE CONTRACTS.
IT MAKES NO SENSE ON ANY LEVEL.
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