John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN (AND QUICKLY REMOVED BY EDITORS)
“An open letter to the US Congress: don’t let Trump rip up the Iran deal
“It was a major breakthrough, drastically reducing the risk of a nuclear arms race. Abandoning it now will do lasting damage”
My God, yes.
Iran has scrupulously adhered to the treaty.
Every expert knows that.
Only a warmonger like Netanyahu wants things otherwise, and he has been ceaselessly pressuring Trump and his officials and influential Congressmen on this.
Yes, that's the same Netanyahu of the Passover Massacre of unarmed Palestinians demonstrating against their imprisonment, as well as of two previous massacres.
Abrogating the treaty opens a Pandora's box of ugly possibilities.
Who can have faith in the future negotiating with a nation, the US, that acts in this way?
Iran also has alternative avenues concerning nuclear weapons it could pursue if pushed, very much including working with China.
This idea is just brutally stupid, but being brutally stupid hasn't stopped a set of wars, the Neocon Wars, which have killed about two million people, sent millions fleeing as refugees, and achieved very little that is meaningful.
And those wars, intended to give "birth to a new Middle East," are very much the love children of Netanyahu and his predecessor Ariel Sharon.
