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In reply to the discussion: If the Iran nuclear deal holds and becomes a lasting legacy (knock on wood) [View all]libbyliberal
(14 posts)At the risk of disturbing Dem crony truthiness Thursdays announcement of the normalization of Irans civil nuclear program deserves more examination than a myopic re-utterance of untrustworthy propagandized reports from mainstream media, whether MSNBC or Fox or even NewsHour, CNN, etc.
Iran and the the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Germany spent 8 days bargaining. The final agreement is to be made June 30th.
The US and western nations are hungry to bring Iran into their imperialistic thrall. They are willing to put painful restrictions on Iran still and on the back burner will remain the threat of war for Iran. Iran is one more country on their bloody clipboard for world domination to the benefit of the ruling class elite and the disintegration of the quality of life or often very lives of the rest of global humanity.
So apparently according to Keith Jones on wsws the Atomic Energy Agency has carte blanche to enter for inspection any site or facility in Iran they deem suspicious. For the next 10 years Iran can only operate 1/4 of their centrifuges and of those they must operate at an exceptionally slow pace. Irans civil nuclear infrastructure is to be destroyed or removed. It must be rebuilt to guarantee no production of plutonium at a weapons grade level.
Cruel US and EU sanctions will be suspended but NOT removed permanently. The suspension will not take place until ALL of the conditions are met by Iran. If the US or EU are dissatisfied with any particular lack of Iranian compliance the sanctions snap back into place (Keith Jones words).
Keith Jones writes:
At a White House press conference early Thursday afternoon, Obama touted the agreement as a huge diplomatic coup for the US, while boasting that Iran had been brought to heel by the toughest sanctions in history.
Yeah, all the Iranians who suffered so under those sanctions. Be proud America! America wears the white hat? I don't think so.
Jones emphasizes that Obama also emphasized that if Iran did not fully and continuously comply, all options would be on the table, Obamas favorite way of messaging the threat of war. Nice diplomacy. And those idiot Repubs think Obama is anti-war. How surreally idiotic when quite the opposite is true and tragically obvious.
Jones also asserts:
"Obama went out of his way to reassure the USs traditional Mideast allies, especially Israel and Saudi Arabia. He announced that he is inviting the leaders of the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council to a summit at Camp David. Later he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reportedly told him that there is no daylight (between us) when it comes to our support for Israels security and our concerns about Irans destabilizing policies."
Yeah, Obama is some mensch. NOT!!! Let's grovel before two of the most anti-human countries on the globe, present country being the third.
Like the bullshit about working for a two-state solution with Palestine that was a big lie spun for so long, Obama works so very hard at impression management when his and the US realpolitik -- whether Dem hypocritical faux lesser evilism or batsh*t Republican crazy war lust stridency -- is profoundly amoral and murderous.
my take.
best, libby