Trump Trashes Iran Deal to Satisfy Netanyahu

[workinclasszero]

Trump Trashes Iran Deal to Satisfy Netanyahu
U.S-Iran policy is closer to Israel than it has been in years.
by Gareth Porter

President Donald Trump’s new Iran policy clearly represents a dangerous rejection of diplomacy in favor of confrontation. But it’s more than that: It’s a major shift toward a much closer alignment of U.S. policy with that of the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Whether explicitly or not, Trump’s vow to work with Congress to renegotiate the Iran nuclear agreement, and his explicit threat to withdraw from the deal if no renegotiation takes place, appear to be satisfying the hardline demands Netanyahu has made of Washington’s policy toward Tehran.

Now the Trump administration is playing out a new chapter in the drama of the Likudists and their patrons in Washington. Their objective is nothing less than using U.S. power to weaken Iran through military means if possible and economic sanctions if necessary. The remarkable thing is that Trump is cooperating even more eagerly than did Bush.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/10/21/trump-trashes-iran-deal-satisfy-netanyahu-0

[Wounded Bear]

1. Not good IMNSHO...

Israel has been drifting right for many years.

[workinclasszero]

2. Yep

The US military will be Bennie's surrogate military force in the Middle East.

Target no. 1 appears to be Iran. A war with them will make Bush's Iraq Adventure look like a walk in the park.

[BigmanPigman]

3. What ever happened to the corruption charges that

Netanyahu and his wife were involved with? I expected Bibi to be leaving by now.

[solara]

4. Wonder if this is part of the Tom Cotton deal

from a few years ago:

"Sen. Tom Cotton with PM Netanyahu in his Jerusalem office, September 31, 2015 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Senator Tom Cotton Received Nearly $1 Mil To Oppose Iran Deal
The group paid $960,250 to Cotton’s campaign, soon after which he lead the writing of an open-letter, signed by 47 Republicans, stating that a GOP White House would not adhere to any accords with Iran."



http://www.mintpressnews.com/senator-tom-cotton-received-nearly-1-mil-to-oppose-iran-deal/212632/

Seems like this is all connected

[Sneederbunk]

5. He and Netanyahu are as thick as thieves.