Chuck DarwinIn the first year of his second term, Trump bombed seven different countries:
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, Somalia, and Nigeria.
That’s not exactly a record of restraint, but it shows how he likes to operate.
NjjfThough Iran’s ballistic missiles and proxy groups are part of the official rationale,
Trump is focused on the country’s efforts to develop its nuclear capacity.
That’s why it’s so important to remember that we had an agreement with Iran that did, in fact,
constrain its nuclear program.
It was called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and it was painstakingly negotiated by the US, Russia, China, France, Germany, and the UK, and finalized in mid-2015.
In exchange for sanctions relief,
it put in place a monitoring system to ensure that Iran could not enrich uranium beyond what was necessary for civilian use.
(Iran has always claimed, not very persuasively, that it has no intention to build nuclear bombs.)
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