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Today is VE Day. A day where the war in Europe ended, and we started the long slog towards rebuilding Europe.
One of the things that came out of that was NATO.
If Trump kills the nuke deal with Iran, our allies (which is to also say NATO) will be seriously pissed. If Iran is smart, and they don't restart their nuke program, Europe will side with Iran and will give us the cold shoulder.
It will be another major blow to the transatlantic partnership that has kept that part of the world relatively stable since the end of WW2.
It will also undermine our efforts to get North Korea to end it's nuclear program, and improve China's position to create a situation that ignores the nuclear program, while drawing both Koreas into it's arms.
You could argue that China's approach is a good thing; and it might be. But crude dictatorships like NK don't last forever, and when they collapse it's often quite messy. Which means the mess could get quite nuclear.
Remove the propaganda, and the nuke deal is actually pretty good. We wanted to get Iran to stop, and they stopped. How often has Trump done what he set out to do as president? Besides tear the country apart, that is.
There is a decent chance Trump won't kill the deal. The benefits from killing the deal are negligible, and the costs would be considerable. But Trump is in a lot of trouble, and this is something the war lovers want, so they might get it.
One of the things that came out of that was NATO.
If Trump kills the nuke deal with Iran, our allies (which is to also say NATO) will be seriously pissed. If Iran is smart, and they don't restart their nuke program, Europe will side with Iran and will give us the cold shoulder.
It will be another major blow to the transatlantic partnership that has kept that part of the world relatively stable since the end of WW2.
It will also undermine our efforts to get North Korea to end it's nuclear program, and improve China's position to create a situation that ignores the nuclear program, while drawing both Koreas into it's arms.
You could argue that China's approach is a good thing; and it might be. But crude dictatorships like NK don't last forever, and when they collapse it's often quite messy. Which means the mess could get quite nuclear.
Remove the propaganda, and the nuke deal is actually pretty good. We wanted to get Iran to stop, and they stopped. How often has Trump done what he set out to do as president? Besides tear the country apart, that is.
There is a decent chance Trump won't kill the deal. The benefits from killing the deal are negligible, and the costs would be considerable. But Trump is in a lot of trouble, and this is something the war lovers want, so they might get it.