Thank-you Mr. President! De-certification was the only responsible choice at this point. Once the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) announced last month that they were unable to formally confirm that the Iranians are in compliance, the Trump administration simply had no option BUT to de-certify – in other words, to officially declare the Islamic Republic to be in violation of Obama’s infamous Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

 
As I wrote last July when he re-certified, the president definitely seemed to back-peddling on his strong opposition to this disastrous deal. This latest IAEA declaration has really left him no other option. As Sen. Ted Cruz pointed out earlier this month ~

“The IAEA’s admission that they are unable to verify a fundamental provision under the nuclear deal—that the Iranians are not engaging in activities or using equipment to develop a nuclear explosive device—is highly alarming. In these circumstances, issuing a compliance certification would be serious mistake,” Cruz said.
 
“If the Iranians are serious about a peaceful program, they need to prove it. Iran’s continued refusal to allow IAEA access to military sites—a clear requirement of the terms of the deal—renders the JCPOA utterly ineffective, and, even worse, a sham that only facilitates Iran’s acquiring nuclear weapons,” Cruz said. “This absence of any meaningful verification is yet another reason to vitiate this foolhardy agreement.”

 
Who knows where Trump was getting his advice from the first two times the JCPOA came up for re-certification (a quarterly process). But good to hear him finally sounding like the guy who was campaigning for his office two years ago, once again unafraid to speak the truth: Iran Remains “Foremost” State Sponsor of Global Terrorism
 

Although senior Trump strategist, Sebastian Gorka resigned two months ago, perhaps the president is finally listening to the veteran national security expert on Iran ~

The nuclear deal served as a particular boon to Iran’s vision for a Shia-dominated Middle East, in which the Islamic Republic can rule the region.
 
“The American government’s strategy to defeat Sunni jihadism must not play into the hands of Shia jihadism,” according to Gorka. “All the more so after the billions of dollars released by the last White House back into the coffers of Tehran.”
 
“A nuclear Caliphate informed by an apocalyptic vision of Islamic salvation will not succumb to the logic of nuclear deterrence and the prior stability of Mutually Assured Destruction,” Gorka states. “Action must be taken now to obviate the establishment a nuclear-capable Shia Caliphate. Recertification of the Potemkin Accord that is the JCPOA (Iran) Deal will not stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.”

Mr. Trump is now essentially handing the JCPOA mess off to Congress. Will they formally kill the deal? We’ll see. Unfortunately, it seems many of the swamp creatures may have had a finger in the pie on this one… The corruption is strong with these folks.

 
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Related:
More evidence of Obama’s Iranian treachery
O’Ministration’s treacherous allegiance to Iran (enabled by the GOP?)

NETANYAHU CONGRATULATES TRUMP ON ‘COURAGEOUS’ IRAN DECISION ~

Netanyahu, a strong adversary of the Iran nuclear accord, welcomed the news of Trump’s decision not to recertify the deal with satisfaction and praise for the US president.

Iran deal: a giant step closer to WWIII ~

What’s most critical to understand about this deal with the Iranian devils is that anyone who supports it is either misinformed or deliberately lying. The facts are being ignored or inverted.

Repeal and Replace In Farsi ~ Will Republicans have President Trump’s back on Iran?