Trump & conservatives hate the treaties that keep us safe
Conservatives opposed the treaties that have helped maintain the peace since WWII. We have muddled through despite them. We might be so lucky in the future.
Conservatives opposed the treaties that have helped maintain the peace since WWII. We have muddled through despite them. We might be so lucky in the future.
Summary: Trump’s efforts to scuttle our arms control agreement with Iran is a gift to the far-right of both American and Iran. It is a blow to the interests of both Iran and America. Here an expert gives us the bad news, a part of the story that the news media forgets to mention. This …
We pay for Trump’s gift to the hard-liners of Iran & America Read More »
Summary: Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran was one of his major accomplishments, a defeat of the multi-generational propaganda barrage by America’s pro-war hawks. Now conservatives work to overturn it, as they have opposed all nuclear arms control treaties — deals that have helped prevent atomic war. Stratfor gives a hopeful forecast for what follows Trump’s …
Stratfor: Trump’s art of wrecking the nuclear deal with Iran Read More »
Summary: What lies in the future of the Middle East once the specter of an nuclear-armed Iran disappears (said tobe imminent every year since 1984)? Not peace, unfortunately. Stratfor describes what to expect in the next chapter of this misgoverned region. Aftershocks of the Iran Deal: Why Middle Eastern Conflicts Will Escalate Stratfor, 28 August …
Stratfor describes the Middle East – after the Iran deal Read More »
Summary: The six world powers and Iran have come to an agreement about the curbing of Iran’s nuclear program. But it would be a mistake to assume that this agreement will result in an immediate, or even short-term, decrease in violence or competition among the Middle East’s strongest powers. In fact, the opposite will be …
Stratfor: The Middle East Recalibrates After the Nuclear Deal with Iran Read More »