Trump's Imbecilic Deal To End His Unconstitutional War
By: Glenn Kirschner
Hard to imagine a more incompetent PotUS.
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So friends, Donald Trump is now proposing ending the unconstitutional war he started in the Middle East.
Setting aside whether that means he lost the war or he's just giving up, the deal he's offering Iran to end the war he started represents complete and utter capitulation.
Iran is openly declaring victory, and they have Donald Trump to thank for it.
Let's talk about that because justice matters.
Hey all, Glenn Kirschner here. So friends, in his desperation to end the unconstitutional war he launched against Iran, Donald Trump just offered Iran a mountain of concessions in a proposed settlement agreement, what they're calling a memorandum of understanding, an MOU.
If implemented, this MOU will make Iran infinitely wealthier, infinitely stronger, and very likely even more oppressive of the Iranian people, because the MOU actually strengthens the abusive and ruthless Iranian regime that has been oppressing its own people since the 1979 revolution.
Donald Trump has done untold harm to the American people, to the Iranian people, and to the world economy.
Now, friends, if you'll indulge me, I'd like to read a little bit of what Heather Cox Richardson just posted. You probably know that she has a daily column that sort of combines politics and history. It's called Letters from an American. And Heather Cox Richardson is an American treasure. And because she put it more succinctly and more eloquently than I ever could, the insanity of this memorandum of understanding, this MOU, I'd like to quote a little bit of her recent column.
A senior U.S. official read the text of the 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran over the phone to reporters today. And there's a reason it has ignited a firestorm.
First of all, after months of the White House insisting Trump does not need congressional approval for his strikes against Iran because they did not constitute a war, the MOU straight up calls the conflict the current war.
The MOU commits the U.S. and Iran and their allies to stop military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, a reference to Israel's bombing of what it says are Hezbollah camps there. Israel has suggested it will not consider itself bound by any such agreement.
The MOU says the U.S. will terminate all types of sanctions against Iran, and it lifts the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, giving Iran the access to world trade the U.S. previously prevented in order to pressure the regime.
It also permits Iran to begin selling oil immediately on the world market.
The MOU says Iran will use its best efforts, not a guarantee, for the safe passage of commercial vehicles through the Strait of Hormuz with no charge for 60 days only. It continues, "Iran and Oman will decide how to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz, an indication that Iran intends to charge fees for transit of the strait."
The MOU says the U.S. will thaw frozen Iranian assets immediately and also develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran to repair the damage from U.S. and Israeli strikes.
Friends, ordinarily I would say, "Put a pin in that. We'll come back to it." But this can't wait.
Donald Trump launched a lawless and unconstitutional war against Iran. It bombed the country for months on end, doing untold damage, both in terms of human lives lost and economic damage, destroying much of what was in Iran, buildings, infrastructure, and it cost the United States something like $150 billion and counting.
So, in order to fix what Donald Trump destroyed in his unconstitutional war, Donald Trump is now pledging to put together a $300 billion fund to pay for what he destroyed, unlawfully and unconstitutionally.
All my editorial addition.
The column continues, the MOU says the U.S. will grant all required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions, apparently readmitting Iran to full participation in world financial markets.
In exchange for these concessions, Iran reaffirms in the MOU that it will not try to develop or procure a nuclear weapon. That word reaffirms is important. It signals that Iran is simply reiterating what it said in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, that Trump tore up in 2018.
But unlike the JCPOA, the MOU contains no language about a process to guarantee Iran's promise not to pursue a nuclear weapon.
When a reporter asked Trump about that absence, he said that what would guarantee Iran's compliance is fear of renewed U.S. bombing.
But Iran has shown it can withstand such attacks. And in any case, the U.S. has no stomach for them. It looks as if Trump's war on Iran has cost the U.S. the lives of 13 service members, injuries to 400 more, and at least $132 billion so far in immediate costs, lost income, and higher consumer costs, only to leave the U.S. in a significantly worse place with regard to Iran than before Trump started bombing.
The costs to the world have been significantly higher in terms both of lives, beginning with more than 175 Iranian school children and teachers, and of economies.
Journalist David Schuster reported that the Iranian government is declaring total victory.
Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted, "By President Trump's own terms, the war is a failure. The Iranian regime is intact and its military wing more empowered, while the Iranian people are more impoverished, repressed, and desperate. The only achievement of the ceasefire is the likely reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which was open before the war started. And we will apparently pay Iran to do so. Don't expect a return to normal anytime soon, if at all," he warned.
Friends, you've heard the saying, "Everything Trump touches dies."
U.S. service members, innocent Iranians, including a school full of children, the American economy, the world economy.
I mean, how many of our tax dollars has Donald Trump squandered?
How much more will he de facto steal from us if this imbecilic memorandum of understanding, his capitulation agreement, is implemented?
And friends, maybe worst of all, Donald Trump is not just leaving intact the ruthless, abusive, oppressive, murderous Iranian regime. He has actually strengthened that regime to the extreme detriment of the Iranian people.
But friends, we will fight on. We must fight on, and the upcoming midterms will be a chance to begin to move in the right direction, maybe even take the first steps on the road to accountability.
So, let's get after it because justice matters.
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Trump supporters continue to defend this imbecile.
there's no serious way the trump war can be spun or legitimately justified as positive by trump followers. he has made the wrong/worst decision at every opportunity. it's his pattern of creating a situation, suffering negative fallout, and then having to give concessions away to the victims of his bluster, just to repair the unnecessary damage he had caused earlier.
Trump supporters have taken a different stance. Instead of trying to explain/spin Trump's words and deeds, they predominantly deflect to Ds, libs, and progressives.
Well, they can't run on what they're "for" because they're literally supporting a convicted felon and proven sexual predator so all they have left is to relentlessly attack Democrats in an effort to cling to power. It's what desperate losers do.
For once I can agree with Trump. His Iran deal is 'unconditional surrender".
There is a guy who has a You Tube show and podcast that I sometimes listen to , his name is David Feldman. In his latest podcast he put his finger in why Trump started the war, although it equally obvious to anyone who thinks about it.
Trump started the war because he wanted to. There is no need to go any deeper. He has always fantasized about blowing shit up because he wanted to.
I heard Trump is blaming the reflecting pool debacle on vandals. Its always, 100% of the time, someone else's fault.
Even Trump's most imbecilic supporters are having problems trying to spin this.
Later this moves to the Iran War.
With all due respect (to you, not to Trump) it is expected that most ponds when they are first filled or refilled with water will develop algae.
The war? Oy-vey!
It is well known, especially in the summer.
The science behind pool water chemistry is also well known. Fighting algae blooms is not a mystery (chlorine at 2-4ppm for starters). Oxidation (many methods) is another mitigation remedy.
This is another example of incompetence.
Exactly.
Just goes to show that Donald Trump and swamp are inseparable.
The article is only scratching the surface by focusing attention on the small potatoes of Iran. The costs of this war will exceed a few hundred billion dollars.
Statecraft is not the same as managing a business. In fact, businessmen are usually incompetent statesmen.