Former U.S. President Barack Obama, under whose administration the Iran nuclear agreement was reached in 2015, on Tuesday described President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the deal as “misguided.”

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“I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake,” Obama said in a statement published on his Facebook account.

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There are few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That’s why the United States negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the first place.

The reality is clear. The JCPOA is working – that is a view shared by our European allies, independent experts, and the current U.S. Secretary of Defense. The JCPOA is in America’s interest – it has significantly rolled back Iran’s nuclear program. And the JCPOA is a model for what diplomacy can accomplish – its inspections and verification regime is precisely what the United States should be working to put in place with North Korea. Indeed, at a time when we are all rooting for diplomacy with North Korea to succeed, walking away from the JCPOA risks losing a deal that accomplishes – with Iran – the very outcome that we are pursuing with the North Koreans.

That is why today’s announcement is so misguided. Walking away from the JCPOA turns our back on America’s closest allies, and an agreement that our country’s leading diplomats, scientists, and intelligence professionals negotiated. In a democracy, there will always be changes in policies and priorities from one Administration to the next. But the consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding America’s credibility, and puts us at odds with the world’s major powers.

That is why today’s announcement is so misguided. Walking away from the JCPOA turns our back on America’s closest allies, and an agreement that our country’s leading diplomats, scientists, and intelligence professionals negotiated. In a democracy, there will always be changes in policies and priorities from one Administration to the next. But the consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding America’s credibility, and puts us at odds with the world’s major powers.

Debates in our country should be informed by facts, especially debates that have proven to be divisive. So it’s important to review several facts about the JCPOA.

First, the JCPOA was not just an agreement between my Administration and the Iranian government. After years of building an international coalition that could impose crippling sanctions on Iran, we reached the JCPOA together with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the European Union, Russia, China, and Iran. It is a multilateral arms control deal, unanimously endorsed by a United Nations Security Council Resolution.

Second, the JCPOA has worked in rolling back Iran’s nuclear program. For decades, Iran had steadily advanced its nuclear program, approaching the point where they could rapidly produce enough fissile material to build a bomb. The JCPOA put a lid on that breakout capacity. Since the JCPOA was implemented, Iran has destroyed the core of a reactor that could have produced weapons-grade plutonium; removed two-thirds of its centrifuges (over 13,000) and placed them under international monitoring; and eliminated 97 percent of its stockpile of enriched uranium – the raw materials necessary for a bomb. So by any measure, the JCPOA has imposed strict limitations on Iran’s nuclear program and achieved real results.

Third, the JCPOA does not rely on trust – it is rooted in the most far-reaching inspections and verification regime ever negotiated in an arms control deal. Iran’s nuclear facilities are strictly monitored. International monitors also have access to Iran’s entire nuclear supply chain, so that we can catch them if they cheat. Without the JCPOA, this monitoring and inspections regime would go away.

Fourth, Iran is complying with the JCPOA. That was not simply the view of my Administration. The United States intelligence community has continued to find that Iran is meeting its responsibilities under the deal, and has reported as much to Congress. So have our closest allies, and the international agency responsible for verifying Iranian compliance – the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Fifth, the JCPOA does not expire. The prohibition on Iran ever obtaining a nuclear weapon is permanent. Some of the most important and intrusive inspections codified by the JCPOA are permanent. Even as some of the provisions in the JCPOA do become less strict with time, this won’t happen until ten, fifteen, twenty, or twenty-five years into the deal, so there is little reason to put those restrictions at risk today.

Finally, the JCPOA was never intended to solve all of our problems with Iran. We were clear-eyed that Iran engages in destabilizing behavior – including support for terrorism, and threats toward Israel and its neighbors. But that’s precisely why it was so important that we prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Every aspect of Iranian behavior that is troubling is far more dangerous if their nuclear program is unconstrained. Our ability to confront Iran’s destabilizing behavior – and to sustain a unity of purpose with our allies – is strengthened with the JCPOA, and weakened without it.

Because of these facts, I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake. Without the JCPOA, the United States could eventually be left with a losing choice between a nuclear-armed Iran or another war in the Middle East. We all know the dangers of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. It could embolden an already dangerous regime; threaten our friends with destruction; pose unacceptable dangers to America’s own security; and trigger an arms race in the world’s most dangerous region. If the constraints on Iran’s nuclear program under the JCPOA are lost, we could be hastening the day when we are faced with the choice between living with that threat, or going to war to prevent it.

In a dangerous world, America must be able to rely in part on strong, principled diplomacy to secure our country. We have been safer in the years since we achieved the JCPOA, thanks in part to the work of our diplomats, many members of Congress, and our allies. Going forward, I hope that Americans continue to speak out in support of the kind of strong, principled, fact-based, and unifying leadership that can best secure our country and uphold our responsibilities around the globe.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/obama-says-trump-misguided-over-iran.html

obama still dey? How your ugly wife?

Obama should just shut the hell up. Dumb Obama!!

Naza25:
Obama should just shut the hell up. Dumb Obama!!

Obama isn't dumb on this one.

Even Trump can't explain convincingly why he pulled out of the agreement

Still richer than your whole generation has ever been

Sorry

kobosmart:
obama still dey? How your ugly wife?

That Ugly mofo and ex President's wife


And if you twist your comment to be a joke or sarcasm, then my comment above especially the first paragraph is too

expert234:



Obama isn't dumb on this one.

Even Trump can't explain convincingly why he pulled out of the agreement

I watched Trump's speech yesterday live and he was very clear on why He was pulling out of the agreement.
1. It allowed Iran a leeway to continue enriching uranium and eventually acquire a nuclear weapon

2. New intelligence based evidence has shown that Iran has indeed secretly continued to pursue a nuclear weapons program

3. It does not address Iran's other terrorism sponsoring activities around the world especially in the middle east

4. The deal’s nuclear inspection provisions lack adequate mechanisms to prevent, detect, and punish cheating and IAEA inspectors don’t even have the unqualified right to inspect many important locations, including military facilities.

5.it also fails to address the regime’s development of ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads.

Trump was crystal clear about his reasons for backing out. The question you should ask yourself is why are almost all the other Arab states supporting Trump's decision to pull out?

Naza25:

I watched Trump's speech yesterday live and he was very clear on why He was pulling out of the agreement.
1. It allowed Iran a leeway to continue enriching uranium and eventually acquire a nuclear weapon

2. New intelligence based evidence has shown that Iran has indeed secretly continued to pursue a nuclear weapons program

3. It does not address Iran's other terrorism sponsoring activities around the world especially in the middle east

4. The deal’s nuclear inspection provisions lack adequate mechanisms to prevent, detect, and punish cheating and IAEA inspectors don’t even have the unqualified right to inspect many important locations, including military facilities.

5.it also fails to address the regime’s development of ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads.

Trump was crystal clear about his reasons for backing out. The question you should ask yourself is why are almost all the other Arab states supporting Trump's decision to pull out?

Look at the points you listed and show me just one that isn't based on mere conjecture on the part of Trump.

Are you saying UK, France and Germany are blind to those possibilities stated by Trump?

Do you realize the impact that Trump's pull-out will have on his on on-coming talk with North Korea? Do you still think North Korea will want to trust Trump or even want to have any talk with him again?

HtwoOw:
Still richer than your whole generation has ever been

Sorry



That Ugly mofo and ex President's wife


And if you twist your comment to be a joke or sarcasm, then my comment above especially the first paragraph is too

with all that money, she still no fine

SamuelAnyawu:


It"s not a crime to be ugly. I was not created Handsome either

Abeg shut up wetin you know?

His predecessor never intervened in his adminstration why can't he keep quiet and go away with his husband Michael Obama and allow Trump to fulfill his campaign promises to his voters


Be wiser than the world if you can but don't tell them so

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , Wetin no fine for you na another person Finest

We have different perspectives about beauty


Still she fine pass any bad belle mother , still rich pass am

kobosmart:


with all that money, she still no fine

When people bulldoze your policy and mention your name, you don't keep queit , only the guilty runs and keeps queit, kinda like JonaDog

princechurchill:
His predecessor never intervened in his adminstration why can't he keep quiet and go away with his husband Michael Obama and allow Trump to fulfill his campaign promises to his voters


Be wiser than the world if you can but don't tell them so

HtwoOw:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , Wetin no fine for you na another person finest

Only a drunk person will find that transgendered beautiful.
I bet obama married her because of her deep pockets

Hmmmm

kobosmart:

Only a drunk person will find that transgendered beautiful.
I bet obama married her because of her deep pockets

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/photos/michelle-obama-years-5322914

You can perform your search as well, look for Obama through the years,as a teenager till college till marrying Obama and thereafter

Sex change surgery is a recent trend , it was not common way back when Michele was growing up and if she had anything like that, the world would have found out

Let's throw common sense into the Bush because we hate Michele , common, it aint gonna hurt

HtwoOw:


Sex change surgery is a recent trend , it was not common way back when Michele was growing up and if she had anything like that, the world would have found out

Oh my God you are such a m0r0n, when i said "transgendered" i didnt mean transgender, i meant that she looks like a f*cking man wearing a dress.

PS: i was not kidding when i called you a m0r0n cause you really are a m0r0n.

You don't think that's a bit too harsh maybe ?

You said transgendered, your said transgendered, i had to know where you are going or coming from

kobosmart:


Oh my God you are such a m0r0n, when i said "transgendered" i didnt mean transgender, i meant that she looks like a f*cking man wearing a dress.

PS: i was not kidding when i called you a m0r0n cause you really are a m0r0n.

[quote author=SamuelAnyawu post=67404573][/quote]
thanks for proving my point oponu

Guessing you are pissed because i said she's ugly but richer than your whole generation will ever be , i will stop arguing with you now

Have a nice day

kobosmart:


Oh my God you are such a m0r0n, when i said "transgendered" i didnt mean transgender, i meant that she looks like a f*cking man wearing a dress.

PS: i was not kidding when i called you a m0r0n cause you really are a m0r0n.

HtwoOw:
When people bulldoze your policy and mention your name, you don't keep queit , only the guilty runs and keeps queit, kinda like JonaDog

His administration was bad in policies that prompted the people to choose Trump instead of Clinton because they can't tolerate another disaster

HtwoOw:
Guessing you are pissed because i said she's ugly but richer than your whole generation will ever be , i will stop arguing with you now

Have a nice day

nah i am just pissed because i am talking to a M0r0n

HtwoOw:
You don't think that's a bit too harsh maybe ?

You said transgendered, your said transgendered, i had to know where you are going or coming from

Oh ma bad i said sh*male but auto correct turned it to transgendered, you are still a m0r0n though

expert234:


Look at the points you listed and show me just one that isn't based on mere conjecture on the part of Trump.

Are you saying UK, France and Germany are blind to those possibilities stated by Trump?

Do you realize the impact that Trump's pull-out will have on his on on-coming talk with North Korea? Do you still think North Korea will want to trust Trump or even want to have any talk with him again?

It's not going to have any impact on the Korea talks. Trump's got that covered. And Yes UK, France and Germany have blind and clueless leaders that's why brexit took them by surprise, that's why the migrant crises took Germany by surprise that they had to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Turkey to help them out. France weren't any wiser until terrorist attacks started springing up all around the country before they sat up. If it were left to these clueless leaders, terrorists would have a field day all around the world. Thanks to Trump, it's not happening. ISIS have been knocked out in Iraq and Syria and Iran is sure as hell not getting any weapons of mass destruction