Comparisons of President Trump to Carter or Obama over the current proposed deal with Iran are horrifying.
American blood was shed in this operation; have a little respect.
Thanks to Trump’s leadership, Iran’s nuclear capability is being eliminated, and its military capability, as well as that of its terrorist proxies, is significantly degraded. Iran’s economy is in shambles, and their strongest leaders have been systematically eliminated.
The balance of power has drastically shifted in the Middle East away from Iran, forging new alliances and cooperation that was previously inconceivable.
Unlike any prior Administration, the Islamic Republic has been made to answer for 5 decades of killing Americans and taking our citizens hostage.
Carter/Obama/Biden did exactly the opposite of all of this.
The only thing Iran had going in its favor is time.
Americans do not have that luxury.
Too much is at stake for the US to enter midterms with high gas prices and a public growing weary of continued hostilities, which if prolonged could entangle Republicans in an unwelcome showdown with disgruntled members of Congress over War Powers.
President Trump has been clear since the beginning: eliminating nuclear capability was the priority; regime change would be supported but was not an American-led objective.
He at least created the conditions to make it possible more than any other President before, and he was sincere. Unlike Obama, who helped the Regime slaughter innocent protesters, Trump tried to give them support, and was one of the only Western leaders who brought attention to the murder of tens of thousands of their own people.
For a hundred reasons beyond Trump’s control, including Pahlavi’s failure to build a coalition and the Kurds’ (WHO WE ARMED FOR THIS PURPOSE) decision not to fight, the fall of the Islamic Republic has not occurred (yet). Blaming Trump for not achieving regime change (yet) is unfair, short-sighted, and demands a subjugation of immediate US interests.
The deal, which no one has even seen, is reportedly performance-based.
And Vance is the spokesman for it today.
Everyone knows what that means.