(07-02-2019, 06:58 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-01-2019, 10:24 PM)Predator Wrote: I don't recall Trump ever making a claim Iran was in compliance. Do you have a link supporting this?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42670577

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(07-01-2019, 10:37 PM)Predator Wrote: Also getting out of the Iran deal was a campaign promise. Did he somehow have access to the intelligence on what the Iranians were doing before he even ran for office?

Trump did not claim to know if Iran was complying or not.

He promised to get out of the deal because he was going to negotiate a tougher one instead, perhaps a permanent one.

the Quran forbids Muslim countries from making permanent treaties with non-muslim countries.

But, Trump's going to Trump.

From your own article...

"Is the current deal working?
In October, President Trump refused to certify that Iran complied with the accord, accusing the country of "not living up to the spirit" of the pact." From day one, he suggested they were never in compliance and the only reason he did certify a time or two was to get his people to research a bit while following the disputed measure in the agreement.

Anytime you have to refer to a piece of foreign policy as a deal; it is not an honest effort towards the stated end game. This 'deal' was a bust from the beginning and more of a financial agreement than a nuclear non-proliferation agreement. Compliance was solely through distance monitoring and Iranian report submittal. Inspectors were never going to be allowed access to any location other than what was initially submitted by Iran. Yep, that's legit. Furthermore, equipment not domesticaly produced and the material associated, ie. Russian, Chinese, etc. does not get marked against the equipment or materials listings and banned amounts. This thing was a mess and reads like one of the worst "voluntary" contracts I've ever seen. It is impossible to verify total compliance. You can read it yourself below:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentclou...r-deal.pdf

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