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Are these the allies Iranian surrogate Barack Obama was referring to?
Walking away from the JCPOA turns our back on America’s closest allies….. Barack Obama.
On the contrary. President Trump said, “If I allow this deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Everyone would want their weapons ready by the time Iran had theirs.” And the nuclear arms race would be between these very countries.
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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt Welcome President Trump’s Withdrawal From JCPOA
MEMRI, May 8, 2018:
U.S. President Donald Trump’s May 8, 2018 announcement of the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) and its reinstatement of the harsh sanctions against Iran won broad support from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. Saudi Arabia officially stated that it welcomed the announcement, calling it vital in light of the flaws inherent in the agreement and in light of Iran’s taking advantage of it to develop its ballistic missile program and to support terror organizations in the Middle East. The Saudi announcement also expressed hope that the international community would take a similar firm position vis-à-vis Iran.
Saudi officials, among them Foreign Minister ‘Adel Al-Jubeir and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Khaled bin Salman, tweeted similar sentiments, and the Saudi press published numerous articles and cartoons on the subject.
Egypt, the UAE, and Bahrain also released announcements expressing their support for Trump’s decision to leave the JCPOA, and pointed out the flaws in the agreement.
This report will review the reactions of support for President Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA:
Saudi Al-Riyadh Editorial: Trump’s Decision Is An Historic Event; Iran Must Give Up Its Aggressive Path
The Saudi government daily Al-Riyadh’s May 9, 2018 editorial, titled “Washington Has Had Its Say,” stated: “The announcement by the American president Donald Trump of his country’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is an important historic event on the international level. Following this announcement, the agreement… became in effect a thing of the past, with the most important country’s and largest superpower’s withdrawal from it.
“Trump’s statements will go down in history. They have many assertive messages to Iran and its supporters, and even to the U.S.’s European allies, [clarifying that] the U.S. will in no way agree to ambiguous positions and will act forcefully to prevent the Iranian regime from taking advantage of this agreement in order to realize its dream of obtaining nuclear weapons that will threaten the region and the entire world…
“Washington has had its say, and this means the reinstatement of the sanctions connected to Iran’s nuclear program, that were lifted by the previous U.S. president, Barack Obama, following the international community’s catastrophic mistake of trusting the regime of the ayatollahs.
“Although Iran and other elements that benefit from the P5+1 group’s mistake [i.e. the JCPOA] are downplaying the value of Trump’s announcement, this battle is over, and if Iran is really interested in returning to the international community, it must change its behavior and give up its aggressive path, which is manifested in striving to obtain weapons of mass destruction…”
Saudi Arabia Welcomes Trump’s Announcement, Expresses Wish That The International Community Would Uniformly Take A Similar Stand vis-à-vis Iran
A short time after President Trump’s announcement, Saudi Arabia released an official announcement welcoming it, that stated: “Saudi Arabia supports and welcomes the steps announced by President Donald Trump regarding the U.S.’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, and supports the announcement of the reinstatement of the economic sanctions on Iran, that had been lifted in accordance with the nuclear agreement. Saudi Arabia’s previous support for the nuclear agreement was based on full belief in the need to act in any way possible to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and in the world. But Iran took advantage of the economic benefit [it gained] from the lifting of the sanctions in order to continue its activity to destabilize the region, particularly by developing ballistic missiles and by supporting terror organizations in the region – including Hizbullah [in Lebanon] and the Houthi militias [in Yemen] that use capabilities provided by Iran to harm the citizens of Saudi Arabia and Yemen and to repeatedly block international seaways, thus grossly violating [UN] Security Council resolutions…
“Saudi Arabia hopes that the international community will take a firm and uniform stand vis-à-vis Iran and its hostile activities, which destabilize the region; vis-à-vis its support for terror organizations, particularly Hizbullah and the Houthi militia; and vis-à-vis its support for the regime of [Syrian President Bashar Al-]Assad, that has committed the most loathsome crimes against its own people, leading to the deaths of over half a million civilians, including by means of chemical weapons.
“Based on all this, Saudi Arabia stresses that it will continue to act together with its partners in the U.S. and the international community to achieve the longed-for goals, as declared by the U.S. president. The Iranian policy’s threat to the peace and security of the world must be tackled with a comprehensive outlook that is not limited to its nuclear program, but includes all its aggressive activity, particularly its interference in the affairs of the countries in the region and its support for terrorism. [This must be dealt with in a way that] will completely prevent Iran from being able to possess weapons of mass destruction.”
Saudi Newspapers Report President Trump’s Announcement On Front Pages
Saudi newspapers gave top billing to reports about President Trump’s announcement. The May 9, 2018 front page of the Al-Jazirah daily declared “Trump Neutralizes the Nuclear [Deal].”
Likewise, the May 9, 2018 front page of Al-Riyadh stated: “Trump Announces The Lie of the Nuclear Deal.”
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18 Comments
5 years ago
When dealing with muslims, be suspicious, be very very suspicious. Honesty is not a tenet of islam.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Agree. They are welcoming it as it serves their interest not that they care for American or Israeli security.
They are equal opportunity killers. They don’t even spare christian aid workers in America who help settle them http://bit.ly/2rr9tGh
No other immigrant groups are so ungrateful as jihadis.
5 years ago
They also fear Iran getting nuclear weapons. They don’t want Iran conquering them. It’s Muslim sect against Muslim sect and Saudi Arabia doesn’t want their royal family usurped.
Too bad the EU is all FOR Iran. The EU enables Iran by doing business with Iran. Germany supplies them chemical weapons. France makes planes for them. These idiots will have this used against them in addition to the invasion of Muslims. They are temporarily profiting from what will be their own demise. What fools!
5 years ago
I really don’t give a FFF what any muslum totalitarian, fascist, religious apartheid state thinks, wants or does and I’m tired of scumbag muslum lovers stealing my tax dollars to give to the muslum vermin who would kill me for criticising their damned, dumb, Jew hating death cult.
5 years ago
When dealing with muslims, be suspicious, be very very suspicious. Honesty is not a tenet of islam.
5 years ago
Ok,Saudies can give U.S. $1.7 billion(to pay for smart bombs) and we’ll work w. them to wipe out Iran nuke program.
5 years ago
They also fear Iran getting nuclear weapons. They don’t want Iran conquering them. It’s Muslim sect against Muslim sect and Saudi Arabia doesn’t want their royal family usurped.Too bad the EU is all FOR Iran. The EU enables Iran by doing business with Iran. Germany supplies them chemical weapons. France makes planes for them
5 years ago
Saudi Arabia eh, That’s the country where almost all the 9/11 terrorists came from.
Not many Iranians involved in 9/11.
In fact not a lot of democracy in those countries.
5 years ago
Reply to
Ed Nantes
5 years ago
Keep in mind that the Iran nuclear deal, or “JCPOA” as is its diplomatic moniker, is NOT a binding or official treaty because Obhammud and Kerry knew it would never pass congressional muster which is key to the formal treaty process. Iran never even signed it. It is merely an executive action stating Obhammud’s deranged whims and a rotten deal at that.
Now Trump has declared his intentions and five will get you ten he can get it through Congress, especially after the midterms when the GOP racks up some stunning victories.
D
5 years ago
Something Obama just could not grasp is that the world only respects strength. When all that bowing and groveling was going on, We were the laughing stock with countries looking for ways to exploit our weaknesses, now, rebuilding a healthy fear and respect is refreshing to see, I ain’t been this happy since Reagan.
D
5 years ago
Reply to
Ed Nantes
Again, another lying twist to an otherwise great story. The carrier group(USS Abraham Lincoln) that had just rotated out after they accomplished their mission, it was the end of major combat operations, cleanup continued. “Although Bush stated at the time “Our mission continues” and “We have difficult work to do in Iraq,” he also stated that it was the end to major combat operations in Iraq. Bush never uttered the phrase “Mission Accomplished” “
5 years ago
Reply to
dhd123
True he only stood proudly under banner saying that, and I didn’t say he said it. But he did say “Weapons of Mass destruction” Hows the search going? Found many yet?
5 years ago
Muslim countries hate each other even more than they hate infidels, it seems.
