The Trump deal critics are down to two narratives. On one hand, there are those who wish that we had gone the distance and cut the head of the snake for once and for all. On the other hand, there are the Democrats who are simply worthless and more afraid of a primary than Iran having a bomb. Honestly, it’s hard to take these Democrats seriously anymore, especially when they are nostalgic about the Obama deal.
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The cut the snake’s head option is very appealing because no one hates the Iran regime more than I do. What can you say about a regime that paid for terrorists who jumped into a music concert and violated 14-year-old girls? So no love or sympathy for that regime here.
The larger question, and one I would hope that everyone considers, is that if you cut the head of the snake, then you own a country of 90 million people. Our military can do the head cutting really well, but who is going to be there to put it all together? That’s my practical concern. Also, don’t expect the Europeans to be much help. The President would likely have to go to Congress for an occupation of that magnitude.
So I think the President took the right step by making it difficult to get the infamous weapon and buying some time to let the people bring about regime change. Of course, the military option is there and ready to be used again.
Let’s not forget one last point. President Trump walked away in a very strong leadership position. He is “the boss” as Miranda Devine points out:
Europe can sneer at Donald Trump all it likes, but it’s a supplicant.
China respects us.
Canada bows.
Trump understands power, and it rests easy on his shoulders.
He joked about it at the G7 in his relaxed American fashion, and European leaders now get it.
They laughed along, but they understood.
By the time he had emerged from a glittering dinner at Versailles to fly home, he had signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran that has the great and the good worked up into a symphony of hysterical catastrophizing.
While they hyperventilate, Trump casually shrugs and says it’s just a framework for negotiations toward a deal, and if it doesn’t work, he’ll just bomb Iran.
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“If I don’t like it, if they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, OK?” he told the media on the sidelines of the G7.
What the naysayers don’t understand is that the 14-point memorandum Trump signed is not a deal.
It’s a political document setting out terms agreed by both sides for negotiating a final deal that would result in Iran agreeing never to produce or procure nuclear weapons, with strict oversight.
In the meantime, the MOU gets the Strait of Hormuz open and gas prices down before the midterms, easing domestic political constraints on Trump.
The period of negotiation toward the hoped-for final deal is nominally 60 days, but senior administration officials agree it could take longer — in other words, until after the midterms.
So I’m on board and will support President Trump for now. I trust his instincts, and his foreign policy record is a good one. Let’s keep talking and hoping that the Iranian people can remove the regime everyone hates so much. Based on conversations with Iranians here, I am confident that change will come.
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