(Weekly Standard) Lee Smith - The U.S. administration's larger message about Iran is that the problems it poses go far beyond the nuclear program. These include support for terrorism and criminal enterprises, threats to strategic waterways, and ballistic missile development. One option would be to decertify Iran's compliance with the deal but not reinstate sanctions, not yet anyway. "Trump can decertify on the condition that the JCPOA is not in the U.S. national interest," says Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "Then it goes to Congress for debate for 60 days where the president needs to lay out a persuasive case that this is not the time for Congress to reinstate sanctions and abrogate the deal." Dubowitz says this tactic not only puts Iran on notice but gives our European allies plenty of advance warning to develop a common policy on how to fix the fatally flawed nuclear deal. Everyone needs to understand that the U.S. is prepared to reimpose sanctions instead of giving Iran patient pathways to nuclear weapons and ICBMs.
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