Rubio willing to defy European allies on possible Iran deal
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says that if elected president, he would absolutely defy stalwart European allies if necessary in order to revoke an Iranian nuclear deal he might inherit from President Barack Obama.
Rubio, who is on the cusp of announcing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, says the next commander in chief should not be bound by Obamas potential agreement, even if European negotiating partners stand behind the deal.
The United States, although its less than ideal, could unilaterally re-impose more crushing and additional sanctions, Rubio said in an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday. He said he would also use the standing of the United States on the global stage to try to encourage other nations to do so.
The U.S. is negotiating the high-stakes nuclear deal with Iran alongside three European allies: Britain, France and Germany. Russia and China are also part of the U.S.-led negotiating team.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/03/18/rubio_willing_to_defy_european_allies_on_possible_iran_deal/
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heaven05
(18,124 posts)of the type that makesthinking, rational people, CRY.
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)underpants
(182,279 posts)First, you aren't going to even get the nomination. VP slot? Maybe
Second, the US would have no standing on the world stage if for some otherworldly reason you were elected POTUS or VP.
The CCC
(463 posts)Rubio is a rogue state.
sinkingfeeling
(51,278 posts)the country!
karynnj
(59,475 posts)If there is a deal and international and US sanctions are dropped or lessened, what happens next depends mostly on what Iran does.
If Iran is seen to be complying in January 2017, when (heaven forbid) Rubio became President, why on earth would be reinstate US sanctions? What would he claim as the purpose? as to the US using "its standing" (which I thought the Republicans claimed we lost under Obama), why would these countries - who actually have more trade with Iran - put the sanctions in place again.
If Iran is NOT complying and sanctions were seen as being able to hold them back, Obama and the world would already have done so. This ignores that Iran - per Netanyahu even - made progress in the Bush/Obama years UNTIL the interim deal, which actually moved them backwards and froze them there.
William Seger
(10,742 posts)The phoney outrage about a deal which they know absolutely nothing about except that it's "Obama's deal" says everything that needs to be said about what Repugs put ahead of the best interests of the country. If any of the current potential Repug candidates is elected, the first order of business will be undoing anything and everything Obama has accomplished, regardless of the consequences.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)a tough guy, I guess.
Marcuse
(7,398 posts)Rubio thinks US sanctions worked against Cuba, so why not against Iran? So what if they can get what they want from the rest of the world.
American exceptionalism! Freedumb!