For the last several weeks, reports of a new JCPOA “nuclear” deal with Iran being imminent have surfaced. Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was reported that the United States is moving ahead with plans to announce an agreement within days. This despite Russia being the main mediator.
Joe Biden is the one we’re talking about. He even found a way for an objectively terrible thing to go wrong, not because he didn’t try. After Russia demanded that sanctions relief be granted in exchange for a deal, the Iran agreement negotiations were suspended.
BREAKING: World powers and Iran suspend their efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, reigniting a crisis that’s set to roil oil markets https://t.co/fmQkGHDvNI pic.twitter.com/H9p79LKxKn
— Bloomberg (@business) March 11, 2022
This rupture comes after increasing tensions between Russia and the White House. Russia warned on Saturday that it wanted U.S. guarantees that sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine wouldn’t affect its planned partnership with Iran.
Russia specifically wants Iran’s business to be exempted from all US-EU sanctions. The administration seemed to be naive enough not to think they could broker a deal through Vladimir Putin, without giving up their farm. I’m just glad the “adults” are back in charge, though.
This is especially frustrating because it seems like Iran is in the middle of a deal. Obviously, in the main, that’s a good thing. The idea of Iran or Russia being given power for little in the way of anything was absurd. There’s a reason Israel, who would actually be under threat from a nuclear Iran, is opposed to any such deal.
Still, it’s mind-numbing to watch Biden fail so spectacularly again while Americans are left holding the bag. In order to get back into the Iran agreement, the Obama administration gave so much away. This includes isolating Saudi Arabian and UAE who now begging for more oil. Biden also delisted the Iran-backed Houthis from Yemen as terrorist organization, an action that only has led to further bloodshed. In an attempt to get more oil, the Obama administration has also dissolved relations with Arab countries to appease Iran.
In short, Biden’s failure isn’t that he didn’t secure an Iran deal (though not for lack of trying), an objectively good thing. He gave up trying to get that pointless, stupid deal. Now, Americans don’t even get the side-benefit of cheaper oil via sanctions being lifted on Iran, and it’s unlikely the Saudis will warm up to Biden anytime soon given they won’t even take his calls at this point.
So yeah, this is another thrilling episode of “peak Joe Biden.” This man could run a lemonade stand into the ground. I’m starting to get comfortable asserting he’s the worst president ever. Yeah, I know we’ve had some bad ones throughout history, but Biden’s tenure makes Jimmy Carter’s look tame. This is a stunning display of ineptness, which unfortunately leaves Americans holding the bag.
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