Press TV - The Americanneoconservative and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dont want to see another nuclear sanctions waiverfor Iran, because they want military confrontation with the Islamic Republic, former US congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul says.
In a tweet on Monday, US President Donald Trump said he will announce whether Washington will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday afternoon.
Trump has threatened to withdraw from the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). It was signed between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany in July 2015.
Some of the people are cheering him [Trump] on. The neocons in this country are cheering him, of course, because they dont want to see another waiver. They want confrontation. As a matter of fact, their best foreign ally is Netanyahu, Dr. Paul, a three-time American presidential candidate said in an interview on Monday,
Netanyahu last week was bombastic himself, and trying to present the case and declare how evil Iran was with statistics that were outdated, but he was caught at it. I think he should have been embarrassed by it. But hes back out again. He urged it. We got to confront them," he stated.
"I dont think he said lets go to war, but thats what his policy is. He is willing to confront them militarily right now, and theyre a lot of people in this country and a lot of people in the administration, the analyst added.
The US is to formally decide on the issue on May 12 as European allies of the United States, particularly the UK, are reportedly trying to convince the president to stay in the deal backed by five other world powers.
The European Union, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany have expressed support for the deal in the wake of new anti-Iranclaims by Israel.
Iran has on numerous occasionsasserted that its nuclear program is merely peaceful and not meant to make nukes.
Trump doesnt work on consistent patterns
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with governors and members of Congress on agriculture at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2018. (Photo by AFP)[/caption]Dr. Paul said that "sorting this all out is difficult because Trump doesnt work on consistent patterns. Who would have ever thought two months ago that there would be a possible peace treaty between North and South Korea? So who knows whats happening. But right now this looks very difficult for him to come up with an in-between answer.
But I think thats what he would have to do. But he has a lot of people in opposition to him, like the Europeans. I think everybody who has signed the agreement, they dont want him to stop it, he stated.
I dont think he has the option of saying well, we are tired of this; were going to get out of this international organization, and nobody will notice and were going to leave,' he noted.
Most people, including Iran, believe if the United States breaks this agreement and walks away that means big trouble. And they will have some ways of retaliating, he said.
Its very messy. But it looks like something big has to happen one way or the other. Maybe a big improvement, or big capitulation or a real problem by Friday, said Dr. Paul, the founder of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
