Re:US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
by votepaunchy on Sunday June 23, 2019 @06:28AM
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Note that the JCPOA is not a treaty. The President cannot unilaterally withdraw from a treaty, subject to any withdrawal requirements of the treaty itself. Same goes for the Paris Climate Accord, which was never put forward as a treaty in the US.
Re:US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
by jacquesm on Sunday June 23, 2019 @09:31AM
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Note that other countries and their citizens don't typically give a hoot about the internal affairs if it looks as though countries go back on their word and signatures. Internal ratification is simply used as a way to sign treaties with 'fingers crossed'.
Re:US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
by pwodhouse on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:53AM
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Counterparties don't care if a treaty is withdrawn from or merely violated.
Re:US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
by AsyncAwait on Sunday June 23, 2019 @06:19AM
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> which Trump broke essentially because he is an idiot the listens to assholes
And also because he's a reactionary, "let's do the opposite of what Obama did", no matter the policy.
I mean, he pursues a JCPOA-style deal with North Korea, (a good thing for once), but at the same time pulls out of the JCPOA?
Iran has so far been very restrictive in how they have reacted to the USA violating the JCPOA, which Trump broke essentially because he is an idiot the listens to assholes, and complaining that the cross a line in a treaty you’ve killed yourself is obviously not a very convincing accusation.
Lots of states in the Middle east have ballistic missiles, and they use them to shoot large conventional explosives at each other, like Iran and Irak did during their war.