The scene comes from 2007, when the Bush administration thought it had achieved a historic breakthrough with North Korea.
The president assumed that by threatening North Korea with "Fire and fury," as he did last year, he could force Kim to surrender his atomic arsenal.
Pompeo had unmitigated scorn for the nuclear deal with Iran, negotiated by the U.S. and five other parties, which Trump renounced in May. The secretary has vowed to keep sanctions until Iran meets a long list of stringent conditions.
The administration's position on Iran, as with North Korea, is that we expect total capitulation.
That's why North Korea has invested so much time and money acquiring nuclear warheads and the missiles to carry them.
That's why Iran created the infrastructure to produce nukes.
During the Obama administration, Iran was willing to enter into an agreement requiring it to dismantle most of its nuclear centrifuges, surrender 97 percent of its enriched uranium, and accept extensive outside inspections.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/07/30/on-north-korea-and-iran-trump-is-deludin
The president assumed that by threatening North Korea with "Fire and fury," as he did last year, he could force Kim to surrender his atomic arsenal.
Pompeo had unmitigated scorn for the nuclear deal with Iran, negotiated by the U.S. and five other parties, which Trump renounced in May. The secretary has vowed to keep sanctions until Iran meets a long list of stringent conditions.
The administration's position on Iran, as with North Korea, is that we expect total capitulation.
That's why North Korea has invested so much time and money acquiring nuclear warheads and the missiles to carry them.
That's why Iran created the infrastructure to produce nukes.
During the Obama administration, Iran was willing to enter into an agreement requiring it to dismantle most of its nuclear centrifuges, surrender 97 percent of its enriched uranium, and accept extensive outside inspections.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/07/30/on-north-korea-and-iran-trump-is-deludin
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