Bolton: Here's how Trump can drop Iran deal

Bob Unruh, wnd.com

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Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton says President Trump needs to coordinate an information campaign that will reach literally around the world to build support for an American announcement that Iran is in violation of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal.

The agreement is not a treaty because it was never considered by the U.S. Senate, and so it can be changed by a president’s decision.

Bolton explains in a new column at the Gatestone Institute that then-chief White House strategist Steve Bannon, who resigned Aug. 18, asked him to “draw up” a “game plan” for defining a compelling rationale to exit the “failed nuclear deal.” ... 

A new way forward is need, he says, because the Obama deal “is a threat to U.S. national-security interests, growing more serious by the day.”

To move forward with uncovering Iran’s perfidy and make progress on U.S. security, he says, “a comprehensive plan must be developed and executed to build domestic and international support for the new policy.” ...

To do that, the U.S., “must explain the grave threat to the U.S. and our allies, particularly Israel.” ...

He says “we can bolster the case for abrogation by providing new, declassified information on Iran’s unacceptable behavior around the world.”

The real work will be assuring “the international community that the U.S. decision will in fact enhance international peace and security.” ...

To succeed, the U.S. needs to have quiet consultations with the U.K., France, Germany, Israel and Saudi Arabia to explain the plan, prepare the evidence, expand diplomatic efforts to focus on Iran and pull together congressional actions.

“Our embassies worldwide should demarche their host governments with talking points (tailored as may be necessary) and data to explain and justify abrogating JCPOA. We will need parallel efforts at the United Nations and other appropriate multilateral organizations. Our embassies should not limit themselves to delivering the demarche, however, but should undertake extensive public diplomacy as well,” he says. ...