CIA director says it would be 'folly' to scrap Iran deal
Source: Associated Press
CIA director says it would be 'folly' to scrap Iran deal
Updated 4:07 am, Wednesday, November 30, 2016
LONDON (AP) The CIA director says it would be an act of "folly" for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to scrap the nuclear deal with Iran.
John Brennan told the BBC in an interview broadcast Wednesday that it would be "disastrous" to end the deal designed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Trump threatened during the campaign to scrap the deal. Brennan said doing so would strengthen hardliners in Iran and possibly spur other countries to pursue nuclear weaponry.
The CIA director also suggested Trump should be wary of promises made by Russia because of Russia's past failure to deliver.
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madokie
(51,076 posts)this will embolden him to do exactly what they don't want him to do, scrap the deal
We're talking dealing with a 6th grader here
cstanleytech
(26,361 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)you know feelings and all. His feelings that is
Solly Mack
(90,802 posts)mdbl
(4,976 posts)You should have told that to comey before he blew his mouth off
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)A GOP Congress blew up the nuke deal with North Korea
that had been negotiated by Clinton.
Result? N. Korea got nukes.
Cost to the GOP? Zero.
http://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/may-2004/rolling-blunder-2/
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)for votes info. I love watching Republicans eat their own.
0rganism
(23,994 posts)frankly i would expect no less than "disastrous" "folly" from his merry band of frauds and fanatics