What's the difference between saying, “The daybreak at the
end of a long night” and saying, “The light at the end of the tunnel”? The
answer is that the intended meaning is the same. It is just that the first
saying applies to naturally occurring phenomena while the second applies to
artificially occurring phenomena.
Well, guess what, my friend. We neglected to look into one
small addendum that is very much a part of this story. It is that unlike the
natural daybreak, the light at the end of the tunnel can well be artificially
produced. It can be that of a train that's coming at you full speed.
Keep that in mind while thinking of another saying which has
it that the Americans will try all the bad options available to them before
finally settling on the correct one. Apply those ideas to the appointment of
John Bolton as National Security adviser to the President of the United States , and think of the possible
ramifications of such a move in terms of the Iran nuclear deal as well as the
issues that may be related to it directly or remotely.
There is no doubt that some people see Bolton 's
appointment as the daybreak at the end of a long night. Others see it as the
flickering light of a slow and somewhat uncertain train, still at the end of
the tunnel. And there are those who see it as the train that's no longer at the
end of the tunnel, but one that's rushing out and rolling at the world at a
supersonic speed.
How can we wrap our heads around an issue as complex as this?
Well, the first thing we do is turn to the people who know more about the
subject than anyone else. One such person is Wendy R. Sherman who was America 's lead
negotiator on the team that hammered the nuclear deal with the Iranians.
Responding to the declared intention of both Trump and Bolton to nix the deal,
she wrote an article under the title: “Trump and Bolton 's
Plan to isolate Allies and Encourage Enemies,” published on March 25, 2018 in
the New York Times.
She says the deal is good, and gives the following evidence
to back her claim:
“The deal was negotiated by the United
States , Britain ,
France , Germany , Russia
and China ,
coordinated by the European Union, and endorsed by a 15-to-0 vote in the United
Nations Security Council”.
As to the consequences of America
abrogating the Iran
nuclear deal, Wendy Sherman says the following:
“First, Iran
most likely will move to enrich uranium. It will increase the Revolutionary
Guards' activities. This will increase American calls for military action. The
march to military conflict will be hard to stop. Beyond this horror show, to
destroy the deal will pound a nail into the coffin of the trans-Atlantic
relationship. Trump has laid the task of 'fixing' the deal at the feet of Britain , France
and Germany .
He is demanding that they solve a political problem he created by campaigning
against the deal. Nixing the deal won't do America much good with the rest of
the world, either. Allies like South Korea ,
Japan and India reduced
their reliance on Iranian oil in service to the negotiations that produced the
deal. Sabotaging it will sour these relationships. Killing the deal will also
be a blow to the negotiations with North Korea . It will give the United States
international isolation. It will not isolate Iran ,
and will lead its allies to consider China
and Russia
as dependable partners. Nothing about this decision will increase American
security. It will have devastating consequences”.
Now that we have the opinion of the most qualified expert on
the subject, we ask the question: Can the human race––in this day and
age––afford to let America
go through its habitual shtick of trying all the bad options before settling on
the correct one? The answer is that such a choice is no longer viable for two
reasons:
First, America
has diminished itself so much already it can do nothing that is seen as
capricious without triggering a response from its worthy rivals; even from some
of the unworthy players. Second, nothing appears more capricious in the eyes of
the world than promises made during an American election campaign to placate
the nationalist fires that the Jews have in their hearts for Israel . And
nothing angers the world like an America that tries to fulfill those
promises at the expense of someone else, if not the whole world … and doing it
in response to undue Jewish pressure.
Add to this the reputation of John Bolton as being the
foremost kisser of Jewish asses he considers above him, as well as the foremost
kicker of everyone he considers below him, and you have a world that sees the
White House as a powder keg liable to explode at any moment, and ready to take
the world down with it.
It will take a herculean effort to dismantle the powder keg
the White House has become. And the world wonders if Donald Trump is qualified
to do this job.