Memorandum on the Iran Nuclear Deal
To: Donald Trump, President of the United States
From: Colman Lydon, Secratry of State
Date: April 22nd, 2018
RE: Iran Nuclear Deal
Introduction:
The Iran Nuclear was made during the previous Administration. With that, it received large amounts of support from some of the United States closest allies. This deal included several different clauses, which involved how much enriched uranium they were allowed to have, exporting stockpiles, would have them be the subject of inspections, and put them on a five year arms embargo. In less than a month you may choose to leave the deal. In this, I will outline some of the ramifications for this and strongly urge you to place the United States back into the deal.
Evidence:
Iran has tried to maintain its end of the deal. There have been inspection reports from members of the United Nations that have said that they are complying with their end of the deal. By removing ourselves from the deal, it might show that we do not care if they are complying or not. This is also reason to believe that by removing ourselves, Iran will not continue on with its limitations and also back out of the deal. This means that Iran will start to bring back its work on creating nuclear weapons. Not only will it bring it’s program back, but it may appear that they would plan to intensify their program, meaning we would have a lot more to worry about. This deal is also important in working with our allies. France and Germany both strongly urge for us to stay in the deal. Leaving this deal would have potential negative ramifications. It would look like we do not support the actions and advice of our allies. This could cause a rift in our relations with other world powers, causing use to not have as much support as we may need.
Implementation:I strongly urge that we stay in this deal. While it may not seem like the best option at the moment, it is certainly a better option than Iran continuing on with its nuclear weapons program. It would be in our best interest to stay in this deal.
Staying in the deal is something that the United States should do. Leaving, like you said could result in Iran also leaving the agreement. This is something that would be very bad for not just the United States but also the international community. The deal is in our best interest to help stablize the Middle East. Iran has shown to have been following the agreement and us leaving just gives reason for them to pull out along with the other countries.
ReplyDeleteColman I agree that backing out of the deal would have detrimental effects on our relationships with other nations. Backing out would show that the United States is not capable of sticking to its word. Staying in the deal is the best option to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and posing a greater threat to international security. As Mike said, fostering stability in the region should be of major concern to the United States and backing out of this deal would do the opposite.
ReplyDeleteAs I have said in my memo, I believe the United States should leave the deal, though now is not the right time to do so. I believe that regardless of whether or not there is a deal, Iran will continue developing its nuclear weapons program, especially so long as there are questions about whether Israel is armed. We simply do not have enough trust on either side of the aisle to make a deal work, and it would take more than just lifting sanctions or nuclear inspections to foster that trust. The U.S. cannot be accused of not being true to its word if Iran violates the agreement first. On the contrary, not enforcing a breach of the deal may show the weakness of the United States.
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