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2018/05/09(水) 04:51:32.14ID:CAP_USER92018/05/09
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Obama: We've been safer since we entered the Iran deal
Barack Obama, who was president when the Iran deal was negotiated in 2015, released a lengthy statement, calling Trump's decision to withdraw from the deal "misguided."
"We have been safer in the years since we achieved the JCPOA," referring to the deal's official title, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Here's part of his statement:
I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake. Without the JCPOA, the United States could eventually be left with a losing choice between a nuclear-armed Iran or another war in the Middle East. We all know the dangers of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. It could embolden an already dangerous regime; threaten our friends with destruction; pose unacceptable dangers to America’s own security; and trigger an arms race in the world’s most dangerous region. If the constraints on Iran’s nuclear program under the JCPOA are lost, we could be hastening the day when we are faced with the choice between living with that threat, or going to war to prevent it.
