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A Blueprint for Minimizing Iran’s Influence in the Middle East
America needs a better strategy for containing and checking Iran, and that strategy is needed now.
President Donald Trump would be making a serious mistake were he to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the 2015 nuclear deal between various world powers and Iran—in coming months.
This action, which Trump has threatened if Congress does not act soon to toughen our overall Iran policy, would be a much more serious blow to American interests and to U.S. global leadership than Trump’s previous treaty-related decisions.
Yes, he questioned alliances as a candidate, but he and his national-security team have recommitted to virtually all of them since January.
Yes, he…