CHANGE: A Farewell to Marine Tanks? “Evidently the Marine Corps is going to shed all its tank units over the next decade.”
The Corps is moving to a “distributed lethality” model of smaller, more mobile, higher-tech units acting to support Navy actions across the Pacific.
COLLECTIVISTS GOTTA COLLECTIVIZE: Hillary Clinton on Coronavirus and Universal Health Care: ‘This Would Be a Terrible Crisis to Waste.’
TIMING: Deadline Looms On Iran Deal Just Before Election. “Snapback of Sanctions Is Being Eyed.”
Mr. Pompeo’s attempt to extend the arms embargo could fail, but then America just might get even more bold, using Resolution 2231’s self-destruct mechanism. Known as the “snapback” option, the resolution provided such a path to help the Obama administration sell it at home.
President Obama knew he had no way of turning his plan of action into a treaty. He couldn’t muster the necessary Senate majority to approve it. Instead, he took the deal to a much more sympathetic audience, the United Nations, where he inked it despite the fact that both houses of Congress were against it — overwhelmingly so in the opinion of the New York Times.
If Iran were ever to cheat on its obligations, promised top officials in the Obama administration, we’d at any time be able to end the deal and reimpose full sanctions. Further, they added, no one at the UN could stand in our way.
Hence the “snapback” mechanism that, according to the UN resolution, allows any of the original parties to the JCPOA to “reimpose unilateral and multilateral nuclear-related sanctions in the event of Iran non-performance,” as Secretary of State Kerry told the Senate at the time.
Further, and uniquely in the context of UN traditions, neither Russia nor Communist China nor any other Iran-friendly permanent member of the Security Council would be able to veto the snapback clauses, we were told.
Electing a Democrat president in November would mean letting the Mullahs back out of the box.
THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP: Virtual Blackout: Liberal TV Networks Bury Joe Biden Sex Scandal.
SEEN ON FACEBOOK:
From Encinitas, California.
WORD CHOICE: Joe Biden: Travel Bans Prevent ‘Economic Intercourse Around the World’
I guess Biden is saying that people should have to engage in intercourse whether they want to or not.
BATTLESWARM BLOG: Gov. Abbott Unveils Plan To Reopen Texas. “Outdoor sports with four people sounds like a pander to the golf set, although I suppose tennis, boxing and mixed martial arts would all qualify if it occurs outdoors, but five people playing Frisbee? Verboten!”
There’s going to be more new silliness before we get completely back to the old silliness.
SQUEEZE TIL IT HURTS: Trump adds pressure on Adam Schiff to release Russia investigation witness transcripts.
MEAN GIRLS GO GLOBAL: At Home and at Harvard, Communist China Runs the Ultimate Cancel Culture.
THE RETURN OF CAT JUGGLING: Officials in CA Town Call for Planning Commissioner’s Firing for Tossing a Cat During Videoconference.
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THAT’S NOT HOW THAT WORKS: CNN Writer Blames the Bible for Climate Change in Nihilistic Letter to His Son.
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