TRUMP WARNS EUROPEAN UNION NOT TO EVADE
U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/trump-warns-eu-not-to-evade-us-sanctions-against-iran; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
“The White House is putting the Europeans on notice, saying that if they try to do an end-run around U.S. sanctions on Iran, they will be subject to stiff fines and penalties.” Iran is a rogue nation with jihadist proxies operating worldwide; it aims to obliterate Israel. No Western nation should be appeasing it. Unfortunately, Barack Hussein Obama did just that, apparently trusting that his appeasement strategy would contain Iran.
Another well-known fact is that globalists are eroding democratic institutions with their suicidal open-border policies, curbing free speech, arrogating ever more power to the anti-democratic United Nations — and doing business with the likes of Iran. So it’s no surprise that “unfazed, the European Union is marching forward with the plan, which, if implemented, could further strain trans-Atlantic relations.” This excludes the nations of the EU that make up the Visegrad group (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia), as well as Austria and Italy, which have stood for freedom.
It’s now a faceoff: according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), “the choice is whether to do business with Iran or the United States….I hope our European allies choose wisely.” Let’s hope no one holds his or her breath regarding the wisdom of most EU countries.
“Trump Warns Europeans Not to Try to Evade Iran Sanctions,” Associated Press, January 28, 2019:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is closely eyeing efforts in Europe to set up an alternative money payment channel to ease doing business with Iran and avoid running afoul of sanctions the U.S. has levied on the Islamic republic.The White House is putting the Europeans on notice, saying that if they try to do an end-run around U.S. sanctions on Iran, they will be subject to stiff fines and penalties. Unfazed, the European Union is marching forward with the plan, which, if implemented, could further strain trans-Atlantic relations.A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said preparations for the alternative system were “at an advanced stage.”“I hope that we can announce the launch very soon,” Maja Kocijancic told reporters late last week in Brussels.Getting out ahead of a possible announcement, a senior administration official told The Associated Press on Friday that the U.S. will fully enforce its sanctions and hold individuals and entities accountable for undermining them. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the issue.“The choice is whether to do business with Iran or the United States,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told the AP. “I hope our European allies choose wisely.”The U.S. joined China, France, Germany, Russia and Britain in signing a pact with Iran in 2015 that offered to lift economic sanctions in exchange for Tehran’s pledge to rein in its nuclear weapons program….
