Even worse that he wants to predicate US action on prior European action. What is "European" action? And when have they EVER acted without US leadership?
And worse still that the land force part of the nuclear triad is negotiable. He's a M.A.D. dog all right.
Whatever happened to peace through strength?
Mattis, quoted here:
Mattis has voiced deep scepticism about Iran’s motives and warned that the US and its allies would have to remain vigilant for violations. But in April he argued against walking away from the nuclear deal, as Trump has threatened to do.
“One point I want to make is there’s no going back,” Mattis said at an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “Absent a real violation – I mean, a clear and present violation that was enough to stimulate the Europeans to action as well – I don’t think that we can.”
Were the US to renege on its agreement, Mattis said, “I believe we would be alone if we did, and unilateral economic sanctions from us would not have anywhere near the impact of an allied approach to this.”
