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by Soeren Kern
• November 13, 2016 at 5:00 am
- "America
has just liberated itself from political correctness. The American
people expressed their desire to remain a free and democratic
people. Now it is time for Europe. We can and will do the
same!" — Geert Wilders, Dutch MP, head of the Party for Freedom
(PVV), and now on trial in the Netherlands for free speech.
- "2016 is,
by the looks of it, going to be the year of two great political
revolutions. I thought Brexit was big but boy this looks like it is
going to be even bigger." — Nigel Farage, MEP and leader of the
UK Independence Party.
- "The
political class is reviled across much of the West, the polling
industry is bankrupt and the press just hasn't woken up to what's
going on in the world." — Nigel Farage.
- "In a
democracy, when the people feel ignored and despised, they will find
a way to be heard. This vote is the consequence of a revolt of the
middle class against a ruling elite that wants to impose what they
should think." — Laurent Wauquiez, leader of the French
opposition party The Republicans.
Anti-establishment politicians in Europe, such as
Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders (left) in the Netherlands and UK
Independence Party leader Nigel Farage (right), have embraced Donald
Trump and hope his rise will inspire European voters to turn out to vote
for them in record numbers.
Donald Trump's electoral victory has come as a shock to Europe's
political and media establishment, which fears that the political sea
change underway in the United States will energize populist parties in
Europe.
Anti-establishment politicians, many of whom are polling well in a
number of upcoming European elections, are hoping Trump's rise will
inspire European voters to turn out to vote for them in record numbers.
Commenting on Trump's victory, Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, wrote:
"America has just liberated itself from political correctness. The
American people expressed their desire to remain a free and democratic
people. Now it is time for Europe. We can and will do the same!"
More than a dozen elections will be held in Europe during the next
twelve months, beginning with a re-run of the Austrian presidential
election scheduled for December 4. Polls show that Norbert Hofer, of the
anti-immigration Austrian Freedom Party, is on track to win that race.
by Majid Rafizadeh
• November 13, 2016 at 4:30 am
- President Obama
is ignoring Iran's latest violations, and the UN and IAEA reports as
well.
- In fact, the
administration, and State Department spokesman Mark Toner, are
defending Iran on this issue, and appear willing to give critical
concessions to Iran in the next round of talks in Baghdad this week.
- In other words,
Iranian leaders would be capable of more freely continuing their
nuclear ambition without probing from the IAEA or the international
community.
- Iran has not
yet allowed the IAEA "probes of various high-profile Iranian
sites. The International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano is
investigating whether Tehran has secretly worked on developing
nuclear weapons.
- Although the
nuclear agreement heavily favors Iran and the main UN Security
Council sanctions against Iran have already been lifted, Tehran
continues to cheat and violate the terms of this weak nuclear pact.
- Turning a blind
eye to Iran's violations will only further empower and embolden
Tehran to pursue its nuclear and hegemonic ambitions; ignore UN
resolutions and international laws; scuttle US foreign policy
objectives, and damage security interests.
One of the terms of the JCPOA accord, which never had any legal
legitimacy and which Iran never signed, is that Iran should restrict the
amount of specific nuclear materials it possesses during the nuclear
deal. According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), however, Iran has violated the deal by holding more heavy water,
used to produce nuclear weapons, than it is supposed to have.
This is not the first time Iran has violated the terms of the flimsy
nuclear agreement with no consequences. In February 2016, Iran exceeded
its threshold for heavy water as well. In a previous article, other
violations and reports of Iran's recent cheating and breaches of the
nuclear agreement are laid out.
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