On the day that the Nobel Peace Prize is being awarded to a nuclear non-proliferation group, Trump is going to decertify but not leave the Iran deal. As David Ignatius points out, this is a poor decision for a number of reasons. One, Iran is in compliance. Frankly, that should be enough. By there is also no real plan beyond wishful thinking that decertifying will somehow lead to some magical future where Iran behaves better. (In fact, I would argue that this move strengthens the hand of the worst actors in Iran.)
The reason for abandoning the nuclear deal with Iran - a deal that our current impotence in dealing with North Korea demonstrates is more important every day - is simple: Obama did it.
The deal is a good deal for everyone. It's among the best diplomatic achievements of the last 15 years.
But Obama did it, so Republicans railed against it from their echo chamber inside the Fox News hivemind, and now they are bound by their previous stupidity to pursue more stupidity.
That's pretty much the Republican party in a nutshell. And I emphasize the "nut."
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