With the Iran deal facing its gravest threat since it was signed in 2015, Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to preserve it, using his deep lists of contacts gleaned during his time as the top US diplomat to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside. President Trump, who has consistently criticized the pact and campaigned in 2016 on scuttling it, faces a May 12 deadline to decide whether to continue abiding by its terms.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt is unusual for a former secretary of state to engage in foreign policy like this, as an actual diplomat and quasi-negotiator,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Hanlon, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution. \u201cOf course, former secretaries of state often remain quite engaged with foreign leaders, as they should, but it\u2019s rarely so issue-specific, especially when they have just left office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kerry declined to be interviewed for this story. The quiet lobbying campaign \u2014 by him and others \u2014 is being conducted below the radar because he and his allies believe a high-profile defense of the deal by prominent Democrats would only backfire and provoke Trump, making it more likely the president would pull the United States out of the deal. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While it may be unusual for former secretaries of state, it’s certainly not unusual for John Kerry. He stuck his nose in the Syria business while the Bush Administration had their own policy dealing with Assad, he did the same meddling in Afghanistan with the Karzai cartel. <\/p>\n
The Trump Administration is prepared to reimpose sanctions on Iran if they are found to be in violation of the agreement, and Kerry would prefer that we just ignore the fact that Iran hasn’t abandoned their nuclear weapons program, just to keep his agreement alive and preserve the appearance of success, disregarding the national security implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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