Iran pulled out of all the rules and requirements in the 2015 nuclear deal. And Iraq voted on a non-binding resolution to force all American troops out of the country.
Analysis: “Iran’s announcement essentially sounded the death knell of the 2015 nuclear agreement. And it largely re-creates conditions that led Israel and the United States to consider destroying Iran’s facilities a decade ago, again bringing them closer to the potential of open conflict with Tehran that was avoided by the accord.”
DOD Secretary Esper contradicted Trump by saying that the military would not strike cultural sites.
Tuesday night Iran fired ballistic missiles into Iraqi bases that house the American military, a direct retaliation for killed Suleimani.
Wednesday morning Trump gave an address stating that the US will not retaliate.
David Sanger in the Times: The speech was, in many ways, the sound of muddled policy. It showed that after three years in office, Mr. Trump has yet to resolve the two conflicting instincts on national security that emerge from his speeches and his Twitter feed: bellicosity and disengagement.
Impeachment News
By Friday, after a week of back and forth dueling statements with McConnell, Pelosi said she would have the House send the impeachment articles to the Senate next week.
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