I’m actually shocked they made this (absolutely correct) call... Yeah I’m that cynical.
You see it’s OK to do this because Europe had the guts to go first. Denying the obvious would be an insult to Europe.
We are followers on the world stage now.
Now that the symbolism is over, nothing else will change.
Obama hates this though, I bet he’s in a lousy mood today. I doubt we will hear a word from him about it.
Not cynical, you would have to be blind deaf and dumb to ignore the fact that the administration is playing for the other team.
To put things in perspective, President Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal was never signed by Iran and the deal in it's entirety was publicly and categorically rejected by the Iranian legislative body.
Both the United States Department of State and the Obama Administration itself have confirmed in writing to Congress that the Obama Iranian Nuclear Arms deal was never adopted by Iran and is completely non binding on them.
And yet Obama released the $150 Billion in Iranian Assets frozen through no less than 5 American Presidents.
Obama not only killed all embargo and sanctions against Iran, he expressly allowed Iran to acquire on the world market pretty much any and all Nuclear technology and equipment except for the very narrow (and obsolete) segment of tech that can used only for a atomic fission weapon (he left the door wide open for Iran to develop and deploy a hydrogen bomb - like the one Iran's Axis of Evil and nuclear proliferation partner North Korea just detonated)
This kind of behavior cannot be explained by simple stupidity or incompetence - only by willful design