Jack Keane on Iran standoff: Trump using economic pressure to bring Tehran to negotiating table

After President Trump declared that Iran “appears to be standing down” in the wake of Tuesday's missile strikes on Iraqi airbases, Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane said that Trump had executed a diplomatic strategy that could enable the U.S. to negotiate with Iran without further military action.

“It changed from the strategy of appeasement under the Obama administration to confrontation using economic pressure to do that,” Keane told “The Daily Briefing” Wednesday.

“The American people should be extremely grateful and happy,” Trump said in an address to the nation from the White House the morning after the attacks. “No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime.”

I'd have to listen again, but today Mark Scheider aka the "GreenNuclearDeal" N-Pwr-Plant operator and promoter of Gen 3 & 4 Nuclear Plants noted Iran could become a source for Power-Plant fuel, something about upgrading fuel to U235 stats, so forgive me if I get that complicated physics slightly off:

The point is, if they collapse we could put their scientist to work and not look for something nefarious to do.

Not tired of winning.

Tangent to this was Peter DeLorenzo's rant over on the AutoExtremist laying out the timeline for EV's check this out, we are going to need Nuclear Power & Grid upgrades:

"And this just in: In case you’re wondering, 2020 will not be the year of the electric vehicle as some experts have suggested.No, it will be another gradual step in the transition for an industry reeling, reacting and planning for models that are slated for ’22, ’23 and ’24. Make no mistake, this will be such a dramatic transformation that by 2030, BEVs will dominate the product plans – and production – for all of the major manufacturers. Lingering questions will remain, of course. The pace of battery development will continue to accelerate, bringing down costs. And this will be a significant part of making the BEV transformation possible. I believe, however, that the charging infrastructure will lag the arrival of these BEVs, and this will continue to be an issue. The dominant charging regimen will continue to take place at private residences, and I don’t see this changing anytime soon. The day you start seeing charging “islands” at gas stations across the country is the day the infrastructure transition will start to make believable traction."

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