# Question re Withdrawing from Treaties **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-withdrawing-from-treaties/828832 "2019-02-02T14:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-withdrawing-from-treaties/828832/26 "2019-02-02T22:48:04Z")
**[Moderating]** > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > President Obama got us into an “executive agreement” with the terrorist regime in Iran. On his own. > > Maybe President Trump can call the withdrawal from the INF an “executive disagreement”. :rolleyes: > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > And because Obama’s treaty was an ‘executive agreement’, the next executive was fully free to ignore it - which he did, Which is why it was irresponsible to do foreign policy that way to begin with. Treaties are supposed to provide stability, not chaos. I suspect the Iranians went along with it because they got a lot up-front in the form of pallettes of cash. > > Treaties are only useful when both sides abide by them. Otherwise, they are just a strategic weapon to be foisted on suckers. Russia was in clear violation of the ABM treaty when Bush withdrew, and they are in clear violation of this treaty. Trump is completely correct to withdraw. > > Besides, this must be what Putin wants, since Trump is his puppet, right? In case the two of you didn’t notice, this is General Questions, and there’s a factual answer we’re trying to find here. Some other posters have done good work in finding that answer. Politicking does not help, and is not appropriate for this forum. This is an official Warning for both of you. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-withdrawing-from-treaties/828832)._