The Iran deal

[Millhouse]

(05-08-2018, 08:11 PM)Dill Wrote: The alternative was not "a long term treaty." It was letting them have a bomb by 2015.  Not clear why that is "better" than 2031.

No particular reason to think that an improving economy benefits hardliners in Iran, as it was definitely benefiting liberals and moderates who backed the Iran Deal.

Now they have a 158 billion, a broken sanctions regime, and a green light to the bomb.

I was just pointing out some reasons why the deal was flawed, and that it was nothing more than a temporary bandaid that is trying to be made to look like some crowning foreign policy achievement. It wasn't.

But at the same time, pulling out of it could be a critical mistake in dealing with North Korea and getting them to the table. Then again it may not, no one really knows for sure. And as you noted, Iran may just restart their nuke program which could certainly lead to Israeli and the US attacking their sites.