The Iran deal

[Dill]

(05-09-2018, 12:00 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: The "world"?

That's a rather big assumption that the rest of the world would go along with us. Most of the rest of the world was not onboard for the first sanctions. The fact is, it was hard enough to put together a coalition of our closest traditional allies, a feat which would now be nearly impossible to repeat since we stabbed our buddies in the back economically.

"The world" somehow imposes sanctions--against its own short term interests--without leadership or coordination.  Magic.

US diplomacy has put the US in a position of economic and military pre eminence since WWII, but that work has been invisible to most everyone but diplomats.  Americans take their pre-eminence for granted, and frivolously vote to undermine it.  Our community hasn't had crime for a while so why do we need a police force?

France paid a serious economic price to go along with the Iran deal, keeping their own auto manufacturing business out of that billion dollar market to go along with the US. That meant accepting the higher unemployment rate that went with it.

The US talked France into accepting that sacrifice for years--then quashed the deal just as the gravy started flowing.  All for naught.

Now Trump and his supporters don't care whether France likes that or not. STRENGTH!!

Oh, by the way France--hope you'll bit the bullet and go along with sanctions again.  If you don't we'll put sanctions on you, our long-time ally and friend.   And other countries had better honor those sanctions or we'll sanction them too. 

Leadership!  America first!!