07-16-2015, 05:50 PM
(07-16-2015, 03:24 PM)username Wrote: However, while I agree this may well go the way of N. Korea, I also believe Iran was shortly going to have a nuclear weapon. I don't think sanctions were going to prevent that. As O said yesterday, it was either a deal or stopping them by force (war). Anybody feel like going to war with Iran?
He only presented a false choice. What was wrong with a third choice: no deal?
If they are going to get the nuke anyway - which I think most everyone believes they will - why even bother with the deal? Why not just keep sanctions in place while they get what everyone believes they are going to get anyway?
Answer: $$$$$$$
Europe wanted to re-open the Iranian market because their economies need it. If Europe dropped out of the sanctions, there was plenty of cash that was going to flow into Iran anyway. Obama needed the deal so that he didn't have sanctions fall apart on his watch, so this deal provides cover for that.
Of course now we have an arms race in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia and other countries now actively engaging in nuclear contracts with Russia.
I'm sure this will all end well.