Any foreign ministry of even the stupidest countries in the world at least have a rudimentary understanding of how the American foreign policy works - they know that binding treaties are how we do arms controlJohnStOnge wrote:In my world and everybody else's world the United States as a nation broke its word. Maybe the circumstances are such that doing that was the best thing to do. Don't know. But as far as the rest of the world is concerned the United States broke its word. I don't think that's a small thing.AZGrizFan wrote:
So, in your world we should remain committed to a totally shitty agreement that accomplishes absolutely nothing and in which they still plow along with their nuclear program because the previous president and SOS were stupid enough to sign it?
You have totally gone off the deep end.
Iran wanted that plane load of cash (honestly... a plane load of cash? That's pure Trumpian) and they got it for a song - because Obama and Kerry wanted a foreign policy legacy and were willing to give up the farm to get it
The Iran deal was in essence the ending of sanctions in return for an unverifiable oath from a state sponsor of terror
The moral of this story is that you need to make treaties with the US. Otherwise you're buying your 5th grade best friend's dad's truck without his dad's knowledge. When the adults find out, the deal's off.
That lesson alone would make me support pulling out of any nonbinding agreement with a terrorist state
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