(01-15-2020, 01:51 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(01-15-2020, 12:49 PM)Gabe Wrote: Thanks for addressing my question head-on, MBJ. I agree, though I still don't have very much trust in DNC leadership or JK, for that matter. FWIW, he said he thought a portion could/would go to terrorist groups to settle debts Iran owed, but didn't have evidence to show it had occurred and that such behaviors would result in sanctions against Iran. Kerry was also at the table during the negotiations of the JCPOA

As for your former point, I'd posit that Obama/US was the centerpiece in the agreement, which was made in conjunction with China, France, Russia & the UK, as well as EU-3 countries. Might as well say that the UN/NATO made the agreement, considering the world powers in alignment with the decision. The US will always be the centerpiece in such alignments, but my point is that we/Obama didn't solely make it. To my knowledge, Israel was the only country that vocally opposed it. 

Again, I would have structured it differently because of Iran's history with terrorism & government instability.

History?  They were chanting death to america while it was being signed!

And essentially we are nato/the un

JJ, perhaps its naive of me, or just my pure optimism - but I don't believe a group of protesters/demonstrators represents the whole of a country (much like our own). That said, I believe in diplomacy...and that countries can work toward peace. I would have pushed for agreement/s to be made, I just would have structured the agreement/s differently.

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