Quote:I'm all for diplomacy instead of war but what's the point of making a deal with a state sponsor of terror? We just basically said don't build a bomb and we're going to leave you alone and throw some cash at you.


I haven't read the details did we at least get our prisoners back?

 

There is no such thing as diplomacy when it comes to avowed enemies.

 

To answer your question, no the issue of our citizens being held in their prisons was not even addressed.  One of them is in prison simply for being a Christian.  Noodle that for a bit.

 

 

Quote:http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/politics/i...lear-deal/

 

This line scares me:

 

"The U.S. estimates that the new measures take Iran from being able to assemble its first bomb within 2-3 months, to at least one year from now."

 

I like the principle behind the deal. Anything that loosens the US/Israel tie a little bit while normalizing things with other Middle Eastern countries is, imo, a much needed boost for foreign policy, but a deal that looks to be pretty loose, allows Iran to stockpile 300kg of uranium and merely pushes back Iran's nuclear weapons capability by nine months is worrisome. Did we give up too much to get the deal done?

 

300kg of uranium-235 is enough to make about 300 Hiroshima bombs, btw. I don't know if U-235 is what they'll be stockpiling or not, nor do I profess to be an expert on nuclear weapons, but that little tidbit concerns me. I'm not saying that Iran would (or could) make 300 Hiroshima bombs, but the input of an expert who can say exactly what kind of nuclear weapons capability 300kg of uranium would give Iran would be very welcome right now.

 

Can you explain why regarding the part in bold?

 

Make no mistake, this deal on the surface appears to be a very bad thing.

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