I'm pretty sure that the bench marks that needs to be hit by Iran to get the sanctions lifted are pretty good.  Also, sanctions aren't to begin to be lifted for like at least 5 years, from the reports I saw yesterday morning.

 

I could be wrong, but 5 years to begin lifting sanctions is not giving away the store, so to speak.

 

Also, I thought Obama mentioning how we began negotiating with the Soviets back in the 80's was a good point.  We are not in complete harmony with Russia now, but normalizing relations is a lot better than having an antagonistic relationship.

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