Quote:Full disclosure, there was a tad bit of tongue in cheek to my post above but its based solely on this comment.


1.) at what point do we say that its UNREASONABLE to allow a country to remain as the perpetual state sponsor of terror in the world fueling the threat of the next world war?


2.) If the purpose of the nuclear program as you say was PEACEFUL then it begs two questions. a.) If energy is the real concern why wouldn't they build an oil refinery in the country first before they build a nuclear reactor and b.) if they want the privilege of this kind of research for peaceful medical research then why don't they hand over the ICBM's they're building to deliver a nuclear payload. That seems pretty darn reasonable to me.


Finally, as a further illustration of how LUDICROUS this deal is, i see a lot of people here mentioning that this agreement was fundamentally localized to the nuclear program so it would have been UNREASONABLE to expect IRAN to change any of its other behaviors, and by behavior i mean terrorism and killing Americans. This is just not true. In REALITY the IRANIANS got several concessions from us about relieving sanctions and arms embargoes that were levied for human rights violations and for terrorist activities. To have these sanctions and embargoes lifted without any tangible changes in IRAN's behavior are the final piece of the puzzle and when you step back any rational person should be able to see this deal for what it is, SURRENDER!

I didn't say it was peaceful. I also didn't imply it. I also don't think it's the case. What I said was that its not reasonable to expect complete dismantling of a nuclear program due to the reasons you latched onto. Not sure why you keep putting words into my mouth.


Scientific progress is a right. How you use it is a different matter entirely.


A nuclear weapons program is completely different and if the sanctions lifted actually are related to anything than those invited due to the weopons program than I do have a problem with that. I'm working late and havnt had a chance to read the whole thing yet.

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