Quote:Republicans (and some Democrats) seem to be forgetting that this was an international deal.  It wasn't the United States vs Iran.  It was a whole group of countries negotiating.  And the other countries agreed to the deal, and thought it was a good deal.  They have stronger economic ties to Iran than we do, and will be more likely to lift sanctions even if we don't.  And how does it look to our European allies if we don't support a deal they think looks good?


Europe will likely do what they can to salvage the deal if we break out, and it'll be much more likely to lead to a nuclear Iran than if we're involved.  


Then you have the fact that if we just walked away from the table, and waited for Iran on this one -- Iran would likely pursue a nuclear bomb in the meantime, rather than just come crawling back to us with us being in a stronger position.  Which in turn leads us to the path to war with Iran.  And what does Europe do if we back out of a deal they think is good and that leads to Iran getting a nuclear weapon?  On the other hand, what does Europe do if we stick to our end of the deal, and Iran cheats?  And what happens in the event that Iran shocks the world and actually upholds their end of the deal?  


Some seem to want us to forsake our European Allies for Israel.  

 

 

First off, the US has billions of dollars in Iranian assets sequestered. Even if the rest of the world capitulated without us, the US would still have a strong negotiating position.


 

Secondly, this agreement does nothing to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and, in fact, gives them plenty of additional cash to do so. 
This agreement is a total capitulation to Iran. Basically we received nothing. They agreed only to not take steps to build a bomb, but there is no verification that they will live up to that promise. How much is a promise from a religious extremist worth, especially when that religion encourages lying to non-believers?

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