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.  

 

Just think about what you are saying.  

 

1.) America, like it or not, is the leader in the world.  When we shrink from the battlefield there isn't another country like ours that can pick up the flag and run with it.  Over the last 6 plus years we have been following a path of capitulation and surrender.  So its no wonder that the other countries would go along with a deal that serves their short term financial interests when its clear that under this president that america isn't committed long term to the pursuit of our security interests.  

 

2.) Last time i checked, Israel didn't fund the insurgency in Iraq or help Arm the Taliban so this whole lefty thing of wanting to stick it to ISRAEL is hard to understand.  

 

3.) While this deal may financially benefit some of our European Allies, it completely throws our middle eastern allies under the bus and puts them on the path to either war or capitulation to the coming IRANIAN super state.  So i'm sorry if france doesn't get to sell cell phones to kids in tehran to bolster the current repressive theocratic terrorist regime if it means that we aren't seeing the beginnings of WWIII ten years!

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