Quote:You really need to take emotion and imagination out of the deal for a bit.  Seriously.  I don't say that in a demeaning way, I'm trying to say it from a real perspective.

 

Let me ask you this.  Do you believe that America is Exceptional?  Do you believe that we should be leaders in the world, especially today?  What makes America great?  What is a good sign of leadership?  Do we under the current administration show leadership either globally or domestically?

 

I don't think America is truly exceptional.  Can we get there?  Absolutely.  But we still have a ways to go. America does exceptional things, but it's not truly exceptional. 


A sign of good leadership, honestly, is listening to the needs of those other than yourself.  It's a will to compromise, and to negotiate.  It's the ability to realize that you (as the old Earth song goes) can't always get what you want.


Many here dislike the deal because there are people in Iran who cry "DEATH TO AMERICA!"  Would any deal really satisfy them?  It sounds to me as if they don't want a deal at all.  Perhaps I'm wrong about that, but I suspect I'm not.  Do you think that our European Allies want Iran to get the bomb?  They don't.  They believe this deal will stop them from getting the bomb.  Our President thinks it will stop them from getting the bomb.  Many Nuclear experts think it will stop them from getting the bomb.  All of this of course hinges on them not breaking the deal -- but again, refusing to negotiate because they will break the deal means that there's no deal that would satisfy you and that you are putting negotiation off the table.  Leadership is not forcing our allies to do what we want, and trying to force Iran to do the same.  


"We want a better deal," many say.


Okay.  So what's this better deal?  And why does Iran (the most important country to agree to the deal) sign it?  Why do they not say "Forget that, you're not going to undo our economic sanctions, so it's time we put all our focus on getting our nuclear bomb."


If the US decides to back out of the deal, do you think it hastens their development of the bomb, or slows it down?  Keep in mind that only our sanctions would remain.  And that even with the sanctions we've had recently that Iran isn't that far off from the bomb now.

 

 

 

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