And then there are people who would make agreements with nations that have always lied, have always violated their agreements up to and including the sanctity of foreign embassies in their territories. People who make agreements with such are fools.
Yeah, drop the whole thing and deal with the Iranians as the savages that they are.The current framework - The Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) - guarantees IAEA verification.
If you have a better idea, I would love to hear it.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." --HL Mencken
So you compare the worst of Bush's administration with the best of Obama's. No unfairness there at all.
But now that I think about it, any President who does a good job of protecting America's interests will be unpopular with foreigners. Popularity in foreign countries during Obama's tenure isn't a plus for America -- it means that we are weak.
Obama initially boosted America's popularity with foreign countries by projecting an image of weakness. Thus he won the Nobel Peace Prize without doing anything. But then he proved to be capable of asserting America's interests in some ways, at least. He continued Bush era counter-terrorism measures, for example. He boosted troops in Afghanistan. He rained terror down upon Al Qaeda leadership with thousands of drone strikes. He totally failed to live up to the promise that the Nobel Prize Committee saw in him, which is a good thing.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." --HL Mencken
You should try to remember, ideas are conveyed by researching information, vetting sources, and confirming said information. Not by regurgitating talking points given to you by your "news" station.
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful, but hate me all the more.
You should try to remember, ideas are conveyed by researching information, vetting sources, and confirming said information. Not by regurgitating talking points given to you by your "news" station.
Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful, but hate me all the more.
Baloney. What invasion led them to get extreme enough to crash two commercial jet liners into the world trade center and one into the pentagon? How about the attempt to bomb the towers in 1993? The bombing of the USS Cole? Khobar Towers, etc? No US invasion radicalized these nutcases. They just have a culture of death.