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Just what has the deal accomplished? Instead of one year (which is the same one year we have been hearing for the last 10 years) to achieve a nuclear weapon its now will take 5-10...big deal. If I ever decided to get a divorce I wouldn't want Kerry to negotiate the terms for me.
Well it should not be the job of the US to force Iran to do anything...that what the flacking UN is for. But the results of the financial sanctions seems to have force Iran to the table...which is where the rest of the world folded to Iran threats and the chance to sell products to them...like the big EU Airbus contract and Russian arms deals for example.
Well, the UN wasn't going to do anything, and besides, Iran plays a role in the UN...
I understand all the weaknesses of the deal Obama cut, but at the end of the day the options were (1) continue sanctions even though those didn't stop Iran from continuing to develop the bomb, aka, let Iran develop the bomb, or (2) partner up with Israel, invade Iran, fight a costly ground war, occupy Iran while dismantling all facilities, and pray that Iran doesn't become another Iraq/Afghanistan due to power vacuums and sectarian feuds.
It tends to get my dander up when people criticize something like the Iran deal without a viable option. There were zero good choices on that one.
If we bought 5-10 years, that means we have 5-10 years to think of what strategy to pursue if/when we develop evidence that Iran broke the deal. I'd prefer that to either doing nothing different, or an all-out invasion.