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wiggs

(7,808 posts)
Wed May 9, 2018, 05:43 PM May 2018

RW editorial re Iran deal gets blistered by readers

Editorials at the NY Times have a range of viewpoints. Almost every time, readers' comments are just as well written, provide fact checking, an offer perspective. The reader comments on this article ('reader picks' filter) help clarify the whole Iran/Trump/Russia debacle, more so than the original article and more so than most media outlet discussions I'm hearing.

Common theme: The original author is delusional if he thinks Trump has a clue as to what's in the Iran deal or what kind of new deal is possible

Peruse for the reader comments, mostly:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/trump-courageous-iran-decision.html?WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&action=click&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&pgtype=Homepage&region=opinion-c-col-left-region#commentsContainer

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