Chuck Schumer’s Disingenuous Iran Deal Argument

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21. there are usually more than two alternatives

it may well be that at this point the best alternative is to affirm the treaty, especially given that this is only the US portion.

but framing it as "you want the treaty or you want war" is a false dichotomy. one alternative would be to not confirm the treaty and see what happens - maybe it would lead to war and maybe not -- if Iran is so rational, why would they develop weapons to the point that the US would take the military option. another alternative would be to withdraw from the treaty and offer 5 trillion dollars to Iran to become a vassal state of the US. that only took a few seconds, and i am not even a nuclear physicist.

if this is the best alternative at this point in time, it is still intellectually dishonest to insist that it is the best possible treaty that could have been obtained - why is that not so? because it is never so - Obama and Kerry aren't perfect and in hindsight there is always something that could have been done better.

allowing criticism and discussion is not a bad thing.