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10. rejecting the Iran deal would have led to a retrenchment of the status quo

Reply to bemildred (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 11:42 AM

Oct 2015

Some players (Turkey, Israel, Saudis) are jealously protective of the status quo. Iranians, though no more enlightened to say the least, were extremely dissatisfied with the status quo.

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Iran Has Always Clandestinely Sought the Bomb, Admits Ex-president [View all] geek tragedy Oct 2015 OP

Agree completely -- and this admission is also in keeping with the karynnj Oct 2015 #1

"I'm sure some will, ironically, try to spin this..." uawchild Oct 2015 #2

43% would gladly vote for Ben Carson if he's their nominee. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #3

Nukes deter war. They'd be insane NOT to get a bomb. frizzled Oct 2015 #4

After the US invaded 2 bombless countries but left North Korea alone. hollowdweller Oct 2015 #6

I always said to pro-Iraq war types, "If they had WMD, why would we invade"? frizzled Oct 2015 #7

Then we talked Khaddaffy into giving up the bomb, then killed him AngryAmish Oct 2015 #16

He was killed by his own people, EX500rider Oct 2015 #17

NATO played a prominent role in the civil war daleo Oct 2015 #21

Yeah, we only bombed his convoy Yupster Oct 2015 #22

The problem is, Iran isn't fully rational. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #14

You have no evidence for that cpwm17 Oct 2015 #15

Do you trust fundamentalists who said that their sky fairy wants you dead? Oneironaut Oct 2015 #18

Iran doesn't have much of of history of being particularly violent. cpwm17 Oct 2015 #19

And their country is a theocracy that frequently murders its own people, Oneironaut Oct 2015 #20

Refreshing candor. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #5

one could argue that the Iran nuclear deal is already providing benefits geek tragedy Oct 2015 #8

They seem to intend to comply. bemildred Oct 2015 #9

rejecting the Iran deal would have led to a retrenchment of the status quo geek tragedy Oct 2015 #10

I think Iran will not get too big for its britches. bemildred Oct 2015 #11

The period after the Iran-Iraq War isn't "always." Even 20 years ended in 2007 leveymg Oct 2015 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #13