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Breaking the treaty was widely seen as causing Iran’s nuclear program to speed up. That said, the people saying that were in the foreign policy and defense comm
by acdha 2y ago
Breaking the treaty was widely seen as causing Iran’s nuclear program to speed up. That said, the people saying that were in the foreign policy and defense communities so while they’re well-informed you would want to ask exactly how much they are biased: for example, someone in the State department is predisposed to think of treaties, etc. as effective because otherwise why would they be working a demanding job which pays so little? It’s like asking Haskell programmers whether functional programming is good.
- netsharc 2y agoI remember reading an analyst who said, it was terrible for US reputation because other countries around the world, whether allies or arch-enemies, can rightly say (I paraphrase) "Why should we trust any agreement we have with you, USA, when in your next election you can elect a ducking lunatic who'll cancel this agreement?"... It makes me think of Great Britain, who another thinker said used to be the adult in the room of global politics, whose advice other countries sought; but within a decade became a laughing stock that was ignored.
- acdha 2y agoYeah, I don’t want to overstate it but I think we’ll increasingly see it as a mistake. Strengthening China’s ties to Iran seems unlikely to be beneficial and while I’m sure some people hoped it’d topple the government I think the economic disruption probably just hurt a bunch of helpless people in ways which are still unfolding.