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It's a shame we got rid of the deal that brought their domestic uranium production to a halt [0]. Trump fucked this all up so badly. [0] https://www.statista.c

It's a shame we got rid of the deal that brought their domestic uranium production to a halt [0]. Trump fucked this all up so badly. [0] https://www.statista.com/chart/23528/irans-stockpile-of--low-enriched-uranium/ https://www.statista.com/chart/23528/irans-stockpile-of--low...

tptacek 1y ago
Yes.
YZF 1y ago
The original deal didn't address the core issues. It was just a delay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Ac... The relief of sanctions enabled Iran to fund their other activities in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. It also enable the regime to invest in other weapons programs including weapons Iran has been supplying to Russia and those it and its proxies are launching against Israel. I'm not sure Trump withdrawal from that deal was the best idea but the deal wasn't great either.
- sorcerer-mar 1y ago
  The deal did address – quite precisely and successfully – the core issue. It didn't address some other side issues. "The thing that prevented them from achieving a nuclear weapon didn't also prevent them from funding x y z other far less problematic things that can be far more easily handled through conventional diplomacy and military action" Seriously?
- dralley 1y ago
  I mean, this strike doesn't really address the core issue either. The core issue being Iran being a fundamentalist regime.
  - grafmax 1y ago
    Being attacked by a genocidal regime and the country paying for the genocide. Appealing to a moral high ground in this conflict is pretty ridiculous.
- 8note 1y ago
  i think its "the core issue to who?" The core issue to the most of the world is nuclear proliferation, not low level terrorism and militia groups.
busterarm 1y ago
And yet every neighboring country in the region supported our withdrawal.
- muglug 1y ago
  Yeah, Iran contains a lot of people who want to stir shit up with their neighbours. But Iran also contains reformers, and the deal was a bet that if you do good diplomacy you can reduce the power and influence of the shit-stirrers.
fisherjeff 1y ago
Ah but he’ll get a better deal, just you wait. Did you know he wrote a whole book on deals?

tptacek 1y ago

Yes.

YZF 1y ago

The original deal didn't address the core issues. It was just a delay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Ac... The relief of sanctions enabled Iran to fund their other activities in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. It also enable the regime to invest in other weapons programs including weapons Iran has been supplying to Russia and those it and its proxies are launching against Israel. I'm not sure Trump withdrawal from that deal was the best idea but the deal wasn't great either.

sorcerer-mar 1y ago
The deal did address – quite precisely and successfully – the core issue. It didn't address some other side issues. "The thing that prevented them from achieving a nuclear weapon didn't also prevent them from funding x y z other far less problematic things that can be far more easily handled through conventional diplomacy and military action" Seriously?
dralley 1y ago
I mean, this strike doesn't really address the core issue either. The core issue being Iran being a fundamentalist regime.
- grafmax 1y ago
  Being attacked by a genocidal regime and the country paying for the genocide. Appealing to a moral high ground in this conflict is pretty ridiculous.
8note 1y ago
i think its "the core issue to who?" The core issue to the most of the world is nuclear proliferation, not low level terrorism and militia groups.

busterarm 1y ago

And yet every neighboring country in the region supported our withdrawal.

muglug 1y ago
Yeah, Iran contains a lot of people who want to stir shit up with their neighbours. But Iran also contains reformers, and the deal was a bet that if you do good diplomacy you can reduce the power and influence of the shit-stirrers.

fisherjeff 1y ago

Ah but he’ll get a better deal, just you wait. Did you know he wrote a whole book on deals?