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In response to "I have no doubt it's partially politically motivated but..." by Mel Profit

I dunno. Why would Iran sign up to a deal if it believes it can be torn up? -- nm

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Mar 9 '15, 08:40

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It's terrible from a deal-making and policy standpoint to be unclear whether we can hold up our end. You can't make deals like that. -- nm - pmb Mar 9, 09:03
For starters, if they were planning on tearing it up in a couple years anyway. -- nm - Ender Mar 9, 09:02 4
- By that logic, there would only be a deal if they intended to tear it up. -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 09:15
- That's just silly. They don't need us to undermine it if they intend to anyway. Either side can always tear up a deal. That's why there are - pmb Mar 9, 09:06 2
  - For the record, my "they" was in reference to the Iranians. -- nm - Ender Mar 9, 09:21 1
    - I got that. It doesn't change my answer. Whether they are planning on tearing it up later has nothing to do with whether we can't hold up our end. - pmb Mar 9, 09:22
I really wish we'd be more pragmatic about stuff like this. The damn GOP is an all-or-nothing body and All is rarely possible, so they - TWuG Mar 9, 08:44

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