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Why the Framework Nuclear Agreement With Iran Is Good For Both Sides
Lasrick writes: Ariane Tabatabai breaks down the details of the framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 that was announced Thursday. It appears to be better than most analysts expected, with positive outcomes for both sides. It truly seems historic: "A number of these steps will, in effect, be irreversible. They will not just limit Iran's nuclear capability for 10 to 15 years, but will reshape it entirely and indefinitely. ... [B]oth sides stand to gain from the framework agreement, which should also be considered a victory for the global nonproliferation regime. Ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference that begins in late April, where no major achievements in nonproliferation are likely to be announced, the framework agreement is a very important success."
"no other nation has a right to tell them what to do."
Nobody is telling Iran what to do. Iran has violated multiple agreements, agreements that it signed. That said, I'm not sure why the Obama administration believes they will honor this agreement. Fifth time is a charm?
Let them have nukes. With Russia, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel having the capability, I don't see how things can get worse. It's simply something that appeals to weird people, especially of the religious kind.
"I'm not much interested in interoperability. I want substitutability. I want to be able to throw your software out."
Global humanity fucked up when we let Isreal have nuclear weapons and shit all over the NPT.
I'm no Zionist but if there's one country in the world that needs the bomb it's Israel. They've had the technology for years and have never (to my knowledge) threatened their use. If I was in their position I'd sure as Hell want a deterrent from the ever-present threat of the crazed Muslims and their open hatred of the Jewish people.
I'm not saying they're saints or that they should be free from criticism, just that I believe that them maintaining nuclear strike capabilities does make a certain amount of sense.
..Mullah or Pope, Preacher or Poet, who was it wrote: "Give any one species too much rope and they'll fuck it up"?
Self defense is not terrorism. A war of self defense will be ugly and when you look at individual events, there will be some things that are not fair. However, Israel is 100% right to fight the PLO and Hamas and kill Palestinian terrorists whenever they have opportunity. When the terrorists hide in civilian houses, they are right to bulldoze the houses. Etc.
Over an entire generation of people raised in an open air prison. Fighting the predictable consequences of this fact is not "self defense" -- its something quite evil.
Imagine living your whole life in an open air concentration camp from birth to death, and your children subject to the same thing. Or imagine being one of those children from birth, and your parents were subject to the same thing from birth to death.
Yeah... "self defense" with tanks, jets, and nukes, vs a people in concentration camps.
"His name was James Damore."
The Iranian people are literally dancing in the street right now. Celebrating. Does anyone think that's because now they won't be building a nuke?
I would assume that's because now their economy will be much better off because of the lifted sanctions, and they know it.
Also because they know that long-term, no agreement probably means war, and that will be a kind of war with many casualties (bombing of cities, that kind of thing) as Iran is not an easy target.