This presumes that no additional negotiating would've happened had the deal remained intact and Iran continued to honor it. The JCPOA was never intended to be the be all end all agreement, but rather an initial agreement to work from.
This presumes that no additional negotiating would've happened had the deal remained intact and Iran continued to honor it. The JCPOA was never intended to be the be all end all agreement, but rather an initial agreement to work from.
But the JCPOA strenghtened Irans hands so the idea that one was going to get a more restrictive deal at the end or in the middle of the JCPOA is sort of fanciful. But the larger point is even if you believe the JCPOA was the best deal ever or the best deal at the end, at the end of the JCPOA it was always going to be what Trump just did because even if the JCPOA had been followed, Iran would be on the brink of the bomb today. So love the JCPOA if you like but you can't love it with any consisitent logic and then decry what just happened. I don't like Trump and wish it had been a different President that gets to claim the credit but it is what it is.
This presumes that no additional negotiating would've happened had the deal remained intact and Iran continued to honor it. The JCPOA was never intended to be the be all end all agreement, but rather an initial agreement to work from.
But the JCPOA strenghtened Irans hands so the idea that one was going to get a more restrictive deal at the end or in the middle of the JCPOA is sort of fanciful. But the larger point is even if you believe the JCPOA was the best deal ever or the best deal at the end, at the end of the JCPOA it was always going to be what Trump just did because even if the JCPOA had been followed, Iran would be on the brink of the bomb today. So love the JCPOA if you like but you can't love it with any consisitent logic and then decry what just happened. I don't like Trump and wish it had been a different President that gets to claim the credit but it is what it is.