re: #385 DangerMan

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here’s my summary Re us and Iran boiled down from my reading of this morning’s news

- we (actually trump himself) unilaterally withdrew from the deal
- Iran started enriching uranium. going over the limit of a deal that no longer exists (at least for us)

so what brilliant strategy awaits us?

- negotiate a new deal? would look a lot like the last deal (a la nafta 2) though he’d lie to his base. Why would Iran bother? they couldnt possibly trust him.

- more sanctions? what the hell is left that’s not already sanctioned? he’s even going after individuals in government

- war! (and, you know, screw congress). sure drones wouldnt put americans in danger (ahem) immediately. But Iran’s not stupid - they could *easily* have something blown up here. I don’t even want to game that one out.

foreign policy *is* looking at the board 20 moves into the future. well the future just smacked him in the puss.

he’s got no good options, and he did this to himself.

p.s. that ABC news poll, that’s got him “up to 44% approval”. dont waste any energy on it. if you do, note that trump loses to the top 5 dems (including mayor pete!), and is running even with “generic socialist”

1. Polls are worthless at such an early point in the campaign. They just serve to distract from the issues. They are also pretty much worthless later in the campaign when the voters are more familiar with the candidates.
2. Iran can just follow the NK strategy: write Trump a beautiful letter, fête him in Tehran, acclaim his brilliance, and continue developing their weaponry. Trump will willingly accede to any request they make as long as they accompany it with praise for him and especially if they allow him to build a hotel.