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Iran Can Produce Fissile Material For Bomb In 'One Or Two Weeks': Blinken (www.barrons.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Biden tried to restart the deal back in 2021, and has been trying ever since.

However, it turns out that the US is not the only party involved in international treaties. We can't just pick up the ball and go home mid game, then come back in a year with a new coach and expect everyone to continue playing like nothing happened

The original deal was a difficult achievement on its own. Now, we need to not only repeat that, but also deal with the fact that Iran does not trust us to follow through with our end of the deal. Overcoming that needs good negotiation, and a lot of concessions we did not want to make.

This is why administrations of both parties have historically upheld deals made by the opposing party that they didn't like. Unilaterally breaking deals every 4 years because of who wins an election makes the US a non-credible partner in negotiations. You can't just wave a wand and fix that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

No country should trust the US to keep their word. They never do. If the US honored treaties they would be paying out about a third of the current yearly treasury expenditure (about 2 trillion) on concessions and direct payments to Native American tribes which were already a bad deal for the tribes when they signed them and weren't paid out even a single penny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Broken Treaties With Native American Tribes: Timeline

Between the Revolutionary War and the aftermath of the Civil War, over the course of almost a century, the United States and Native American nations signed some 368 treaties that would define their relationship for centuries to come.

The treaties keyed off the fundamental idea that each tribal group was an independent nation, with their own right to self-determination and self-rule. But as white settlers began moving onto Native American lands, this idea came into conflict with the relentless pace of westward expansion—resulting in many broken promises on the part of the U.S. government.