My view: WE HAVE BEEN BAMBOOZLED BY IRAN – but not the way you might think. Suppose Iran was telling the truth when they said they were not going to make a bomb? If we believed them, there would be no need for anxiety and fear and a intense effort to PREVENT them from building the bomb they said they were not going to build. I believe IRAN!
In order to prevent them from building a bomb, we will lift crippling sanctions once they prove they have done what is necessary to satisfy us that they can’t/won’t build one. We will also gradually bring them into the community of nations, which they have been isolated from for many years. So IRAN gains all of the things they need to begin to be more respected and help improve their economy by not making a bomb they didn’t intend to make!
Don’t you see that they used the leverage of the bomb to get concessions way beyond having the sanctions lifted? It’s the same negotiating technique that North Korea uses to get more money and recognition from us by bluster. IRAN is an important player in the Middle East and thanks to Dubya they are in a much stronger position now. They will gain more respect (an important point) from the World’s countries and be in a position to end their isolation.
A note: We will still have some sanctions on IRAN pertaining to their supporting terrorist groups.
Herb Garr