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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow do we benefit if we pull out of the Iran agreement ?
Haven't they received all their money back ?
And they aren't as easy to demonize as North Korea because their leaders are less strident, especially as of late.
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)invading, attacking Iran in the pattern of North Korea, except the U.S. would take its oil. (Trump has repeatedly rued that the US military didn't take Iraq's oil when our country invaded theirs.)
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)snowybirdie
(5,223 posts)Because it'll undo something Obama accomplished
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)Hell I'll demonize them because they execute gay people.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)But they are just as easy to demonize.
Eliminating the agreement would simply put us on pre-agreement terms. Harsh sanctions that hurt the people more than the government. Many of their younger people are more tolerant of western ways and even embrace much of it. We hurt that trend by removing carrots and grabbing a bigger stick. It makes it easier for their leaders to demonize us.