r/moderatepolitics • u/200-inch-cock unburdened by what has been • 25d ago

Trump Team Weighs Options, Including Airstrikes, to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program News Article

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-iran-plan-nuclear-weapons-def26f1d
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u/Sabertooth767 Neoclassical Liberal 25d ago

JCPOA is still legally in force, it was not a US-Iran treaty. Iran just stopped pretending to follow it.

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u/blewpah 25d ago

It's not like the US was just some pithy inclusion. Obviously there was way less reason for Iran to abide by it once the US pulled out.

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u/Sabertooth767 Neoclassical Liberal 25d ago

Iran was never abiding by it. They just stppped pretending to abide by it.

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u/blewpah 25d ago

So there's a distinct difference in their behavior regarding nuclear armament before and after the US pulled out of the treaty? And it got much worse afterwards?

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u/Sabertooth767 Neoclassical Liberal 25d ago

Mossad found in 2018 (before the withdrawal) that Iran had lied about the goals and progress of the AMAD project. Iran was insincere from the beginning.

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u/blewpah 25d ago

Israel was always vehemently against the deal, Mossad isn't exactly an unbiased observer here. Taking them at face value is like taking the 1960s CIA at face value regarding Cuba or the USSR.

And even if Iran was insincere to an extent, that doesn't necessarily mean the deal being in place wasn't an improvement regarding their capacity or motivation to make a break for a nuclear weapon as opposed to not having it. This is geopolitics not a teenager at a probation hearing.