Remarkable how many, when talking about sanctioning Russia, refer to the success of the Iran sanctions - what success? Did the sanctions do much economic harm to Iran? Yes. Did this harm lead to the negotiations? In part, yes. Have the negotiations brought to an end or realistically promise to bring to an end Iran's nuke program? No. That is not success - that looks like Iran getting what it wants by other means.
Why do I say only in part did sanctions lead to negotiations? Since for Obama force was never really on the table even though he liked to claim it was and Iran knew this, he actually needed the negotiations more than they did in order to save him from his lie being revealed - which means, way I see it, Iran has the upper hand. They're certainly behaving like they have the upper hand.
Why do I say only in part did sanctions lead to negotiations? Since for Obama force was never really on the table even though he liked to claim it was and Iran knew this, he actually needed the negotiations more than they did in order to save him from his lie being revealed - which means, way I see it, Iran has the upper hand. They're certainly behaving like they have the upper hand.
