Does keeping Iran from having Nuclear weapons make sense?

Does keeping Iran from paying terrorists make sense?

Does keeping Iran and it's proxies from killing Americans and civilians from other countries make sense?

All of those things make sense to me. This needed to be done long ago. Every single administration said so.... it's clear as day. But, he finally did it. In a decisive way. I would gladly pay a bit more at the pump so end all of the above.

Now, think of all the protests and political backlash that he got for not helping Palestine more. What Iran is doing to their own people is much worse, IMHO. Not a peep about it from most people. No campuses shut down. No riots. No walk outs.... because it's not Israel doing it.

Go talk to someone from Iran... someone who has family there. They all support Trump on this issue.

This needed to be done. It amazes me how many Americans want us to lose simply because it's Orange Man doing it.

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tartoran 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far [1]. Was that worth it? Did it help with anything? Is the Horumuz strait open? This looks like a disaster that is about to sink the US economically

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949897 [1]

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GJim 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Does keeping Iran from having Nuclear weapons make sense

Why do (some!) Americans insist on believing Iran was going to obtain nuclear weapons? Netanyahu is repeating the line "Iran will have a nuke in 2 months" for 30 years. American intelligence also showed that Iran was nowhere near building a nuclear weapon.

Frankly, a better question would be to ask why Mango Mussolini tore up the 2016 Iran Nuclear deal (JCPOA).... most likely because it was made by his predecessor.

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johng 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The fact that Iran themselves admitted it, and so has the IAEA. You can hate on Trump all you want but this is without dispute. If they weren't trying so hard to create nuclear weapons, they'd surely agree not to.

I notice no one addressed the issue of them killing 40,000+ of their own citizens.

	▲	bediger4000 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Iran is a sovereign nation. Many such are killing tons of their civilians. South Sudan comes to mind instantly. Many sovereign nations have killed that many or more of their own citizens, Myanmar and Cambodia for example, and the USA has not intervened. Part of Trump's campaign promises related to the USA not being the world's policeman, this issue strikes me as another propaganda red herring.

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bediger4000 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If nuclear weapons was an issue, Trump blew up a cheaper far less disruptive agreement his first term. If that's an issue, it's one of his own making.

The "terrorist" business? I've seen a rotating cast of "terrorists" over the years. That's pretty obviously villain of the moment propaganda.