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The 14-point US-Iran pact as read by US official

reuters.com

3 points by TechTechTech 12 days ago · 2 comments

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dc396 12 days ago

I'm curious: can anyone provide an interpretation in which this agreement does not boil down to surrender by the US?

  • jfengel 11 days ago

    Well, the US did get away with blowing up a lot of Iranian stuff, without suffering much physical damage of its own. It destroyed Iran's navy and air force, and killed a lot of top leaders.

    You could call that a win, if it weren't for the fact that the US is (apparently) paying 1/3 of a trillion dollars in restitution.

    I think you could justify saying that it's a tie, rather than a surrender, if you squint just right.

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