"You'd think we would've learned that lesson by now": Obama says US can't "bomb" way to Iran deal - Salon.com
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The former president worried that any new deal with Iran will be a step backward.

The former president worried that a new deal with Iran will be far worse than the one that was in place until 2018

Barack Obama is deeply skeptical that the United States and Iran will be able to work out a deal better than the one that was in place before President Donald Trump‘s first term.

The Obama administration reached a deal with Iran in 2015. That deal saw Iran agreeing to limit its nuclear program, in exchange for an easing of sanctions put in place by the United States and the UN. President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.

Obama discussed the withdrawal and subsequent war with Iran in an interview with ABC‘s Robin Roberts on Sunday.

“It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place,” he said.

  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.socialEnglish
    44·
    3 days ago

    The goal was twofold imo

    • Drive up oil prices so the venezuela oil was a juicy investment instead of a total waste of time - he can’t look a fool to his benefactors.

    • Strike israel’s enemies. Basically the same reason because their pac funds a lot of politics and buys a lot of votes.

    Ending the war with a surrender was probably considered better than a 41st or 42nd announcement of a deal being struck.

    They knew the press coverage was going to be a big L, but fox will spin it as a great success and the “fake news radical liberal media” will be ignored by his base because they said something about trans or protecting the kids.

      • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        3 days ago

        Fourfold: announce “peace” deal, stocks go up, sell and make money. “Peace” deal falls through, stocks go down, buy low. Rinse and repeat.

    • plutopos@lemmy.zip
      6·
      3 days ago

      This. One must remember Trump’s main objective is rigging the economy to improve his investments

    • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      3 days ago

      Maybe give you the first but the US was taken completely by surprise and railroaded into striking Iran. The utter lack of plan and resources to pull personnel out after the strikes makes that obvious.