So the agreement has been reached in Vienna, and I must say I have rather mixed feelings about it. \u00a0I have read the full agreement, and I have issues with many items. I have no doubt that with a different negotiator America\u00a0might\u00a0 have done better. \u00a0That said the US was never going to get the agreement that Netanyahu wanted. \u00a0This agreement does freeze the Iranian program for between 10-15 years, and does bring the break out time to a bomb from 3 months to a year. \u00a0All good accomplishments. \u00a0Its geopolitical implications however, are bad. \u00a0The bottom line what was the alternative? Yes maybe a better negotiating team( certainly not Bibi based on his success in negotiating a coalition agreement)might of had a better outcome- but could anyone have gotten the Iranians to agree to a 25 year agreement instead of 15? \u00a0Could anyone have gotten them to agree to immediate inspections of any and all of their military bases? \u00a0I truly do not know. \u00a0The moral implications of negotiating any agreement with the Iranian regime are problematic- but what was\/is the alternative.<\/p>\n
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