General Discussion

“I just don’t see Iran coming out ahead. They can still refuse a nuclear deal, and the US would never want to land troops. But it just puts Iran further backward in the world.”

I’ve worked extensively in the region. I’ve never heard a good word said about Irans government from within other countries in the region nor Iranians working in other countries. Iran will be on its own. The Iranian people would overthrow the government but they were disarmed long ago and are killed for protesting.

I would never advocate US troops on the ground anywhere. But at the end of the day, Iran uses its money to fund terrorism in the region and the other countries are tired of it. They’d fund more terrorism actively against the US beyond cyber attacks if they could reach us easily. If the government is weakened enough to be overthrown by the people or weakened so that they do away with their nuclear program then great. A nuclear Iran is a global disaster waiting to happen. The government is radical and preach death to the US. Death to Israel. There is not a good soft negotiating tactic when they preach your death as a religion.

Iran will refuse a nuclear deal most likely and the chips land where they do. There will not be troops landed and I don’t advocate any of that. My point and belief is that Iran is a paper tiger and is a relatively weak opponent. The same weapons systems were used in Venezuela that didn’t do a thing.