tailgater wrote:it's understood that we gave Iran almost $2B in US Cash.
I’m pretty sure that $2B was money that was legally owed from a weapons deal that fell through over there.
I forget where I read this, but we were about to be on the hook for way more than $2B...like $7B because of interest or something crazy like that??...now I’m exaggerating... and we negotiated it down to that figure.
I’m not 100 on that, but basically that is what I’m remembering...my point being that we didn't just hand over unwarranted bags full of tax dollars. It was really their money and whether or not we should have given it to them, I guess that's still up for debate.
I just don't see the harm of staying in this agreement, nor the benefits of soft power moves that have garnered little results in the past, like sanctions. From my perspective, this agreement has been serving its purpose, but I could be wrong.
I have underestimated Trump in the past and he has surprised me. I hope this is another one of those instances.