How America Bamboozled Itself on Iran
"Hoping that a seventy-five-year-old man will die soon is not exactly a sound strategy."
March 13, 2015
"Hoping that a seventy-five-year-old man will die soon is not exactly a sound strategy."
After dragging on for over a decade, negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program seem to be approaching a final agreement in which the U.S. will concede much in exchange for very little. Jordan Chandler Hirsch explains how American diplomats backed themselves into a corner, dismantles their excuses, and suggests alternatives:
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Login or Subscribe"Hoping that a seventy-five-year-old man will die soon is not exactly a sound strategy."
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