1. In 1985, Reagan considered it so important to get a moderate government in Iran that they dealt with three people they considered potential allies. One of them, who met with Nat Sec Advisor McFarland, was Hassan Rouhani. Because of that meeting, US sent arms to Iran...
2....the sale of those weapons became the Iran-Contra affair. Decades later, one of the surviving three people from that meeting - Rouhani - became president of Iran, JUST LIKE REAGAN WANTED. The hope with Rouhani (or Rafsanjani) being in office is we would be able to...
3...kneecap the hardliners and began steps of negotiations with the intent of establishing an Iranian-US detente by 2030. If you don't understand that, read what the "liberals" at the Army War College have written about the Iran deal. It was a long-term strategic play that was...
4...working. In fact, we were at the point where banking sanctions should have been removed. But no - instead, we spit in Rouhani's face because idiots see this as being about Obama. So now the Iranian hardliners - THE ONES WE WANTED OUT - are celebrating because this has....
5...critically undermined Rouhani, making his position less stable. Hardliners are now proclaiming that they were right that the USA would never keep an agreement (and yes, they were right.) They just could never understand that we wouldn't because GOPrs get their national....
6...security knowledge not from the Army War College, not from the Naval War College, not from international think tanks, intelligence services or allies. No, they get it from the entertainers at Fox News. We are a country of abysmal stupidity, where people don't read.....
7...and get all their information from TV and internet blogs, but proclaim themselves brilliant on every topic. The possibility of a detente with Iran went down the toilet today. No Iranian leader will EVER take the risk of striking a deal with the United States again. Rouhani...
8...might fall, unless smarter nations in Western Europe, as well as the Russians and China, can salvage the damage from our vast, aching stupidity. Either way, we have lost a key lever in the Middle East because GOP refuses to play the long game, but goes for tonights ratings...
9...on Fox News. What did we lose in this? Let's turn to that bastion of liberalism, the Army War College, for their analysis of the long-game off of the treaty that could have worked in achieving a detente and what that meant. 
10...if you want to KNOW something, read the Army War College report. If you want to spew garbage based on utter ignorance, please don't. We have enough people who have opinions based on what they saw on TV. I don't really care what they have to say. publications.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/2336.pdf
