I would say not much, but don't dilute yourself we didn't negotiate with the Neocons, this is an outlaw regime in the U.S....No one could have seen this coming. They have broken international norms. Also, we really can't rely on your country as an ally or Russia for that matter. We need to align ourselves with our pissed off neighbors such as Turkey, Pakistan and Qatar. So with that said I recommend we build up our bargaining power for the future, because in the long term sanctions are not beneficial to us, do you know who they benefit? Saudi, UAE, Russia and China...the first 3 will sell more oil at higher prices and the last will get oil at big discount from us because we have no choice.
All of you guys posting here only have questions but almost no answers and no long term solution to our problems....
See the first mistake you make is thinking there is a difference between Neocons and Liberals. That’s nothing but bad cop good cops strategy.
The reality is the US made the deal in hopes of renegotiating down the road. The WHOLE world knew that and even the US said that they would want another deal in place when sunset provisions expire.
So Neocon or Liberal, Democrat or Republican, they would have pulled back on their word one way or another. Even Hiliary clinton during election campaign said that while she supports the deal, there needs to be improvements. Even current democrat nominees say that while they will return to
the deal, there needs to be changes.
Iran is a DEEP STATE issue in the US, meaning the powers that control Iran policy are behind the scenes and don’t magically change with the changing of the guard.
Iran is more like Japan in WW2 then Germany. It is being sanctioned to the brink of war.
The difference is the world negotiated with Nazi Germany and APPEASED Germany because Germany was in a POSITION of power with its war machine and industrial capability.
Iran is NOT in a position of power right now during this brinksmanship and that’s why it is refusing to come to the table. It is suicide to come to the table when you are weaker party. This is NEGOTIATION 101.
Iran needs to refuse the negotiation table for the next 10 years if it has to. Dilute the sanctions to the point the US has no more leverage. Right now the US has used its last major card. It is running out of options. Iran needs to show the world that sanctions will not force it to the table.
Iran once allowed sanctions to force them to the table and now its opponent is using the same tactic again. Why? Because it understands the last time it used it that Iran succumbed.
Appeasement is for fools and traitors. That is what history has taught us.