Originally Posted by BlueScholar

Then why is Trump begging to negotiate with these "terrorists"?

JCPOA wasn't perfect, but it didn't cost tax payers $2 billion per day, it didn't kill thousands of civilians, it didn't destroy a massive chunk of the world's petroleum infrastructure, it didn't hand the Iranians billions of dollars in tolls to control international waters, it didn't cost us about 2 dozen aircraft and the lives of 13 service members and injure hundreds more (probably thousands actually), and it didn't tank the stock market. But hey this is the price we pay for electing someone to be Israel's lapdog!

And I hate to break it to you, but there is no way to prevent a country from getting nukes. The tech is too easy and too widespread. Pakistan did it as an extremely impoverished country decades ago. Not to mention how easy it would be to just buy a few from North Korea. It will happen eventually, there needs to be a plan that ensures peace and stability in the Middle East, because letting Israel run the show and massacre civilians isn't sustainable.