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FRANK A NINIVAGGI's avatar

Indeed the Bolton thing does not help. One wonders about the timing of this info coming out. However, I may be wrong, but I still believe Some deal is better than No deal. Within reason.

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FRANK A NINIVAGGI's avatar

Is the Iran nuclear deal dead? You know it’s a tough spot. Even if we bombed their sites, as some here and Bibi would like, we’d never get everything. And we’d again be opening the gates if hell in retaliation.

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The Bismarck Cables's avatar

Unclear. The Bolton murder plot complicates the matter. I will probably write about it next week. Biden admin might be pulling a ''we saved this deal very last moment thanks to our diplomatic skill'' play.

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FRANK A NINIVAGGI's avatar

I imagine the attack on Rushdie will also be problematic in this situation.

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The Bismarck Cables's avatar

Yes. especially amongst the beltway lib/dem establishment. They probably care about Rushdie more than Bolton. Even though that should not be the case: not for individual preferences, but because Bolton was a nat sec advisers, and that is essentially an attack against the US.

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