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nitro harley

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pnwmystery said:
Yeah except it got 10 US sailors out in a jiffy, and will bring Iran more moderation, which in the long run will mean a less radicalized Iran. Maybe if you went to college you'd know this...

Also maybe if you went to college you'd know how to check sources.

WASHINGTON -- Iran will receive approximately $55 billion in sanctions relief once the nuclear deal is implemented, said Treasury Secretary Jack Lew -- a fraction of the $150 billion that critics of the agreement have claimed will go to the country.

“There is a lot of discussion out there that Iran is going to somehow get $150 billion as soon as sanctions are lifted. That is incorrect,” said Lew, speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday. He explained that Iran will not be able to access much of its money that has been locked up overseas due to sanctions because the money has already been committed elsewhere.

Last week, Lew told a group of senators that over $20 billion of Iran’s frozen assets has already been committed to infrastructure projects with China, and that Iran owes an additional "tens of billions" of dollars on nonperforming loans to its energy and banking sectors.

Duh.
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150 billion / 55 billion. What difference does it make at this point? TRUMP!
 
OddBall1st

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Blunted 4 lyfe said:
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk...call him what you will; it's undeniable he was a law professor at harvard law school and yes, organizer so which one of those tidbits leave you to believe he's not the negotiating type?

I'd rather have a negotiator than a narcissist speaking for me Thank you very much, go ask those 10 sailors who were held by Iran.

Reagan was known as the negotiator, whats wrong with negotiating?

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No negotiations took place, the distress signal went out, under maritime laws, they were detained for entering Iranian waters under that distress, Iran can only hold them until US Navy picks them up and they may or may not meet in Iranian waters.

It would be different had no distress went out.

Standard routine.
 
MuyLocoNC

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Blunted 4 lyfe said:
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk...call him what you will; it's undeniable he was a law professor at harvard law school and yes, organizer so which one of those tidbits leave you to believe he's not the negotiating type?
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The fact he wasn't a law professor, nor was it at Harvard* aside, the answer is BOTH.

I wouldn't hire him to negotiate for the steam off a free lunch.

*Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
 
Fogdog

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pnwmystery said:
Yeah except it got 10 US sailors out in a jiffy, and will bring Iran more moderation, which in the long run will mean a less radicalized Iran. You may want to check sources.

WASHINGTON -- Iran will receive approximately $55 billion in sanctions relief once the nuclear deal is implemented, said Treasury Secretary Jack Lew -- a fraction of the $150 billion that critics of the agreement have claimed will go to the country.

“There is a lot of discussion out there that Iran is going to somehow get $150 billion as soon as sanctions are lifted. That is incorrect,” said Lew, speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday. He explained that Iran will not be able to access much of its money that has been locked up overseas due to sanctions because the money has already been committed elsewhere.

Last week, Lew told a group of senators that over $20 billion of Iran’s frozen assets has already been committed to infrastructure projects with China, and that Iran owes an additional "tens of billions" of dollars on nonperforming loans to its energy and banking sectors.
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Iran is a theocracy and those mullahs are a piece of work. I'd be careful before I ascribed rational self interest to their behavior. There is nothing wrong with trying to negotiate with them but leave plenty of rope at the end of that line for a quick exit.
 
Fogdog

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MuyLocoNC said:
The fact he wasn't a law professor, nor was it at Harvard* aside, the answer is BOTH.

I wouldn't hire him to negotiate for the steam off a free lunch.

*Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
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A retired used car salesman would be unlikely to be able to afford anybody like him. And since when do you negotiate over anything except maybe the price of that 1990 El Dorado?
 
Harrekin

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Fogdog said:
Iran is a theocracy and those mullahs are a piece of work. I'd be careful before I ascribed rational self interest to their behavior. There is nothing wrong with trying to negotiate with them but leave plenty of rope at the end of that line for a quick exit.
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Wait until the sanctions are lifted and public attitudes soften...
 
pnwmystery

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MuyLocoNC said:
The fact he wasn't a law professor, nor was it at Harvard* aside, the answer is BOTH.

I wouldn't hire him to negotiate for the steam off a free lunch.

*Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
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Ffs you don't know how academia works. A lecturer is synonymous with an Associate Professor here in the United States, so yes he taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School and was a professor there. A lecturer does not have tenure or research obligations like an ordinary professor would.
 
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