[GeronL]

aren’t we giving them $8 billion which will spent on building nukes?

[WilliamIII]

Sorry to be a heretic here, but if Reagan could strike a deal with the Soviets (and a lot of conservatives blasted him for it at the time, myself included ) .... I don’t see why we can’t strike a deal with Iran, especially if it puts our people in their facilities, monitoring them continuously.

It’s weird to me that a lot of conservatives today seem to hunger for war with Iran - and no other “solution” to the Iranian issue will satisfy them. How many wars did Reagan launch? He won the cold war, and he did it without starting any “hot” wars. In contrast, we have the George Bush example - invade Iraq. What, exactly did that get us?

[grania]

I thought the money is Iranian money that is frozen in western banks. The other money they'd get is from the sell of oil and other goods.

We'd be "giving" Iran nothing.