I listened and did give him a chance.
My problem is the same problem that I’ve had with Cruz for a long time.
He knows what right from wrong. He believes in right.
But, yet again, he displays no wisdom. He’s promising to rip up the Iranian deal and slap on some sanctions. That’s what we did before and where did it get us?
They’re going to cheat. They’re going to have stuff smuggled in. Without inspections, they can do whatever the hell they want.
Trump’s proposing a new deal - using carrot and stick - to get cooperation to keep nukes out of Iranian hands.
With Cruz all I see is a hammer that thinks that every problem is a nail. He has zero finesse.
He acts like a prosecuting attorney - not a negotiator. He thinks that he’s playing from a place of strength, but in the Middle East situation, we’re not.
As he did in the Senate, the only thing that he’ll accomplish is to piss everybody off. Kind of hard to get somebody to the table when they’re so mad that they’d rather starve than eat your bread.
“That’s what we did before and where did it get us?”
Where did it get us? For one thing, Iran was outside the community of nations; not recognized as a ligitimate world power. (That’s quite enough right there). 2) They don’t get $150B from us. 3) US policy for many years has been no negotiation with terrorists and Iran is the largest State sponsor. Further, there is no negotiation with people who deny our ally Israel even has the right to exist. Plus, where do you start a ‘negotiation’ with people who truly believe we are the great satan in the world? 4) As to inspections, it has been widely reported that this “deal” gives 24 hour notice of inspection, so what good with that do? Plus, the ‘inspections’ are to occur at places of their choosing.
I prefer the prosecuting attorney meticulously laying out the evidence against Iran. We’ve no need of a negotiator when the proposed party is not worthy of any negotiation or deal.