20th July 2015, 6:08 PM
Yeah, it's fantastic that the nuclear deal happened! A nuclear-armed Iran has been inevitable for a decade or more, if they wanted to build a nuke... but economic pressure from sanctions finally overwhelmed their desire for nuclear weapons, which was honestly a surprising thing to see happen after so many years of determination to build nukes, but it sure was nice to see. Here's hoping that the deal holds up, the Republicans in congress fail to mess with it, and we start nudging Iran towards being less horrible (their support for Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, etc.)... it would be a big deal if that could happen. Probably won't, but this at least makes it somewhat plausible to think about.