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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (71095)	5/11/2018 11:46:20 AM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Respond to of 364806

You pretend like it was just a treaty between us and Iran. It wasn't. And the reason it wasn't was because a bilateral treaty would be pointless. Like unilateral sanctions are pointless. We aren't the only ones who have skin in the game, you know.

To: i-node who wrote (71095)	5/11/2018 12:21:12 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mannie Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 364806

I’m obviously referring to people who may try, at a future date, to screw us because we send in a weak public official to negotiate an important deal and get rolled in the process. I understand your point about mitigating any perceived signal of weakness. But every act carries multiple signals and the world processes those, too. In this case they're processing signals that may be a lot less complimentary and strategically useful than strength/weakness in negotiation. Civilization is not all about strength and weakness. Civilization exists as an antidote to the barbarian strength/weakness paradigm. Civilization is complex and nuanced. Strength is not the be all and end all of signals.