The Issue: Reactions to President Trump’s 14-point Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.
I read the Memorandum of Understanding in utter disbelief; it sounded like Iran dictated the terms of surrender to the United States (“Deal’s fatal flaw is mullah moola,” Mark Dubowitz & Miad Maleki, June 18).
This is an unfathomable abdication of the help President Trump promised to the Iranian people, a 180 on Israel and its right to self-defense and a middle finger to those Gulf states that realize appeasing Iran is not the route to a prosperous and peaceful Middle East.
These 14 points will be as successful in deterring Iran as President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points were in preventing World War II.
David Rabinovitz
Brooklyn
Am I the only one who questions the wisdom of using a person who published a book revealing his deal-making strategies to represent your side when bargaining with an adversary?
I do not know if “The Art of the Deal” has been translated into Farsi, but I would bet all I own that Iran’s negotiators have copies of it. If one side knows the other team’s thinking, it is no wonder they win the negotiation.
Thomas Carney
Lincroft, NJ
The Iran deal confirms that Trump always chickens out. It is vague, inconclusive and full of wishful thinking, but in the end is nothing short of a capitulation to Iran and a betrayal of Israel’s security.
Trump chickened out, because he ignored advice from experts by failing to take into account the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, which gave Iran the advantage in the war. A blunder that he is solely responsible for.
Iran will come out of this war richer and stronger, while America wasted lives and over $100 billion.
George Magakis, Jr.
Norristown, Pa.
The Memorandum of Understanding with Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz and reestablish the flow of oil that the world desperately needs.
While the rest of the world celebrates lower gas prices, the over 90 million Iranians remaining under the jackboot of the radical, murderous, theocratic regime will be left to wonder where the help President Trump promised was coming for them is.
Jack Kaufman
Naples, Fla.
There are a few things we should keep in mind. One, this deal was not going to come together quickly to everyone’s satisfaction, if ever. Second, criticizing the president’s methods is not helpful as it makes the enemy sense weakness in our resolve.
The most disappointing part of the deal so far is the lack of assurances of help to the Iranian citizens who have bravely spoken out against the regime and are still being tortured and murdered.
Along with no nukes and free passage through the Strait, one of our unequivocal demands should be an end to the regime’s war on its own people.
Sharon Wylie
Westport, Conn.
I’ve supported Trump because I view the Democratic Party as the enemy of virtually everything I hold dear about our nation and way of life. However, with this disgraceful treaty concocted with a band of perfidious murderers and sponsors of world terrorism, I must finally draw a red line.
Saying that he was never concerned with regime change — an abject lie — is, to put it crudely, the equivalent of pissing in the wind and calling it rain. Mr. President, you have, by virtue of this debacle, done yourself great harm.
Mitchell Schwefel
Barnegat, NJ
I’m very disappointed in our president. I honestly don’t know if I would vote for the Republicans again.
He let Iran off the hook again. They hate us and chant “Death to America!” Does he trust Iran’s word to not develop a nuclear weapon? Trump didn’t finish the job he started. Is it always about the dollar or the oil?
Robert Caprio
Nutley, NJ
Trump, desperate to end his war as most of America was against it, let his enemy off the canvas to strike another day.
In a hurry to call it quits with Iran, the president surrendered and handed carte blanche to his worst enemy. His art of the deal collapsed like a bad suit.
Ron Zajicek
Cortlandt
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