Why the Memorandum Might be a Very Good Thing

My read of the memorandum between Iran and the USA looks like something that might finally begin to solve some of the thornier problems in the Middle East.

https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/my-hot-take-on-the-iranus-memorandum?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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CombatWombat

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You have a sunnier read on the situation than I, which is probably better for your health. For instance, you say:

At first blush, this sounds like the US has committed to giving Iran $300 billion. But from what I’ve heard, this isn’t what’s going on. Instead, what it means is America will no longer stand in the way of private companies and other nations investing in the Iranian economy.

My read is that we've committed to giving $300b to companies owned by Trump and his buddies to claim to build stuff in Iran, which, as we've seen with the reflecting pool bid, will likely be very expensive relative to their actual value delivered.

Also, I'm not sure how well the yellow highlights in the pull quotes on a yellow background reads to low-sight readers. I might run it through an accessibility color checker to make sure you're hitting wcag aa.

CloudwalkingOwl reply

lemmy.ca

You make a good point about the $300 billion in investment. That will have to be up to the government in Tehran when it comes to signing off on any specific investment. But once the US carriers leave, I'd suggest that a lot of the leverage that Trump still has will vanish--no one is going to come back to the strait after the this humiliation. If Trump wants some graft for the deal, the Iranians can probably tell him to pound sand by that point.

Thanks for the suggestion about accessibility colour thing. I had no idea what you were talking about so I went down a bit of rabbit hole. It looks like none of the colours on offer from Substack meet the regulations, so I just removed them.