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I helped sell Obama’s Iran deal. Its critics owe us all an explanation.

JL;DR SUMMARY Steve Rabinowitz, who played a key role in promoting the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal, reflects on the strategic failures following the United States' withdrawal from the agreement. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastU.S. Foreign PolicyIranObama AdministrationDiplomacyJcpoaNuclear DealSanctionsNeoconservatives

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"As a certified denizen of the Swamp I served in the Clinton White Houses communications shop and later founded a Washington, DC strategic communications firm I was at the forefront of selling the Obama administrations agreement to the American public."
Vienna, Austria
"JCPOA advocates never argued that the agreement signed in Vienna was perfect."
Paris, France
"Hell, in Paris last week, Trump actually made the case for Iran to retain, build or buy missiles and maintain at least some nuclear power."

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