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. Him being assessed as a failure is fair. In the end your outcomes are your outcomes. Although I don't think it was all his fault. There is only so much a president can do to control the world. But I think it's sad that keep the USA out of a lot of conflicts and trying to do the right thing somehow ended up with poor results.

He saw 8 years of George W Bush so I think he is safe. It's a little sad that Jimmy Carter is considered bad on foreign policy. A man who did his best to fight for human rights and try to keep America from more war certainly had good intentions. Of course Carter's outcomes weren't the best which leads to a more than fair assessment of failure. But I think Carter shouldn't be vilified to the degree he still is. As far as Cuba why not open up relations and slowly lift the embargo? I would say that the USA should demand release of political prisoners and extradition of fugitives before lifting the embargo. If those simple conditions are met I don't understand why the embargo couldn't be lifted. I don't understand opposition to the embargo. As though after over 50 years the USA was this close to breaking Cuba. It sounds like there should be a change in policy as the embargo wasn't working. All the embargo and cutting off relations did was allow Cuba's government to have an external enemy to rally around. The people would blame the USA instead of their own government. If you really want things to change it would probably be better to change our relations with Cuba. Keeping things exactly the same doesn't seem like a good idea.

Yes but if you reach a deal that prevents such a regime from acquiring nuclear weapons isn't that a good thing? The Iran money was their money. Should have just kept their money forever and caused dire economic conditions for a country directly for indefinately? Two thrids of Iran is friendly to the West younger generation. Perhaps we should try to win them over instead of waging acts of war against them? Of course Iran is not a democracy so getting rid of their establishment hardliners who are against American and Western interests is going to be hard. But making an external enemy for the government to rally against is not a good idea. Right now I see a deal that keeps that nation from being a nuclear power for the near future and shows an act of good faith to a population that could be swayed to be more Western friendly. I think it's about time America get out of the mess that is the Middle East. Let them figure it out. Israel can defend it's self and America is now an oil exporting nation so we don't need the oil. The policies in place haven't been working and it's about time we stopped wasting our money and our blood over there.

I fail to see that. He said that this is a bad deal and that you have created the worst possible outcome. That seems like a pretty wholistic evaulation to me. That's not "I don't like X provision in said deal". Everyone has their bias, I do my best to isolate a situation and just look at the outcomes. A lot of Republicans came out against this deal without reading it. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9ca4c057cc0946bda2be9e7aa72aa90c/analysis-gop-against-iran-deal-or-without-reading-it In this article Scott Walker and Tom Cotton come out against the deal while it wasn't even released. http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/2733353-155/milbank-republicans-trash-iran-deal-without This article also has more quotes from Republicans being against the deal without reading it. Of course some waiting till the deal was read and understood. Not saying that it was a blanket thought among Republicans. But rather that a significant segment of the Republican party didn't care about the actual fundamentals of the deal as it didn't matter. They had already decided to oppose it.

He is not, it's the video clip he shows in the video. Lindsey Graham is shown on CNN admitting he hadn't read the deal before criticizing it.

It's Jon Oliver but at about 2:45 there is a clip of Lindsey Graham criticizing the deal to a reporter on CNN the CNN reporter says that he hasn't read the deal, he admits that he hasn't There are others on record saying similar things.

Republicans admitted that they were against the deal before they read it (regardless of the merits of the deal that says they were going to be against it no matter what). Personally I read the deal and outside of Iran being able to sell arms after 4-6 years I can't find anything too objectionable or anything the West gave up.

Eh what's the worst that could happen. Oh right...

I think it's a little more nuanced than that. In 2008 Obama hit the perfect storm of circumstances. The Democrats were going to win the general election. George W Bush was historically unpopular the last couple of year of his term. For reference Obama's lowest approval rating was around 40%, George W Bush's lowest was about 23% and his approval rating stayed in the 20's and low 30's for the last few years of his second term. Hillary in 2007 and 2008 ran as a center left Dem. Obama ran as a progressive against her. Almost every issue he was to the left of Hillary. That really resonated with people who had gotten sick of 25+ years of centrist political figures. Throw in the fact that Obama was a very charismatic candidate with a story that resonated with people and he gained momentum. Hillary also mismanaged her campaign when she tried to counter him. The Republicans ran McCain and that crazy B word Palin which provided him little resistance. When people elected Obama in 2008 they thought they were getting a progressive president at a time when 8 straight years of being run under neo-cons hadn't worked out. In 2012 after 4 years of Obama being a center right establishment Democrat people weren't as enthusiastic about him. However much like with John Kerry in 2004 the Republicans failed to put up a strong opponent. It also didn't help that the Republican base lots its collective **** when Obama took office. So that really ignited the Republican base and that base forced the party to go further right. Which meant that Romney had to take much more conservative stances to get through the primaries and then flip on those stances in the general election. Also Romney's policies didn't resonate with America as a real solution to problems and social issues turned off a lot of voters from him too. So in 2012 Obama got reelected due to lack of competition. I don't think America bought the bull **** again. I think it was just America picked the giant douche over the turd sandwich.

Can someone tell me what is so bad about this deal? I keep hearing these talking points about Iran being able to delay inspections for up to 24 days on military sites. But in atomic terms 24 days is not a long time. It take 6 months to sterilize a room that has been enriching uranium and that's if you have the best people doing it, for a country more novice at it, it will most likely take longer. I don't get how a "better" deal could be reached. Does anyone opposing the deal understand how atomic timetables work? The one thing I would be opposed to is removing the ban on Iran selling weapons. But that doesn't seem to be a major selling point against the deal.

Underrated player, he has been a valuable cog to the defense the past couple of seasons. He has been a very good nickle and dime back. Slotting him in as the 4th corner shows the depth of the position the team has.

Have the QB's really looked that bad in camp? Are the reports accurate or is it not overstated.

Good for Foster. No one should be ashamed to not believe in God or a God. At the same time others shouldn't ridicule others beliefs as long as those beliefs aren't being used to drive public policy.

It's always tough to bounce back from a concussion early in the season. At least later in the year you don't have to go through the rigors of the season. At least he can get his head right for a few weeks in camp.

No surprise there.

The Bills were all sorts of incompetent back then. Hopefully the recent drafts which are look good turn out to be real gems. Since Buddy took over post 2010 draft (I can't knock him too much for the Spiller draft since he wasn't there in the beginning of the scouting process, since 2011 the drafts have been solid).

Putting the Fins above the Bills is a travesty. Shu is legit and Wake is a beast but I don't see the quality of depth that the Bills have. The Rams and Bills are a toss up. Long and Quinn are legit and Donald is a beast and Brockers and Fairly are more than solid.

D'Rick got a lot of hype maybe just as much if not more but people really wanted Jasper to be successful as though everyone on the board knew him personally. People thought Rogers was a great prospect that got buried due to personal issues and thought the Bills got a steal. But with Jasper the hype and hope was there in spades.

I don't think there was ever a marginal prospect that got more hype and more good will from the fans here. People really wanted him to succeed and be the next Ted Washington. Of course there is a reason a player goes in the 7th round and it showed in how he was never able to play with good technique and the NFL doesn't have a D-league where one can work on their craft so ones time to improve is always limited. Still I hope Jasper finds a niche in life. He has been bouncing around the NFL but didn't have a team last year and isn't in a camp this year. Also being almost 29 means his window to be in the NFL isn't wide open. I think he could honestly go to WWE and make a good living as a pro-wrestler. He is huge, carries his weight well, is very physically imposing, and is very athletic. Tons of former football players have had success in that after their NFL careers were over. At 29 he could get into wrestling and do it for a fairly long time. Bill Goldberg comes to mind as an example.

I really like McCoy from a fantasy perspective, esp in a PPR league. The Bills defense will keep the team in games so they will be running the ball late in games. Also the Bills will be counting on McCoy to give them a lot of offense so he will definitely see carries, and with a limited QB they will definitely be dumping down to him at least 4-7 times a game making for some cheap points. He is fairly young so he should fall off a cliff so check that concern off the list. The Bills O-line is a concern, but I think InCog and Cyrus come in and improve the play of the unit while the coaching on the unit overall will be much better. It won't be a great O-line but it should be serviceable.

I always loved Rex's schemes defensively. So many different looks and packages. I think this years Bills defense has the talent and versatility to be one of Rex's strongest defenses.

McKelvin will be on the roster this year. With Graham moving to Safety they need McKelvin to be 4 corners deep. Injuries happen you need to keep depth at the corner position.

Can't the team let camp play out a bit more? Everyone is so easy to panic.

Seems like a good guy to kick the tires on. A lot of physical tools but it just hasn't manifested its self yet. Most likely camp fodder or a practice squad guy.

Solid move to save some space for next season. The Bills are pushing up against the cap next year so getting almost 4 million on next years cap should allow the Bills to retain more talent. However I wouldn't mind seeing the Bills bringing in a veteran guard. Of course at this point in the process there won't be much out there but right now they have Urbik, InCog, and Miller. They should bring in someone else (Maybe a cap casualty or a middling veteran).