America Is The Tough Guy In Town And We Want To Prove It.

       Here's the thing I don't understand. Congress has, for some considerable time, been levying firmer and stronger sanctions against Iran in order to bring them to the table to force them to step away from building a nuclear bomb, or the ability to build one. They preferred to use this peaceful approach to invading Iran. It made sense to at least try this approach before invasion and war.
       Well, who would have guessed, the Iranians have begun to agree to such a decision. It's beginning to look like the sanctions worked. Iran has indeed come to the table and is beginning to agree to stepping back from the abyss. Now isn't that a great outcome? Of course there are still chances that the whole thing could fall apart, but for now, it looks like something that has eluded at least several administrations could actually come to pass. A lessening of nuclear tensions in the world, especially in the middle east.
       One of the demands Iran has requested is that no new sanctions be placed against them, and that some of the tightest sanctions be loosened a little bit to help their struggling economy. In exchange they're willing to stop some of the processing necessary to developing the bomb. So. Is this a good time to shove a middle finger up their nose? It's sortta like compromise. No, actually it's exactly like compromise. I'll give you something in return for you giving me something.
       But how come Congress isn't satisfied with what they wanted? How come, now, they want what they wanted but still want to pile more sanctions on Iran? Do you suppose they never thought it would actually work and if it does there will be no reason to continue to harm Iran's economy? Is it because they secretly want war? Or do they just like hurting the Iranian people? I understand they don't trust the Iranian leadership, but if they're right, there's always time to slap ever more restraints on that country, or even invade it. It always seems that when America thinks it can push people around, we wind up being forced to go to war to prove it. Shouldn't we stop trying to be the neighborhood bully and see if we can't work thing out in a more congenial way?