February 13, 2023 | The Dispatch
The Iran Nuclear Deal Isn’t Dead
The State Department is fighting to keep it alive, even if an agreement benefits Russia and China.
February 13, 2023 | The Dispatch
The Iran Nuclear Deal Isn’t Dead
The State Department is fighting to keep it alive, even if an agreement benefits Russia and China.
Excerpt
In one of the most cherished scenes of that 1980s classic, The Princess Bride, Billy Crystal’s “Miracle Max” scolds Mandy Patinkin’s Inigo Montoya for prematurely declaring that the “Man in Black” is dead.
“It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead,” Miracle Max explains. “There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.”
Richard Goldberg is senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). He previously served as a White House National Security Council official, as deputy chief of staff and national security advisor for Senator Mark Kirk, as chief of staff for Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, and as a Navy reserve intelligence officer. Follow him on Twitter @rich_goldberg. FDD is a nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.