Whatever gains are achieved will be badly overshadowed by the overall costs in lives and resources, as well as the collateral damage of reinforcing Pashtun antipathy, fueling more corruption regionally, and continuing to force the United States into supportive agreements with repressive regimes.
Reason #1: Polls show that everyday Americans -- and especially Democrats -- overwhelmingly support the agreement, and they have been supportive of the process that led to the agreement for many months.
"That's why we're supportive of the agreement.
The European signatories remain supportive of the agreement, which aims to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions.
The statement marks a reversal from Clinton, who had long been supportive of the agreement and played a leading role in its negotiation while serving as secretary of state, repeatedly expressing her support for the deal.
Prodigious sums of money will be spent by fervent and monied opponents like Sheldon Adelson in the states of senators who are tentatively supportive of the agreement, but nervous about a backlash.
Ms. Trump, in particular, fought to make sure that her father heard from people supportive of the agreement, setting up calls and meetings with world leaders, corporate executives and others.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is no longer supportive of the agreement, and a number of green groups said she was under heavy pressure from some German automakers worried that they could not meet the 2020 target — an automotive fleet average of 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer.
"We're merely trying to catch up with it". While council members were supportive of the agreement, it comes with a catch.
Agriculture and business representatives were generally supportive of the agreement, underlining that new market access would foster growth and competitiveness and boost employment.
