Some of you might be too young to remember, but we once had a president named Obama. During his administration, the diplomatic, foreign affairs, and scientific expertise within the government was unprecedented. Every position was filled with a subject matter expert. Sure, they messed up from time to time, maybe had a tough time relating to the folks in Vidor, TX, but they stuck with the hard problems, learned, and tried again. Their words were annoying, but the outcomes were pretty good.
Believe it or not, way back in that Obama time, the Iranian government was also all “death to Israel!!!!! Death to America!!!!! Arrrrggh!” They were working on a big boom bomb then, too. And guess what? Over the course of years of diplomacy, leverage from allies, sanctions, and talkin’, the Iranian government was years and years away from a viable big boom bomb, and they even agreed to it.
Something must’ve changed, I suppose, but just thought y’all might appreciate the history trivia.