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Cannonpointer » Today, 1:14 pm » wrote: ↑

Today, 1:14 pm

I missed the part where you justify expecting Iran per se to keep its word to us.

They DO - out of concern for their global image, same as Russia and China. But I'm asking on what planet you or I or anyone else has any right to EXPECT them to, given that you are incapable of naming one US treaty that we have ever lived up to in the history of history.

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AI helps me with this treaty question.

Q: Has the US ever honored a treaty without being taken to court?

A: Yes. In many treaty areas, the U.S. carries out the treaty terms through ordinary executive/agency actions, and no one brings a lawsuit because there’s no dispute to litigate.
A common example is extradition: when the U.S. receives an extradition request and processes it consistent with an extradition treaty, the “honoring” of the treaty happens through the executive process (State Department / Justice Department / courts only get involved if someone challenges the extradition). When no one challenges it, there’s no court case even though the treaty governs the outcome.Likewise, treaties are often honored through administrative implementation (regulations, permits, inspections, information-sharing processes) without any specific court proceeding—unless a private party or government refuses to comply, triggering litigation.