DiabloWags said:
I recall that someone here said two weeks ago that we have so much oil and refining capacity in the U.S. that prices would never get above $4.00 a gallon.
You mean the oil companies would never gouge the consumer?
How naive.
https://gasprices.aaa.com/
The media is hiding the true cost of the Iran war. Expert Ian Bremmer warns that even if the war stopped TODAY, the global supply chain is already shattered. Food, textiles, and consumer goods prices are about to skyrocket worldwide. A total economic disaster. pic.twitter.com/cyUNzXyQkj
— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 17, 2026
A senior Israeli official said the Israeli Air Force struck Iran’s largest natural gas processing facility in the country’s southwest, adding that the operation was carried out in coordination with, and with the approval of, the United States - Axios https://t.co/TIsgdIIpyb
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 18, 2026
Anarchistbear said:A senior Israeli official said the Israeli Air Force struck Iran’s largest natural gas processing facility in the country’s southwest, adding that the operation was carried out in coordination with, and with the approval of, the United States - Axios https://t.co/TIsgdIIpyb
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 18, 2026
Oil price jumping
Trump floats the idea of the U.S. abandoning the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/WfNjBR0lzq
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 18, 2026
Anarchistbear said:Trump floats the idea of the U.S. abandoning the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/WfNjBR0lzq
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 18, 2026
A number of Middle East oil and gas facilities have evacuated after Iran threatened wide retaliation for Israel's strike on the South Pars gas field today- Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/mzG13qIrUf
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 18, 2026
BREAKING: Qatar says Iran attack sparks fire in area hosting major gas facility pic.twitter.com/onJErb1FaG
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 18, 2026
dajo9 said:
Where do the Abraham Accords come to play in all this?
In an incredible escalation, US-Israeli forces have attacked South Pars in Iran, the world’s largest natural gas field. pic.twitter.com/NhrZPTfBgR
— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) March 18, 2026
Showing up at gas stations across the country. pic.twitter.com/mSLXAnLffN
— Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) March 18, 2026
Trump knew all of the way back in 2011 pic.twitter.com/4tctKAk3Xf
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) March 18, 2026
Well, ya moron...if you "knew" this stuff 15 years ago why the HELL did you scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal? Why didn't you build upon it? At least with the old deal, there were nuclear experts on the ground monitoring what Iran was doing! Now it’s time that Americans understand…
— Maggie McNett Harper (@painterly111) March 18, 2026
PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
DiabloWags said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Bingo.
Thank You for setting the record straight.
Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
dajo9 said:DiabloWags said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Bingo.
Thank You for setting the record straight.
Was he saying Trump was paid to do Israel's bidding before the election?
Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
brobear said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
it makes him sound very antisemitic
Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
It's pretty simple, Russians don't snipe toddlers in the head.
oski003 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
It's pretty simple, Russians don't snipe toddlers in the head.
What are the alleged statistics on children under the age of 4 being shot in the head in Gaza? Is it more or less than expected given Israel's aggressive maneuvers to route out Hamas while they hid behind civilians?
Cal88 said:oski003 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
It's pretty simple, Russians don't snipe toddlers in the head.
What are the alleged statistics on children under the age of 4 being shot in the head in Gaza? Is it more or less than expected given Israel's aggressive maneuvers to route out Hamas while they hid behind civilians?
What kind of a twisted logic is that, Israelis have to shoot toddlers in the head "in order to root out Hamas"?
Cal88 said:brobear said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
it makes him sound very antisemitic
I thought that question was very antislavic.
Seriously though, the hatred of Russia is largely due to decades of Cold War propaganda, whereas people who know what goes on in Palestine hate Israel because they are committing a genocide, that is largely supported by a majority of their population.
brobear said:Cal88 said:brobear said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:Cal88 said:PAC-10-BEAR said:
President Trump was the only one with the guts to call out that disastrous Obama-Biden Iran deal for what it was, a total giveaway that funneled billions in cash to the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, while letting them cheat on inspections. He scrapped that weak deal because it included sunset clauses such as the following:
15-year limit on Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and enrichment level caps. Under the deal, Iran was required to keep its stockpile of low-enriched uranium under 300 kg (at no more than 3.67% enrichment) for 15 years (roughly until around 2030-2031 from implementation in 2016). After that, those strict caps would expire, letting Iran legally ramp up to unlimited stockpiles of low-enriched uranium.
Trump's main issues with the JCPOA is that it was Obama's work, but more importantly, he was paid hundreds of millions by the Adelsons and others to scrap it and do Israel's bidding.
The money sent to Iran was their seized assets, and the sunset clause did not specify that the sanctions had to be lifted.
Some of it was frozen Iranian money from before the revolution or oil sales we blocked with sanctions. There was that shady $1.7 billion in literal pallets of cash flown in on unmarked planes. W It happened the exact week American hostages were released. Was that interest/ ransom money paid for by U.S. taxpayers? And what did Iran do with the money? They funneled it straight to the IRGC, Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas, and Assad's slaughter in Syria.
As for the sunset clauses, nobody's saying they mandated lifting sanctions at the end. The problem is the JCPOA was rigged from the jump with front-loaded sanctions relief that kicked in right away.
Iran's pre-war GDP was about half a trillion dollars, the $1.7B they got from their seized money barely moved the needle.
Funny you would fixate on $1.7 of their money returned to them when we have given Israel $330 billion already. Or that we have already spent $30-$40 billion on this new war of choice for Israel, not counting the additional tens of billions that Israel is going to extort from us this year.
How do you defend Russia and yet hate Israel so much?
it makes him sound very antisemitic
I thought that question was very antislavic.
Seriously though, the hatred of Russia is largely due to decades of Cold War propaganda, whereas people who know what goes on in Palestine hate Israel because they are committing a genocide, that is largely supported by a majority of their population.
a majority of their population that is antisemitic. the question wasn't antislavic, it pointed out you being a hypocrite in your choice of support
