Let’s just relax before freaking out over a possible WWIII. We’ve been much closer before to that than here. What does Iran gain by launching an attack that had little chance of doing much damage to Israel? Early news reports say that they didn’t purposely target civilian centers and they knew that most of their weapons would be shot down. Why would they want to risk broadening a war?
My guess from the reading I’ve done is that this is more bluster than anything else. Now Iran can claim that they’ve supported some of their allies/terrorist groups without actually doing much.
The real issue for me is this:
View: https://x.com/speakerjohnson/status/1779273302114001181?s=46
This is so disingenuous. Instead of playing these games, Republicans should join with Democrats in supporting both of our allies, Ukraine and Israel, right now. As long as America is crippled by House Republicans who want chaos, it’s no wonder why America will be seen as weak and non-responsive to international events.
Don’t want a broader European war? Provide Ukraine with what it needs to send Putin’s boys packing back to their backwards hellhole. Don’t like what’s happening in Gaza? Give Israel what it needs to choke Hamas out. Hamas could end this today if they released the hostages.
Didn't Biden free up billions for Iran?
Didn't Biden remove sanctions that allowed Iran to prosper and make tremendous amount for f money?
Didn't Biden open up the Nuclear Deal for Iran? I mean that's literally why Obama allowed Putin to meddle in our elections so he would sugnr the deal?
Wasn't it Biden who sent billions in unmarked bills to Iran in the dead of night.
It's not our fault your president got us into this mess. You go fight and spill blood. Why don't you donate? You all can't even afford your schooling or healthcare and you need me to pay for YOUR war?
Nah. This wouldn't have happend if you voted Trump. For once take accountability for yourself. We don't want your wars you so desperately crave.
And relax? Not with you all in charge. You have us in 3 wars in 3 years and have our DoJ saying that a terror attack on US soil is more than likely.
Biden is Giving Up Powerful U.S. Financial Sanctions on Iran
Since taking office, the Biden administration has taken a series of calculated steps to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal. Most recently, it waived sanctions on the Iranian oil trade,
allowing Tehran access to frozen funds in foreign banks that it can now use to fund terrorism. Even the sanctions that remain on the books are not being enforced. U.S. financial sanctions can be used to end Iran's nuclear ambitions and the clerical regime's support of terrorism.
As the world's preeminent financial power, the United States has a responsibility to work to deny Iran the financial resources it needs to build a nuclear program, develop ballistic missiles and support terrorism and terrorist proxies.
Sanctions generally aim to change behavior or deny the enemy something it wants for nefarious purposes. This economic and foreign policy tool is uniquely powerful for us, due to the importance of the dollar and the U.S. financial system.
In the modern global economy, every country needs to participate in the world's financial system. We are fortunate that the U.S. is at the center of that system. This position makes financial sanctions a powerful tool that the U.S. can use to curb the behavior of rogue nations like Iran. For example, the sanctions we imposed on Iranian oil in mid-2018 caused a precipitous drop in Iranian exports. These sanctions became even more meaningful in 2019 when the Trump administration announced that Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India would no longer be exempt from penalties if they continued to import oil from Iran. These sanctions alone deprived the regime of as much as $50 billion annually.
Since taking office, the Biden administration has taken a series of calculated steps to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal.
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