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mikesez · 06-22-2019, 01:02 PM

(06-22-2019, 09:24 AM)TJBender Wrote:
(06-21-2019, 10:48 PM)mikesez Wrote: The previous policy failed? how so?
Were they attacking tankers and drones in the years 2015-2017?
Were they enriching uranium to levels that could be used to build a nuclear bomb over 10 kilotons?

Imagine this: your neighbor is throwing rocks through your windows. You go over and just hand him $1,000 to stop. He's going to lay off for a while, then start collecting rocks again in hopes of a second payout. That's my best bet for Iran's play in all of this. They won't try to shut down the Strait. They're not interested in a war. They know they'd be turned into a parking lot by the only post-WWII President batty enough to do it. Russia would not support them. Putin is ballsy, but not stupid. They want another payout, if not from us then from Europe. If you give a rat a cookie, right?

I am pretty sure the answer to both of my questions was no.
In fact I'm pretty sure the answer to the first question was "no" going back as far as 1988..

I think the money is not the issue. I don't think we have any more old seized assets to offer them anyhow. Iran wants sanctions relief.

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