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Think Frank was referring to the military aid to Israel, not the return of what remained of Iran’s own money that had been frozen since 1979. The Reagan Admin returned most of Iran’s assets frozen in the US, in 1981.
Most of what remained of Iran’s frozen assets was not in US banks. In exchange, Iran agreed to knock off attempts to develop nukes. International groups inspected and determined Iran was in compliance. Trump’s SoS agreed.
Guess that was not good enough for the Saudis.
it was irans ballistic missle program also...…….you don't develop ballistic missles for any other purpose than to deliver nuclear warheads......
Trump's volatility and casual disregard for treaties and process is directly putting my friends and family at risk in Israel. I am terrified, to put it mildly.
And it is still equally treasonous to have discussed this with Israel before Congress as it was to have discussed this at Mar al Lago for insider trading purposes.
How can that be possible? According to the all-knowing, never-wrong Trump base, the only real anti-Semites are Jews and Liberals.
You're right, but human beings are more complicated than that. We have pride, and honor. Sometimes people choose the side of pride and honor over self preservation. We just iced their top general. If they do nothing, or do something 50-50, they will be a beaten nation.
Only time will tell if they choose pride and honor over self preservation.
Here's my prediction what will happen now that Trump has taken out a major Islamic terrorist responsible for the deaths of 600 Americans (and plotting more):
1. Iran, angry at America for its action, will take it out on Israel. Naturally.
2. Israel will defend itself, and strike back. Naturally.
3. The anti-Semites on this forum (and worse, IRL) will delight in blaming the Jews. Naturally.
I think it will be against US forces/citizens in Irag or another country in the middle east. They want us out of the middle east so they would retain a certain amount of justification by doing so.
Iran is threatening Israel because they believe American Jews are pushing the USA to war with Iran..
Roger that.
I believe repyblicans were sold out and ready to pull the plug on trump in the senate, due to which trump may have had no choice but to order the hit to save his job.
Whenever I think of threats and saber rattling aimed at Israel, I always think...do you really want that particular group of people to know, for a fact, that they have nothing to lose by stepping their game up HARD?
Israel excels at following through with things once they have their minds made up. Not sure how wise blowing up Haifa or Tel Aviv really is, given that it puts Israel in that enviable "even the UN won't mind if we defend ourselves with vigor" position.
And it is funny that the US smacks Iran and their first thought is to smack Israel. Kinda reinforces the theory that in the Middle East, everyone other than Israel is looking for any excuse, no matter how superfluous, to smack Israel. Killing Jews seems to be the central tenet of Islam, given how every Islamic theocracy behaves.
Iran is threatening Israel because they believe American Jews are pushing the USA to war with Iran. But needless to say, if Iran droned one of our generals, we'd be bombing the hijabs off of their women. Their response has been very restrained. You can't just ice a top general like we did and expect no consequences. What we did was to tantamount to shooting their brother in the back and now demanding they play nice.
There have been responses going back on forth there often in secret and through proxies for decades.
Remember that huge drone strike on Saudi oil terminals not so long ago? Or people funding rebels in North Iran? Or funded IED attacks, car bombs etc. throughout Iraq?
(I'm acknowledged that we started it during the cold-war power struggle over the middle east by putting the shah in power.)
For those that have paid attention over the years, this is not even remotely the most provocative action by Iran or the US in the region by a long shot.
Goes to show the inherent problems of Congress (and federal agencies) engaging in constant leaks to the media. They selectively leak to try to bolster a narrative, and now when something like this comes up they are aghast that they are not trusted to be brought into the loop.
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