Posted on 02/03/2017 6:17:22 AM PST by Enlightened1
US President Donald Trump has tweeted that "Iran is playing with fire," and warned Tehran that he won’t be as “kind” as former President Barack Obama. His comments come after Tehran’s missile test this week.
It comes a day after the US president threatened Tehran that military options are "not off the table" in response to the missile test.
On Monday, Fox News cited US officials as saying that Iran had carried out medium-range ballistic missile tests.
That was followed on Thursday by reports from CNN, NBC News and Reuters, all quoting sources, that said Washington could roll out fresh sanctions against Iran as early as Friday.
Iran has confirmed that it tested the missile, and that the launch was "in line" with its plans.
"We will not allow foreigners to interfere in our defense affairs," Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told Tasnim news agency on Wednesday.
In another tweet posted on Thursday, Trump wrote that "Iran was on its last legs and ready to collapse," but the US "gave it a life-line in the form of the Iran Deal: $150 billion."
In response to Trump’s tweet , Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also took to social media, posting a statement saying that Iran is unmoved by US threats and will never initiate war.
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Iran better realize Presodent Trump is not bluffing.
Couldn’t get a sense of where Putin stands from this article.
It usually reflects what he wants it to.
He can’t be an ally and give aid to a country that sponsors terrorism like Iran.
Will be interesting to see how Putin plays his cards.
He played chess while obama played checkers.
Now he’s playing chess and Trump is playing Rugby!
For those that think this is another Bush/Iraq thing, remember, Iran wants to blow Israel off the map.
Trump doesn’t bluff.
No he doesn’t.
‘I won’t be as kind as obama’
obama gave cash to Iran in various currencies to pay for terrorism.
If this were really just paying back money owed to Iran it would be down electronically. Cash is to hide the real intent.
Israel is the Little Satan...we're the Great Satan. They'd love nothing more then to see a mushroom cloud over one of our cities.
I assume you meant to type “done” instead of “down.” Assuming that, you are spot on with your conclusion: Cash is to hide transactions, as there is generally no paper trail (i.e., no accounting records).
I wonder how Putin will react to a surgical strike on an Iranian missile installation.
Iran is the head of the snake. Saudi Arabia is the heart
Using the word "kind" is in and of itself kind.
More accurate words that come to mind include "useless", "vacant", "stupid", "accommodating", "easily rolled", on and on and on...
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