Posted on 06/24/2019 6:30:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
As the U.S. piles sanction after sanction on Iran, it’s the average person who feels it the most.
From a subway performer’s battered leather hat devoid of tips, to a bride-to-be’s empty purse, the lack of cash from the economic pressure facing Iran’s 80 million people can be seen everywhere.
Many blame President Donald Trump and his maximalist policy on Iran, which has seen him pull out of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and levy punishing U.S. sanctions on the country.
In recent weeks, Iran has threatened to break out of the deal unless European powers mitigate what it calls Trump’s “economic warfare.” Iran also appeared ready to push back against the buildup of U.S. forces in the region, after shooting down an American drone it says violated its airspace last week.
In response, U.S. officials have vowed to pile on more sanctions.
But alongside Trump, many Iranians blame their own government, which has careened from one economic disaster to another since its Islamic Revolution 40 years ago. …
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Breaking their bones? I laugh. They must like it since they’re not doing anything about it.
The Iranians are complaining loudly.
Sanctions are being ramped up today.
Put the screws to them, Mr. Trump.
It is like the Star Wars campaign that Reagan put on the USSR.
Their “pain” is nothing compared to the lives lost by their government’s support of terrorism world-wide. Zero sympathy. This is typical leftist propaganda — world ending tomorrow, women and children hurt the most.
Hahaha. “Bones breaking”? Hahahaha.
Pity. Perhaps they should not have used those pallets of paper dollars in Yemen, Syria and Venezuela.
The people of Iran would have taken over a hell of a lot sooner had Obama not bungled support for the 2009 revolution...
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