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Iranian FM: Sanctions ARE War
Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/27/19

Posted on 06/27/2019 6:54:21 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday tweeted a warning to US President Donald Trump.

"Misconceptions endanger peace," he warned. "Sanctions aren't alternative to war; they ARE war. 'Obliteration'=genocide=war crime. 'Short war' with Iran is an illusion."

Last week, Trump sent Iran an ultimatum, setting a deadline for the start of negotiations and warning that if Iran refuses to talk, the US will attack for the downing of an American surveillance drone.

On Monday, Trump announced additional sanctions against Iran, which he said were retaliation for the downed drone, and on Tuesday he warned that "any attack on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force."

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 444days; djibouti; eritrea; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; iransanctions; javadzarif; lebanon; mullahworshippers; putinsbuttboys; sudan; yemen
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1 posted on 06/27/2019 6:54:21 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

My understanding is that economic sanctions, like a Naval blockade, is an act of war.


2 posted on 06/27/2019 7:00:40 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Hey, clueless yet arrogant Iranian FM, it was Iran that started this ‘war’, way back when you took Americans as hostages and held them for 444 days. Don’t threaten us. You will not survive American military action.


3 posted on 06/27/2019 7:03:24 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: MichaelCorleone

I believe it is a legitimate casus belli for initiating war.


4 posted on 06/27/2019 7:03:53 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

So are truck bombs driven into Marine barracks, kidnapping our diplomats, and EFPs used against our troops. Iran has been at war with us for quite a long time. We shouldn’t rush to start shooting at them at the first opportunity, but we shouldn’t be ignorant of the facts either.


5 posted on 06/27/2019 7:05:54 PM PDT by jz638
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To: neverevergiveup

I would argue they have been engaged in war with us at least since they started training and supporting the insurgents to attack, maim and kill thousands of US troops in Iraq. It was not their conflict, not their country, not their war but they engaged us with treacherous and deadly tactics.


6 posted on 06/27/2019 7:06:35 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Islam is War .


7 posted on 06/27/2019 7:06:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: monkeyshine

I agree. They have been an incredibly destabilizing influence in the world for too long.


8 posted on 06/27/2019 7:13:16 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Dear FM,

Suggest you buy a helmet.

9 posted on 06/27/2019 7:17:10 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: jz638

Well said.


10 posted on 06/27/2019 7:19:33 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

FUIRAN!


11 posted on 06/27/2019 7:27:49 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: shanover

Mine the ports. No need to shoot.


12 posted on 06/27/2019 7:40:45 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Bring it!


13 posted on 06/27/2019 7:42:05 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (WWG1WGA!)
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To: MichaelCorleone

“My understanding is that economic sanctions, like a Naval blockade, is an act of war.”

Not by the book.

However, as hard as we are squeezing them, it ought to be. The only thing stopping them from shooting a manned US asset is their fear of annihilation.

But eventually they will. They’re in a corner with no way out.


14 posted on 06/27/2019 7:43:45 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

“War is the continuation of politics by other means.”

An old Prussian guy.


15 posted on 06/27/2019 8:01:32 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Funny how it’s only under PDJT that sanctions actually WORK.

They have not literally for EVERY SINGLE Prez preceeding him.

You just know it’s cuz those others did not actually WANT them to work.

DJT is showing a LOT about how ordinary political biz goes.


16 posted on 06/27/2019 8:12:55 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

i agree so let’s get busy


17 posted on 06/27/2019 8:13:23 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Depends on who is judging and the mechanism, doesn’t it? If we have an alliance and a UN resolution, it seems to be we have an agreement about who is in the right and who is the belligerent being sanctioned. refusing to buy or sell goods is a legal recourse . If we don’t have that buy in, then a blockade would be an act of war.


18 posted on 06/27/2019 8:28:02 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

And we’re kicking your butt! :)


19 posted on 06/27/2019 9:19:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Re: Sanctions ARE War

The Japanese claimed the same thing on 07 December 1941.

That did not work out well for the Japanese.


20 posted on 06/28/2019 3:51:45 AM PDT by zeestephen
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