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."
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I guess it’s not as simple as I was making it out to be.
Thanks.
Similar situation to the 1930s, contemporary China and sanctions against Iran. If the economic sanctions justify an Iranian attacks that will send a green light to China wrt tariffs or any other economic limitation nations impose on it. IOW, if you’re hurting economically due to actions or inaction by another nation you have the right to start a war against those nations. Not good.
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