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With 2021 Still Young, We Already Have Trouble from Tehran
Daily Signal ^ | 1/5/2021 | Peter Brookes

Posted on 01/06/2021 6:16:28 AM PST by Onthebrink

Iran wasted no time setting a terrible tone for its 2021 foreign policy this week, making it clear that Tehran remains firmly committed to expanding its nuclear program and defeating U.S. sanctions.

First, its paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy seized a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker sailing the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly for maritime pollution violations, according to Tehran. The tanker and crew are being held in Iran.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards repeatedly have seized ships in international waters off Iran’s coast as a means of taking hostages to use as bargaining leverage in disputes with foreign countries or companies.

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


TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: iran; middleeast; military

1 posted on 01/06/2021 6:16:28 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

Who cares?

The war is here.


2 posted on 01/06/2021 6:17:37 AM PST by Jim Noble (Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning)
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To: Onthebrink

Yep ... as soon as they realized that Biden would be in the White House, they started acting up again. It’s going to be a long 4 years.


3 posted on 01/06/2021 6:19:37 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Jim Noble

Exactly. Don’t care about Iran or Venezuela,
or any other backwards country. Our fight is with globalist and China, nothing else matters.


4 posted on 01/06/2021 6:22:54 AM PST by teevolt
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To: Onthebrink

The globalists are going to open up so many fronts that Joe and the Ho will have no choice but to publicly surrender, blaming it all on Trump as they wave the white flag.


5 posted on 01/06/2021 6:35:44 AM PST by The Louiswu (Dylan is right once more...”The times, they are a changing”)
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To: Onthebrink

The Mullah’s think they are playing the “north Korean dictator act” for Biden’s sake, expecting Biden will give the Mullahs some kindness to relieve their geopolitical tantrums.


6 posted on 01/06/2021 6:41:11 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Jim Noble

Who cares?

The war is here.

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Exactly! How many RINOs and Neo-Cons try to subvert conservatives by saying “Look how bad those people are!” when we’re being undermined by people right here in the U.S.


7 posted on 01/06/2021 6:48:51 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

The post-1945 globalist agenda has nearly destroyed this country, and they are still at it.

The project of merging US empire building with anti-Muslim policies is, fortunately, stalled. But the stakes are high and there will be many more neocons in the Harris administration than we have seen in a while.


8 posted on 01/06/2021 6:53:11 AM PST by Jim Noble (Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning)
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To: al_c

“ as soon as they realized that Biden would be in the White House”

Stop it. Biden’s role in this little play is over.


9 posted on 01/06/2021 6:54:24 AM PST by Jim Noble (Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning)
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To: Jim Noble

Iran only sees the news media. They see what the media are feeding the world. That said, they see Biden as the next president.


10 posted on 01/06/2021 7:11:03 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Onthebrink

This isn’t Iran; it’s the Deep State executing a diversion.


11 posted on 01/06/2021 7:20:26 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: Onthebrink

South Korea froze 7 billion dollars in Iranian assets in 2019 at the behest of the Trump administration.

I don’t see Iran as a provocateur in this tanker situation despite the spin.


12 posted on 01/06/2021 9:16:09 AM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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