Posted on 08/06/2018 8:10:54 AM PDT by mandaladon
President Trump is set to reimpose several sanctions against Iran, following his decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.
On Monday, the Trump administration is expected to announce the first wave of sanctions targeting Iranian automobile exports, trade and resources needed for nuclear development.
The president pulled out of the deal back in May and gave a grace-period for U.S. allies to make prep for the fallout like cutting ties with Iranian businesses.
The administration threatened to punish any country still making deals with the Islamic republic when the sanctions take effect.
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——I wonder how Iran will react...-—
war
they have no choice
[targeting Iranian automobile exports,]
Dammit no more Mullah Sport Coupes. That had explosive acceleration.
I bet John Kerry is on his way to Iran right now to help with the strategy in order to defeat the evil western empire.
War?
I think not. The only thing that influences the behavior of demented muslims is force. Pain.
This is winning - and is the only viable option left other than us attacking them.
If they persist in wmd development we need to go medieval on them - bomb Kharg island, bomb every dam, bridge, school, mosque, government building - completely destroy their military and infrastructure. But do not invade.
I agree. Iran can be sent back to the Stone Age without American boots on the ground. Their lifeline is oil. If the taps are shut off Iran will implode within months
Angry islamist.
Iranian cars, those gotta be some real gems. Seatbelts? Nope, if you die in a car crash, it’s because Allah wills it.
CC
The Iranians won’t have access to Toyota pickups any more? There goes at least half of the light infrantry vehicles...
“The administration threatened to punish any country still making deals with the Islamic republic when the sanctions take effect.”
and that is exactly what has already been happening during the “grace period”, which is why Iran is already on the verge of collapse ... the big EU banks and EU multinational corporations have already pulled back from Iran big-time due to fear of U.S. sanctions against themselves ... their U.S. business far outweighs their Iranian business ... and the EU governments are besides themselves that “their” corporations are turning their backs on a U.S. enemy like Iran and they are powerless to make “their” banks an corporations slit their own throats in defiance of the U.S. ... more winning by the best President the United States has ever had ...
I was looking at one of these the other day but I read up on it and my wife wouldn't be allowed to drive it so I had to pass.
Traitor Kerry should stay there. Once worthless, always worthless .
The ayatollahs of Iran, already staggering from the fresh civil unrest that has been cropping up, may yet be driven from their seats of power. For sure, they will only be replaced by a military strongman, but one who will know how power got handed to him.
Which may or may not flow from Russia.
The other countries also need to be held to account for this to work.
Former Senator Al D’Amato (R-NY) dropped a bomb on Sunday Morning Futures this AM. D’Amato told Maria Bartiromo that Hillary allowed Russia to take ownership of US uranium so they could sell it to Iran.
Hillary made it possible for the Russians to take control of one of our huge uranium producers and allow them to own the company, export the uranium and who do they sell the uranium to? Iran!
Now if people knew that and that the foundation as a result of that got $135 million. I think people would start saying, “What?”
It’s true.
In January 2013, Pravda celebrated the Russian atomic energy agency’s purchase of the company “Uranium One” in Canada.
That same company, Uranium One, owned uranium concessions in the United States. Because uranium is a strategically important commodity, the Russians would need approval from the Obama administration, including Hillary’s State Department, before the purchase took place.
Nine shareholders in Uranium One just happened to provide more than $145 million in donations to the Clinton Foundation in the run-up to State Department approval.
The Clintons took the cash from Uranium One officials before the deal was approved by Hillary Clinton’s State Department. The Clintons hid the donations which is a clear violation of the Memorandum of Understanding Hillary Clinton signed with the Obama administration wherein she promised and agreed to publicly disclose all donations during her tenure as Secreatary of State. (Via Breitbart)
The New York Times reported on the crooked deal in 2015.
As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.
And then there’s this...
Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) told Greta Van Susteren the deal Hillary approved gave Putin ownership of 20 percent of US uranium and Russia sells uranium to unfriendly countries, including Iran.
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Remember those side deals Obama forged with Iran that were not part of the text of the official treaty? Now we are finding out some of the details.
Yesterday, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Iranian officials confirmed they have received at least $10 billion in cash, commodities, and assets from Washington since 2013. And that is likely a conservative estimate.
But cash is not the only thing the Islamic Republic of Iran is receiving for gracing us with their willingness to sign onto our own capitulation.
The AP is reporting that Russia, with the support of President Obama, is shipping Iran 116 metric tons of natural uranium.
While Iranian officials have obviously declined to disclose the use of such uranium, AP notes that this is enough to enrich weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs:
“Despite present restrictions on its enrichment program, however, the amount of natural uranium is significant should Iran decide to keep it in storage, considering its potential uses once some limits on Tehran’s nuclear activities start to expire in less than a decade.
David Albright, whose Institute of Science and International Security often briefs U.S. lawmakers on Iran’s nuclear program, says the shipment could be enriched to enough weapons-grade uranium for more than 10 simple nuclear bombs, “depending on the efficiency of the enrichment process and the design of the nuclear weapon.” ...”
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From Real Clear Politics, Sept 10, 2015...
"In a 2014 New Yorker interview, Obama said his goal was to create a 'new equilibrium' in the Middle East.
In the short run, at least, his signature diplomatic undertaking can be counted on to bring more violence to this volatile region.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the [Obama-Putin Iran deal] agreement is formally known, provides the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism an infusion of somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 billion of unfrozen assets and a great deal more of continuing revenues as businesses and governments around the world rush to profit from oil-and-gas-rich Iran's reintegration into the world economy.
The agreement relaxes the international isolation of the Islamic Republic and ratifies Tehran's status as a nuclear threshold state. And it relieves restrictions on Iran's acquisition of weapons, including ballistic missiles. ..."
The mullahs are already wettin' their robes; reimposition of sanctions shifts power in the Three Amigos relationship. May they live in interesting times. Thanks mandaladon.
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