Posted on 02/22/2021 7:22:33 PM PST by blueplum
“We’re not going to prejudge.” State Department spokesperson Ned Price deployed this classic Washington euphemism last week to avoid responding to a question over how much culpability Iran and its Shiite militias bear for recent rocket attacks against a U.S. military base in northern Iraq.
....Biden’s approach draws directly from Obama’s playbook: turning a blind eye to regional aggression and offering economic relief...
And it’s unfortunate, because the result is sure to be the same as before as well: an overly deferential and defective deal that offers Iran patient pathways to nuclear weapons because its restrictions eventually sunset, while handcuffing Washington from using its most powerful economic punishments and doing nothing to stop the improvement of the clerical regime’s warfighting abilities or that of its proxies....
It’s not just the willingness to overlook Iran’s role in recent attacks in the region that makes this clear. It’s that the Biden administration has done this while going out of its way to tempt Tehran ... the administration signaled that it doesn’t oppose a $5 billion International Monetary Fund loan to Iran. While ostensibly for Covid-19 relief, this windfall will fill the regime’s coffers with little accountability...
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
But back to the $5 billion - Over 80 countries (out of 193) have applied for IMF covid loans. Iran is the least needy. The top fnancial contribitors to the IMF are: US, Japan, China, Germany, France and the UK. So when loans are granted, defaulted on, or 'forgiven', it's these nations' taxpayers that take the hit because member nations have a 'quota'. Pandemic or no. That Biden would even consider voicing approval of giving Iran $5B, is aggravating.
also related:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden team colluded with Iran to foil Trump diplomacy
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3936632/posts
He isn’t squandering it. He and his allies are deliberately dismantling it.
In a book I read it said after a lot of problems President Jimmy Carter said to an aide: “I have come to the conclusion a lot of the Iranians are just not on our side in working for peace.” The aide apparently refrained from saying “Welcome to the real world.”
And everything else Trump brought together in the ME; it’s going to go back to what it was before and Biden will blame Trump when it all goes to heck and gone ...
Iran to Biden: You’re going to need a bigger pallet.
Iran probably still has some of the 1.6 billion in cash to give back to Congress.
Being a traitor is cool if you’re a rat.
China’s plan must be for Joe to finally bankrupt us.
When are the next pallets of cash to Iran shipping?
Carter.... the Granddaddy of Radical Islam
But the peanut farmer from Plains, Ga gets a pass on that
Biden must be planning even-more outrageous concessions to Iran for MSN to allow this criticism- to innoculate.
But China wants a healthy Iran- so Biden does too- which is what MSN is hiding.
No, even this is #FakeNews. Biden is destroying everything Trump accomplished and doing it intentionally.
Even NBC “ News “ knows Biden is a buffoon.
The Babylon Bee can’t produce anything more absurd than China Joe in the White House.
I hear talk about hyperinflation on the way. Soaring prices cause people to hoard, creating a rapid rise in demand chasing too few goods. The hoarding may create shortages, aggravating the rate of inflation. Venezuela is an example of what hyperinflation can do.
That's because Obama and ValJar the Evil are actually running the show.
Read later.
“the Biden administration reversed the Trump administration’s restoration of U.N. penalties on Iran’s military-related procurement and proliferation activity. Moscow and Beijing will now be able to arm Tehran free of international censure and the Islamic Republic’s weapons proliferation activities will face fewer impediments. Also at the U.N., the State Department is easing travel restrictions on Iranian diplomats in New York. The regime in Iran has used its diplomatic personnel and facilities in the past to support terrorism.
Furthermore, the administration signaled that it doesn’t oppose a $5 billion International Monetary Fund loan to Iran. While ostensibly for Covid-19 relief, this windfall will fill the regime’s coffers with little accountability...”
“The Biden administration’s eagerness for diplomacy will likely be read by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a vulnerability to exploit.”
“Iran is watching Washington begin to dismantle maximum pressure in favor of “maximum diplomacy.”
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