Posted on 06/10/2021 6:38:16 AM PDT by SJackson
Iran ships continue to push forward with the hope of docking in Venezuela
Top officials in the Biden administration are working to stop two Iranian vessels headed for Venezuela and Cuba that are believed to be carrying arms, a report said Wednesday.
Senior officials are pushing Caracas and Havana through diplomatic channels to block the Iranian ships from docking, Politico first reported.
Government officials in surrounding nations have also reportedly been contacted to help prevent the transfer of arms.
Strict sanctions were placed on Venezuela and its oil industry under Donald Trump.
President Biden has yet to reverse the economic restrictions -- though White House officials suggested he may be willing to soften the sanctions if the Nicolas Maduro regime seeks a resolution of its conflict with the opposition party.
But according to U.S. officials familiar with the discussions, the Venezuelan government is using the threat of an arms transfer to negotiate for sanction relief with the U.S., reported Politico.
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They are sending out the tranny troops to do the work.
Now I feel better. Some “officials” are on the case.
Work to stop? How about a couple of torpedoes?
If someone wants to buy a gun, you call in a couple of social workers to try to talk them out of it, and you tell all their neighbors. All that happens is that all the neighbors know someone now has a gun.
The Norks played this game well also. The Democrats are suckers.
“All that happens is that all the neighbors know someone now has a gun.”
You might find that the neighbors already knew that. They sold a lot of them to Venezuela.
The US is not going to stop Iran from arming other nations. Instead they should get those arming Iran. And that can be done on computer with less expense and less threat to our people cause it can also cut off food and creature comforts to Iran.
wy69
What’s there to work on?
I imagine we could make two iranian scows disappear pretty fast!
Run silent.
Run deep.
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