While We're Distracted--iRAN

[yellowwoodII]

This happens so often--Some occurrence causes us to run around with our hair on fire while an important new event slips by without people even realizing.

It's happening again--Sanctions on Iran that Obama had lifted have been reimposed by Trump.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-reimposes-all-iran-sanctions-lifted-under-nuclear-deal/ar-BBPfNV9?OCID=ansmsnnews11

This just escalates the tension in the Middle East.

Why do they hate us?

[FiveGoodMen]

1. "Why do they hate us?"

Frankly, because they're the devil.

And that's what devils do.

[spanone]

2. the trump/bolton team is ginning up a war...you betcha

[DontBooVote]

3. The Iran issue is important and it didn't go unnoticed by me. However...

I have been working to GOTV because the only way we're going to resurrect the Iran deal, and begin to mitigate the damage done by tRump and his henchmen is to GET OUT THE VOTE like we have never gotten out the vote before.

Our numbers in Texas are awesome and, when this is all over, they will be phenomenal!

[BumRushDaShow]

4. No one is "distracted"

Don't understand why this thing about being "distracted" has become a popular assertion on DU.

The biggest take-away is that elections have consequences which is why making sure people vote is what can start to turn this juggernaut around.

[maryellen99]

5. Would anyone be shocked if Trump nuked Iran this weekend as a desperation move?

I wouldn’t.

[pwb]

6. The world won't follow trumps lead on anything.

Consider the source?

[Rhiannon12866]

7. BBC: Trump re-imposes Iran sanctions: Now what?

The re-imposition of the full panoply of sanctions against Iran that were waived under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement marks a high-point for President Donald Trump's foreign policy.

He had long objected to the agreement, which was seen by most analysts as one of the more significant foreign policy achievements of his predecessor Barack Obama.

Now the Trump administration's goal is to apply maximum pressure against the Iranian regime to compel it to think again and change what the Americans see as its malign behaviour in the region.

So what measures exactly are being re-imposed and what will their likely impact be? Will this mark the final demise of the JCPOA? And what is the real US strategy behind the sanctions effort? Not all of these questions have clear or definitive answers.

The sanctions that are being re-imposed are the most damaging to the Iranian economy - targeting its oil sales, its wider energy industry, shipping, banking, insurance and so on. In large part these are what is known in the trade as "secondary sanctions", in that they are intended to apply pressure on other countries to prevent them trading with Tehran.

The idea is to dissuade them from purchasing Iranian oil, which brings in a huge proportion of Iran's revenue. In addition, sanctions will be imposed upon hundreds of named entities and individuals.

There will not be a sudden collapse in Iranian revenues. Indeed much of the damage has already been done.


Much more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-re-imposes-iran-sanctions-now-what/ar-BBPhrgl?li=BBnba9K&ocid=Login

[malaise]

8. Yep

And Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua