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Sanders calls for delay on Iran Sanctions vote. (Original Post) Donkees Jun 2017 OP
Fantastic speech karynnj Jun 2017 #1
A little tugboat of human decency in the R Senate's ocean of vile. stuffmatters Jun 2017 #2

karynnj

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1. Fantastic speech
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 03:40 PM
Jun 2017

Adding sanctions on Iran right after their election, where Rouhani won in a landslide was a bad idea. Doing it on the day that ISIS attacked them, is beyond disgusting. Iran is not innocent, but it takes a huge amount of chutzpah for the President to say they are the number one state sponsor of terrorism --- after a year of speaking of ISIS as the biggest threat. ISIS, like Al Qaeda, is SUNNI and gets its money from Saudi Arabia among other countries.

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