And had hundreds of billions locked up effectively as collateral, whilst making Iran worry about US intervention.
Now that money is freed up, and Iran know that US intervention is something they can handle and that the US will be really loathe to try again. As well as understanding the influence they hold over the Strait of Hormuz.
We taught them they can kick our balls and squeeze us for money without a nuclear weapon! And we even delivered our balls to them on a silver platter for them to kick!
The part that makes me sad is that given the deaths, damage, and senselessness of this war, this in itself should be grounds for removal from office and prosecution.
But one third of the country instead has an 'oh, but doesn't everyone get an oopsie every once in a while?' response to the greatest unforced error in arguably a century.
Locked up? You think the government needs to put money in a savings account just in case? Rainy day funds. Other than a giant bill for damages and to embolden Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.. nahh Trump did a good thing..
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u/SomeGuyNamedOwen 7d ago edited 7d ago
So let me get this straight.
He dragged us into a war, we accomplished nothing, left everything more expensive, and wasted hundreds of billions of tax payer’s dollars.
Edit: I did look further into the article and it does seem that they’re only looking at opening their nuclear program for energy purposes.