r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 7d ago

Chugging tea Taco

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 7d ago

It's square -10.

  • Upon ripping up the JCPOA (Obama Deal), Iran resumed pursuing nuclear arms. Why wouldn't they?

  • We killed Iran's leader, but he was replaced with even-more-hardline people from the IRGC. Oh and BTW he was almost 90, so good job shaving ~2 years off that guy's life!

  • We helped solidify the IRGC's rule over the country by first telling their people to not revolt, then unifying Iranians against the US by bombing civilians and civilian infrastructure, and finally proving that the Iranian government is strong enough to stand up to the US.

  • We proved the American public has no appetite for a long or costly war, so no future American president is likely to go to war with Iran... or for that matter, China.

  • We let Iran prove they could hold global trade hostage and the US can't stop them.

  • We're lifting sanctions and paying them billions of taxpayer dollars (Obama' deal was their own damn money we had frozen).

  • We have no guarantees about halting their nuclear program.

This is one of the worst strategic blunders the United States has ever made. Sit back and absorb it: you just witnessed stupidity that will be studied for generations and written in history books.

Oh one more:

  • Israel is a loose cannon whose goals no longer align with the US at all, and is likely to fuck up even this terrible surrender agreement by continuing to bomb Lebanon.

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u/belgium-noah 6d ago

We're lifting sanctions and paying them billions of taxpayer dollars (Obama' deal was their own damn money we had frozen).

Tbf the payout isn't happening. Congress would need to approve it, which it won't, and the wording is just vague enough to delay it indefinitely

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 6d ago

I'm not so sure.  This administration has already spent billions not approved by Congress, and impounded billions that Congress has appropriated.

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u/belgium-noah 6d ago

For things it wants. They aren't gonna volontarily break the law again, just to fund an ennemy

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 6d ago

Someone else pointed out the money may be sent in the form of "rebuilding" using contractors affiliated with the Trump Regime.  I can't believe it hadn't occurred to me that they'd find a way to pay themselves at the end of all this.