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[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 Which will bring them back to same exports level as before the war, just within the global system. Oil exports didnt solve the instability within the country then and wont solve the extreme damage their infrastructure has taken or the instability now.

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

NATO Sec. General praises President Trump: "You look at the numbers of the investments NATO countries are now making in their own defense.. It is staggering... All thanks to his leadership."

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: "We're not going to do anything that undermines the security of our allies, our longstanding allies, in the region."

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

Efter iranerne har solgt olie til Kina i 2 år, skal man høre på at 2 måneders sanktionsophævelser, der bringer dem på samme niveau, vil bringe dem til et bedre niveau end de var før de blev gennembombet. Der er kritik der er valid overfor våbenhvilen men framingen går for langt.

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

Billions in frozen Iranian assets are about to be released, & will no doubt be used to rebuild Iran's military capabilities & fund terror.

How about using those funds to compensate the American families whose loved ones were killed or kidnapped by the Islamic Republic?

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

How to handle a panican 101:

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY CRAP! After launching a DOJ investigation, President Trump calls out BY NAME oil companies for "price gouging" Americans at the pump

"It's ExxonMobil, it's Chevron, it's Shell, it's BP, it's a lot of them!"

"The oil prices have been coming down so much, and we are NOT seeing anything at the pump by comparison to what it should be. We should be, in my opinion, at $2.25 right now at the pump. And we're higher than that!"

"And we are doing a big investigation on it, you know. They're not reducing the prices commensurate with what's happening. Look, we are sending out, think of it, 19 million barrels came out of it."

"DON'T GOUGE OUR PEOPLE."

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 @USAmbUN @marthamaccallum @TheStoryFNC He has...

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 The MOU doesnt rule out discussing other issues. Trump and Rubio have since then confirmed that it will be part of the discussions. Full sanction relief will be dependent on their cooperation. Until they lift them anything is merely speculation without proof.

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 Sure, and that would have resulted in higher oil prices with no definitive answer to the regime question. Trump did escort tankers with military force during the blockade which is one of the reasons why oil prices stabilized.

[Election Wizard @ElectionWiz]

TRUMP: BIG OIL IS NOT DROPPING PRICES; PRICE GOUGING; DOJ INVESTIGATING

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 a point of no return for the regime. If by hitting Kharg you mean occupying it you now up the risk of American soldiers getting hit while it isnt sure that vessels would feel safe enough to transit anyways leaving oil prices high now with more dead Americans potentially.

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 With the Obama deal we were sure we were dealing with bad faith actors, didnt get a permanent resolution on nuclear weapons nor regulated proxies or ballistics. All that remains to be seen with current admin. The actions youre proposing would lead to further intervention with...

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 Well that presupposes the admin doesnt have their eye on that and arent going to regulate those issues in a potential deal. The GCC have shown before that they are willing to part with the US if their interests are not met e.g. Biden. Their actions in the future will be telling.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

Netherlands has officially joined "Pax Silica," the U.S. led strategic alliance dedicated to securing global supply chains for artificial intelligence and semiconductors. As the home of ASML, the Dutch government's entry marks a major victory for Washington’s effort to build a resilient, "trusted-partner" tech ecosystem to counter Chinese dominance - Reuters

[captive dreamer @captive_dreamer]

You're starting to see with all this dishonest online screeching and chatter over Vance and Iran that some of these people would not be satisfied unless US troops forcibly occupied Tehran for the next 10 years and Trump's GOP is totally destroyed

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

Thank god for Hillary Clinton

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

WE NEED A NEW FOREIGN POLICY.

Amidst the fiasco of the war in Iran, Americans need to rethink the very foundations of our foreign policy and how we go forward in a very different direction — a direction which focuses on peace, democracy and economic and social justice.

Let us not forget:

The war in Vietnam was based on a lie. In that war over 58,000 Americans died, hundreds of thousands were wounded and millions of Vietnamese civilians lost their lives.

The war in Iraq was based on a lie. In that war 4,492 Americans died, tens of thousands were wounded and hundreds of thousands Iraqi civilians lost their lives.

The current war in Iran was based on a lie. In this war 14 Americans have been killed, hundreds have been wounded and up to ten thousand civilians in the region have lost their lives.

Meanwhile, with 60% of our people living paycheck to paycheck, we have a military budget of over one trillion dollars — much of it going to the extremely profitable military-industrial complex.

In terms of the Middle East, here are our major allies:

Israel: a nation, now controlled by right-wing extremists, which has committed genocide in Gaza, plotted with Trump to start the illegal and unconstitutional war in Iran, and is now actively obstructing a meaningful pathway towards peace as it continues to attack Lebanon’s civilian population.

Saudi Arabia: a nation controlled by the wealthiest family in the world who run a dictatorship that treats women as third-class citizens and tolerates no opposition or dissent. According to U.S. intelligence, the Saudi leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had American journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered in its Istanbul consulate because of his criticism of the regime.

UAE: a nation which is an authoritarian monarchy with no free press, no free elections and no independent civil society — built on the labor of migrant workers who make up 80% of its population. Beyond its borders, the UAE has armed the Rapid Support Forces — a paramilitary group the United States government has formally determined is committing genocide in Sudan.

Qatar: a nation which is also an authoritarian monarchy controlled by the Al Thani family, one of the most powerful and wealthy royal families in the world. Unbelievably, 91% of Qatar’s population is migrant labor who are ruthlessly oppressed. While building World Cup stadiums in Qatar, thousands of workers died as a result of horrendous working conditions.

The politics of the Middle East are complicated, and no one believes that we can bring peace, prosperity and democracy to the region tomorrow. But clearly, we need a very different approach than what we have right now.

We need a foreign policy that actually reflects our values and which must start with a simple premise: the United States will not provide weapons and diplomatic cover to governments — whether in Tel Aviv, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi or Doha — that engage in systematic human rights violations.

And it means, at long last, building a foreign policy centered around human rights, respect for international law and multilateralism — and one that holds war criminals accountable no matter whom they may be.

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 Even then Trump can still finish the job later on. It aint over till its over. And out of curiousity if you think Trump is weak, how do you feel about previous presidents' handling of Iran?

[Mokohawk @Mokohawk]

@OJayL06 As for your second point the question then becomes whether we've already reached that point of Iran realizing the futility of seeking nuclear weapons. How good the potential deal will have to be judged by the GCC's reaction to it. It might be a midterm cave though.