I am convinced that human frailties such as greed, envy, and sloth make socialism/communism almost inevitable.
Those same frailties make the failure of socialism/communism inevitable.
This happens over and over.
Sigh
@DefiantLs Sadly he is ignorant of the abuse that USAID was engaged in. For years the DOS tried to get a handle on their activities. Many times they acted against the interests of the US. But in nearly every case they simply didn't make the effort to coordinate with DoS.
@ratlpolicy@QuantumFlux36 I suspect this was necessary to give China, Europe and the rest of the oil markets some breathing room. I also suspect time was needed to put additional things in place internally in Iran. Things we may see later.
Pressure is mounting. Cracks are forming.
My 2 cents