Is the US targeting Iran now??
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Remember the Maine!
Remember the Maine? It blew up because of a coal dust explosion in one of the bunkers.
Remember the Maine? It blew up because of a coal dust explosion in one of the bunkers.
Remember Gulf of Tonkin!
Fake news which led to the needless death of 58,000 Americans in Vietnam. Worse form of treason anywhere.
Fake news which led to the needless death of 58,000 Americans in Vietnam. Worse form of treason anywhere.
That is correct.
But after Dems repented, Republicans tried to suppress the Pentagon Papers.
Committed by Republicans.
None but the most compromized governments. Look to where American bases are, those countries are the shock absorbers for the USA and they, the bumpers, know it well, Uncle Joe,s laughing in his grave.
100,000 Iranians take to the streets, chanting ‘death to the dictator’ as economy tanks in wake of Trump sanctions
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...economy_tanks_in_wake_of_trump_sanctions.html
Good on Trump.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...economy_tanks_in_wake_of_trump_sanctions.html
Good on Trump.
Economic war on Iran is war on Eurasia integration
US sanctions on Iran should be interpreted as a piece in a much larger chessboard
By Pepe Escobar
August 14, 2018
Economic war on Iran is war on Eurasia integration | Asia Times
The US sanctions offensive, launched after Washington’s unilateral pullout from the Iran nuclear deal, should be interpreted as an advance gambit in the New Great Game at whose center lies China’s New Silk Road – arguably the most important infrastructure project of the 21st century — and overall Eurasia integration.
As with North Korea, Russia and China will send unmistakable signs that Iran is in their closely coordinated Eurasian sphere of influence, and any attack on Iran will be considered an attack on the whole Eurasian sphere.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry could not be more explicit on the US effort to reimpose global sanctions on Iran. “China’s commercial cooperation with Iran is open and transparent, reasonable, fair and lawful, not violating any United Nations Security Council resolutions,” it said.
That echoes the Russian Foreign Ministry on the US sanctions: “This is a graphic example of Washington’s continued violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and trampling upon the norms of international law.”
President Trump for his part has also been explicit: any nation that violates the sanctions against Iran will not do business with the US.
Good luck with having support from Turkey or Qatar – completely dependent on Iran for food, use of civilian airspace and sharing gas exploration in South Pars. Not to mention Russia-China assuring Tehran’s back on all fronts.
The die is cast. China not only will continue but also will increase its purchase of Iranian oil and gas.
The Chinese auto industry – currently with 10% of the Iranian market – will simply take over as the French leave. Chinese companies are already responsible for 50% of auto parts imported into Iran.
Russia for its part has pledged to invest as much as $50 billion in Iranian oil and natural gas. Moscow is very much aware of the Trump administration’s next possible step; imposing sanctions on Russian companies investing in Iran.
Washington simply can’t “not do business” with China. The entire US defense industry is dependent on China for rare earth materials. Since the 1980s, US multinationals set up their export supply chains in China with direct encouragement of the US government.
China is able to cut the US off in a minute from its rare earth exports, creating a US national security catastrophe. Now that’s when a trade war will enter real incandescent territory.
All hands on deck: the Caspian sails towards Eurasia integration
The five states surrounding the sea – Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan – have reached difficult compromises on sovereign and exclusive rights as well as freedom of navigation
By Pepe Escobar
August 14, 2018
http://www.atimes.com/article/all-hands-on-deck-the-caspian-sails-towards-eurasia-integration
Russian energy companies can explore the Caspian’s 50 billion barrels of oil and its 8.4 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves, Turkmenistan can finally start considering linking its gas to the Turkish-Azeri joint project TANAP through a trans-Caspian pipeline, while Iran has gained increased energy supplies for its largest cities in the north of the country (Tehran, Tabriz, and Mashhad) – however, Iran has also put itself under the shadow of Russian ships. This controversy makes one wonder to what degree U.S. sanctions made Iran vulnerable enough to accept what it has always avoided – and how much these U.S. sanctions actually served NATO’s interests.
US sanctions on Iran should be interpreted as a piece in a much larger chessboard
By Pepe Escobar
August 14, 2018
Economic war on Iran is war on Eurasia integration | Asia Times
The US sanctions offensive, launched after Washington’s unilateral pullout from the Iran nuclear deal, should be interpreted as an advance gambit in the New Great Game at whose center lies China’s New Silk Road – arguably the most important infrastructure project of the 21st century — and overall Eurasia integration.
As with North Korea, Russia and China will send unmistakable signs that Iran is in their closely coordinated Eurasian sphere of influence, and any attack on Iran will be considered an attack on the whole Eurasian sphere.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry could not be more explicit on the US effort to reimpose global sanctions on Iran. “China’s commercial cooperation with Iran is open and transparent, reasonable, fair and lawful, not violating any United Nations Security Council resolutions,” it said.
That echoes the Russian Foreign Ministry on the US sanctions: “This is a graphic example of Washington’s continued violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and trampling upon the norms of international law.”
President Trump for his part has also been explicit: any nation that violates the sanctions against Iran will not do business with the US.
Good luck with having support from Turkey or Qatar – completely dependent on Iran for food, use of civilian airspace and sharing gas exploration in South Pars. Not to mention Russia-China assuring Tehran’s back on all fronts.
The die is cast. China not only will continue but also will increase its purchase of Iranian oil and gas.
The Chinese auto industry – currently with 10% of the Iranian market – will simply take over as the French leave. Chinese companies are already responsible for 50% of auto parts imported into Iran.
Russia for its part has pledged to invest as much as $50 billion in Iranian oil and natural gas. Moscow is very much aware of the Trump administration’s next possible step; imposing sanctions on Russian companies investing in Iran.
Washington simply can’t “not do business” with China. The entire US defense industry is dependent on China for rare earth materials. Since the 1980s, US multinationals set up their export supply chains in China with direct encouragement of the US government.
China is able to cut the US off in a minute from its rare earth exports, creating a US national security catastrophe. Now that’s when a trade war will enter real incandescent territory.
All hands on deck: the Caspian sails towards Eurasia integration
The five states surrounding the sea – Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan – have reached difficult compromises on sovereign and exclusive rights as well as freedom of navigation
By Pepe Escobar
August 14, 2018
http://www.atimes.com/article/all-hands-on-deck-the-caspian-sails-towards-eurasia-integration
Russian energy companies can explore the Caspian’s 50 billion barrels of oil and its 8.4 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves, Turkmenistan can finally start considering linking its gas to the Turkish-Azeri joint project TANAP through a trans-Caspian pipeline, while Iran has gained increased energy supplies for its largest cities in the north of the country (Tehran, Tabriz, and Mashhad) – however, Iran has also put itself under the shadow of Russian ships. This controversy makes one wonder to what degree U.S. sanctions made Iran vulnerable enough to accept what it has always avoided – and how much these U.S. sanctions actually served NATO’s interests.
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Hey Walnut they were referencing Trump. 25 years of US occupation has galvanized the country against the US. I wonder when we will have the guts to say 'No.' to anybody. Want a straw with that drink, go to Iran, they haven't banned them.
https://sputniknews.com/business/201808211067363628-iran-central-bank-us-dollar/
Iran has repeatedly sought to reduce dependence on the US dollar via a package of measures, including increased trade using the euro and other currencies as well as the establishment of a secondary currency market.
Tehran has taken the US dollar off the website sanarate.ir, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI)'s official currency rate reporting platform, replacing it with China's yuan.
The website is typically used to display the average rates of Iran's most tradable currencies, including the dollar, the euro and the United Arab Emirates' dirham. However, no dollar rates have been seen on the website as of Monday.
Sixty, seventy years ago, the Persians might have looked to the United States for hope. What the U.S. eventually reaped in Iran was what they earned after propping up the despotic Shah and his family. That keeps happening to the U.S. and if and when it happens in Saudi Arabia, it will unhinge this very dangerous corner of the planet.
https://www.rt.com/business/437446-iran-iraq-us-dollar-ditched/
The US dollar is no longer used by Tehran and Baghdad in bilateral trade, giving way to the euro and local currencies, as well as direct barter of goods, head of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale-Eshagh has revealed.
“[The] US dollar has been removed from the list of currencies used by Iran and Iraq in their trade transactions and they are using Iranian rial, euro and Iraqi dinar for financial transactions,” Ale-Eshagh said on Saturday, as quoted by local media.
The US dollar is no longer used by Tehran and Baghdad in bilateral trade, giving way to the euro and local currencies, as well as direct barter of goods, head of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale-Eshagh has revealed.
“[The] US dollar has been removed from the list of currencies used by Iran and Iraq in their trade transactions and they are using Iranian rial, euro and Iraqi dinar for financial transactions,” Ale-Eshagh said on Saturday, as quoted by local media.
True but Turkey says whatever it has to to fit the situation.
The Golan Heights will be the interesting part coming up. Missiles no longer mean you need to hold the high ground to be safe.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/...s-wild-wolves-vows-to-abandon-dollar-in-trade
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed Ankara would pursue non-dollar transactions in trade with Russia and other countries, accusing the U.S. of behaving like "wild wolves."
Both Turkey and Russia are reeling from punitive economic measures imposed by Washington.
"America behaves like wild wolves. Don't believe them," Erdogan told a business forum during a visit to Kyrgyzstan, in comments translated into Kyrgyz.
He said his country was in negotiations with Russia over non-dollar trade.
"Using the dollar only damages us. We will not give up. We will be victorious," Erdogan told the meeting, attended by Kyrgyz and Turkish businessmen as well as government officials.
Ties between NATO members Washington and Ankara hit a new low last month as U.S. President Donald Trump announced steep new tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum in response to the detention of an American pastor in Turkey.
The Golan Heights will be the interesting part coming up. Missiles no longer mean you need to hold the high ground to be safe.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/...s-wild-wolves-vows-to-abandon-dollar-in-trade
Both Turkey and Russia are reeling from punitive economic measures imposed by Washington.
"America behaves like wild wolves. Don't believe them," Erdogan told a business forum during a visit to Kyrgyzstan, in comments translated into Kyrgyz.
He said his country was in negotiations with Russia over non-dollar trade.
"Using the dollar only damages us. We will not give up. We will be victorious," Erdogan told the meeting, attended by Kyrgyz and Turkish businessmen as well as government officials.
Ties between NATO members Washington and Ankara hit a new low last month as U.S. President Donald Trump announced steep new tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum in response to the detention of an American pastor in Turkey.
The British can always be counted on to be hoodwinked into a military coalition. A lot of them have been Hoodwinked into thinking that their "special relationship" with the US is somehow bilateral despite the evidence to the contrary.
Kinda strange as , as a rule....the Brits are not a gullible lot. They should have clued in by now that there is no special relationship with the US. ( with the TRUMP AMERICA in particular ) Furthermore........"special relationship " can be interpreted many ways........and many are not positive .