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| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 5832 | Quote: Gandler I think you are mixing up Hezbollah and Houthi, Iran has no direct control to make the Houthis do anything. They have a vague alliance, and provide them weapons because they will people they don't like. But, they have no direct control over them.
As for Hezbollah, do you know why Hezbollah was formed in the 80s? If you don't, do some research, neither Israel nor the U.S. were the good guys in that... Does that give them an unlimited license to do what they do now? I would say no, some may say yes.
However, all that being said. Tribal and local alliances, are not relevant to agreements. Iran violated no agreement. If anything the U.S. did by pulling out in 2018 and reimplementing sanctions. Even IF (it's a big if,) they had some uranium over the limit, in my opinion we have zero right to judge that after pulling out of the inspection agreement. I don't like it, but we reap what we sow...
And, now it sounds like a deal may be pushed off after Israel and the war hawks in Congress have been hassling Trump about the deal not being good enough. My sense is Trump really wants this over, certain other parties want to restart combat. All of yesterday we were told we should have the deal released to us by the end of the day (Sunday,) now we are being told "there is no rush," and don't expect updates anytime soon... My suspicion is there was a deal, and the hardliners in the GOP hated it because it was a watered down Obama deal... And, now Trump is backtracking...
Direct control? If I give a bunch of guns to a group of criminals and they go out and kills some citizens in the commission of their crimes, do you say I shouldn’t be stopped because I didn’t have ‘direct control’ of the criminals? Come on! I agree with your last paragraph. |
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| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 23034 | I don't care if a Trump deal comes out of this, as Iran is still going to violate it over time as long their current régime holds. If you think that is not true, just wait. Now Trump has to come up with a deal to get the Strait back to where it was before. Israel and US have to go back to monitoring Iran and maybe striking again, but now there is even greater risk Iran forces in the Strait will be even more ready to cause disruption if that happens so it will require equal preparedness on our part. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |