Are we loving the spike in gas prices?

Thanks to our government having pulled out of the Iran deal, gas prices have spiked yet again. How is that couple of dollars you got from the tax break doing? Yah, gas prices are eating it up. 🤦

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abe182 · 46-50, M

@bijouxbroussard the Iranian people secretly love America. The government doesn't. You really need to study up on Iran and not be so nearsighted and hateful of the president.

bijouxbroussard · F

@abe182 How is it hateful to speak the truth ? I see Trump very clearly; he acts from a place of ego and emotion, not to mention his many biases and prejudices. You didn’t answer my question, which is based solely upon [b]facts[/b]: what do you think Trump’s withdrawal will accomplish ?

luckranger71 · 51-55, M

@bijouxbroussard Correct. Not to mention that the Iranian government, like the US government is not a monolith. The President’s decision has empowered the mullahs. Extremists feed off each other. That’s a truism going back to the Cold War (see the Cuban Missile Crisis)

“Nearsighted and hateful”?? Laughable

frequentlyme · 70-79, M

@abe182 The Iranian people don't love America anymore than they love any country. What they dislike is poverty, extreme poverty and the death grip their government has over them. What the nuclear deal did do was give some of the moderates a chance to voice their opinions, and indeed gain power. The likely outcome in Iran after this, unless the other signatories can keep the deal together, is that the moderates will lose face and be tossed out, which will bring the radicals back, which will bring on full scale nuclear production, which may at some point lead to war. There was zero to gain with pulling out of this deal - zero. It was a campaign promise made to stupid people, people who fear and hate anything not them. This whole thing is Trump keeping a dumb campaign promise - it is purely political, and dumb as hell.