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Has Trump's decision on Iran put America on the path to war?

Bernie Sanders thinks so. This looks like Iraq mark 2.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/14/nuclear-deal-trump-america-war
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GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
I don't think so. Too bad that the Europeans and others won't back Trump.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 Yep, because we've finally woken up and no longer blindly follow your BS agendas.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 Maybe when Iran starts chanting death to Europe, like they do towards America, maybe then Europe will wake up.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 They've been chanting that for some time now. To fundamentalist Iranians, America is the great Satan........as is the UK.

Is that why you go to war with people, because you don't like being called names?
Cierzo · M
@GunSmoke9 Maybe when ISIS-inspired lunatics start attacking Americans with knifes, vans or bombs every month like they do in Europe, America will wake up.

Maybe it is high time to realise that Europe and the US are in different sides. Hezbollah has killed nobody in Europe. ISIS has killed hundreds. Our enemies are those who back ISIS, those who have ended regimes like Hussein's or Gaddafi's that kept islamists under control, and those who created a civil war in Syria.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@Cierzo Europe is also under attack from radical Islamic terrorists. Does Europe think they will be safe from Iran because of their business deals?
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 No one is going to war because of name calling. If you can't see how dangerous Iran is and what their goal is, then what can I say?
LegendofPeza · 61-69, M
@GunSmoke9' Does Europe think they will be safe from Iran '

Yes , why shouldn't they ?
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@LegendofPeza Because they hate the west.
Cierzo · M
@GunSmoke9 Those radical islamic terrorists are not supported by Iran, or the Syrian government, but from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 I know all too well how dangerous Iran is. I just don't think that your moron in chief has any idea about how to deal with them. He certainly doesn't have a clue about the JCPOA.
LegendofPeza · 61-69, M
@GunSmoke9 You're just as fucking brainwashed as they are.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@LegendofPeza Not brainwashed at all, and you?
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 He knew not to give Iran billions of dollars. Obama did that, eased sanctions when they were working.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 What billions of dollars did Obama give them? Oh, you mean the billions of dollars that you gave them for arms which you never delivered. The billions of dollars that they gave you in the first place.

I know that trump hates to pay back his debts, it seems that all of you trumpettes are like that too.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 What billions? Are you serious? We paid ransom to get our people out.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 No chump, you paid $400m as part payment of what was owed to them. This payment was conditional on the release of hostages. It was then followed up by a further $1.3 billion to settle the full debt.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 I don't care what was owned them. Not a penny should of been paid until our people were free. So we both agree that we paid a ransom. We should of put on even tougher sanctions.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 You're an idiot. Plain and simple.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 That's the best you got? Are you too stupid to see the treat of Iran, or are you just a Trump hater?
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 No mate. It's that you're too stupid to understand anything beyond your bubble of ignorance. FFS, you're too stupid to even use spell-check effectively.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 I misspelled a word, wow big frigging deal. You are pretty good at name calling, but not much more. I see you couldn't refute what I said, why not?. Even the Iranian regime knows that heavy sanctions might cause another revolt. You think, never mind, that the Iranian regime wants another revolt against them? Mate.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 What did you say that I didn't refute? The billions of dollars that Obama gave Iran? Even if you ignore the fact that the money was owed (which is typical of trump and his supporters), a total of $1.7 billion was paid back. That's not billions.

So, just like your moron in chief, you can't type, you can't spell, you can't count, you can't put together a coherent sentence and, you have zero understanding of the JCPOA.

What revolt do you think is going to happen in Iran. The hard-liners are in the majority. And, your orange overlord has just played into their hands. He couldn't have silenced the moderates any better if he had sent in troops with specific instructions to imprison them all.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 Just like another Trump hater you attack without facts. What did I spell wrong? what did I type wrong? They were holding our people, we were holding their money. Obama was wrong to lift the sanctions, they were working. He was also wrong to pay ransom.
A revolt can happen when the people had enough of an oppressive regime. Like what the Green party tried to do a few years back. Heavy sanctions can cripple an economy. Higher cost, higher unemployment, a shortage of goods and services can lead to regime change. A long shot, but can happen. What do you think Iran did with the money? Put it into the economy, or into their nuke program? Don't forget to check my spelling.
room101 · 51-55, M
@GunSmoke9 I attack without facts? Are you frigging serious. You're the one who made the bogus claim that Obama paid Iran billions of dollars. That money had been owed to Iran since 1979. Those four American citizens were released after fourteen months of negotiations.

"I don't care what was owned them."

That's what you said. You don't care about debt and you don't care about facts

And the word that you were looking for was owed, not owned.

Idiot!

GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@room101 You are the idiot who can't see the danger of Iran. Or paying ransom to get Americans out. You are naive enough to believe what Iran says, I'm not.