January 8, 2020

How Trump helped the Iranians

Ted Lieu (@tedlieu)

Three of Iran's top strategic goals were the following:
-Get US troops out of Iraq
-Get rid of limits on Iran's nuclear program
-Get its people to rally behind the Iranian government
The decisions by ⁦‪@realDonaldTrump‬⁩ delivered all three goals to Iran.

2 comments:

Strelnikov said...

"He's an Iranian agent!!" -some dumb guy on the Internet

Anonymous said...

The imprisoned trade unionists are unlikely to unite behind the government. Sadly it comes too late for the many thousands who have already been executed, including minors, under a theocratic dictatorship where those convicted of adultery, alcohol consumption, blasphemy, burglary, homosexuality, pornography and prostitution, along with, of course, political dissidence, as well as many other ‘crimes’, can pay the ultimate price. We must not forget the state sanctioned use of juveniles as troops during the mass slaughter that was the Iran-Iraq war or oppression of women. Add chronic corruption, fatuous yet often fatal fatwas, and obvious class division and we can say the 99% did not vote for this!