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Oh yah, they have oil, and they accept other currencies instead of the US dollar. Who else has done this? Saddam, Gaddafi, etc. Why are the sanctions failing? The US assumes that oil trades will be done in US dollars. Countries not friendly to the US look at this as another way to distance themselves from the US and causing economic turmoil in the US as more countries move away from the US dollar.
Originally posted by kat2684
reply to post by greenWeenie
A while back I decided to check out in a series of interviews to see how evil he was, I came away agreeing with him on many issues, the man is a briliant historian... They tried to bait him, but he never took it...
...he isn't the monster our government says he is, in one of the inteviews he said war with Israel is 'suicide'
and the 'wipe Israel off the map' quote was really...'Israel shoudn't be on the map'....which I agree with....If you do your own research on the man you will come away with a different perspective.
He is the ruler of a country that many want to leave and many have...
...that tells you everything you need to know.
I would rather live in a country people risk their lives to get into...
...than one where people want to leave.
Originally posted by troubleshooter
Originally posted by kat2684
reply to post by greenWeenie
A while back I decided to check out in a series of interviews to see how evil he was, I came away agreeing with him on many issues, the man is a briliant historian... They tried to bait him, but he never took it...
...he isn't the monster our government says he is, in one of the inteviews he said war with Israel is 'suicide'
and the 'wipe Israel off the map' quote was really...'Israel shoudn't be on the map'....which I agree with....If you do your own research on the man you will come away with a different perspective.
He is the ruler of a country that many want to leave and many have...
...that tells you everything you need to know.
I would rather live in a country people risk their lives to get into...
...than one where people want to leave.
Originally posted by jesiaha
Originally posted by troubleshooter
Originally posted by kat2684
reply to post by greenWeenie
A while back I decided to check out in a series of interviews to see how evil he was, I came away agreeing with him on many issues, the man is a briliant historian... They tried to bait him, but he never took it...
...he isn't the monster our government says he is, in one of the inteviews he said war with Israel is 'suicide'
and the 'wipe Israel off the map' quote was really...'Israel shoudn't be on the map'....which I agree with....If you do your own research on the man you will come away with a different perspective.
Sure ... so Iran has a
He is the ruler of a country that many want to leave and many have...
...that tells you everything you need to know.
I would rather live in a country people risk their lives to get into...
...than one where people want to leave.
Thats a moot point, everywhere you go people want to leave their country...Americans too
Sure ... so Iran has a refugee problem, displaced and persecuted people flooding over their borders?
Link.
The Islamic Republic of Iran hosts one of the largest and most long- staying refugee populations in the world, comprised of Afghans who have been in the country for more than 30 years.