The very stable genius is... To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS! Fire and fury.... Next is an insulting nickname, then a summit with Rouhani where he cedes some ground but gets no concessions from Rouhani, then it's off to solve the next foreign policy issue! barfo
I knew this would happen the moment John Bolton joined Trump's cabinet. He's had a war boner for Iran for a long time.
Iran's Rouhani warns Trump about 'mother of all wars' Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned U.S. President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying “war with Iran is the mother of all wars”, but did not rule out peace between the two countries. Iran faces increased U.S. pressure and looming sanctions after Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a 2015 international deal over Iran’s nuclear program. Addressing a gathering of Iranian diplomats, Rouhani said: “Mr Trump, don’t play with the lion’s tail, this would only lead to regret,” the state new agency IRNA reported. “America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars,” Rouhani said, leaving open the possibility of peace between the two countries, at odds since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. “You are not in a position to incite the Iranian nation against Iran’s security and interests,” Rouhani said, in an apparent reference to reported efforts by Washington to destabilize Iran’s Islamic government. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-trump-about-mother-of-all-wars-idUSKBN1KC07Z
Pompeo accuses Iranian Supreme Leader of profiting from $95 billion hedge fund US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing speech on Iran's leadership Sunday, accusing Tehran's ruling ayatollahs of spreading violence across the Middle East and lining their own pockets with ill-gotten gains at the expense of ordinary Iranians. "The ideologues who forcibly came to power in 1979 and remain in power today are driven by a desire to conform all of Iranian society to the tenants of the Islamic Revolution. The regime is also committed to spreading the Revolution to other countries, by force if necessary," said Pompeo during a highly anticipated address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Southern California is home to a significant portion of the Iranian diaspora living in the United States. Many of them fled Iran after the revolution that brought Iran's ayatollahs to power. "To the regime, prosperity, security, and freedom for the Iranian people are acceptable casualties in the march to fulfill the Revolution," said Pompeo. The secretary of state and former CIA director accused several members of Iran's leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, of participating in widespread corruption. Khamenei, Pompeo alleged, maintains a personal off-the-books hedge fund worth $95 billion, that is untaxed and used as a "slush fund" by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops (IRGC). The IRGC is a branch of the country's armed with influence over practically every aspect of Iranian life. "The level of corruption and wealth among regime leaders shows that Iran is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government," Pompeo said. "These hypocritical holy men have devised all kinds of crooked schemes to become some of the wealthiest men on Earth while their people suffer." The speech was briefly interrupted by protesters shouting "think about the children," likely a reference to US President Donald Trump's immigration policies that have led to children being separated by their family at the border. Once they were done, Pompeo said "if there was only so much freedom of speech in Iran." A handful of prominent Iranian-Americans were in the audience, including Washington Post columnist and former Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian. Rezaian spent months in Iranian detention on what many believed were spurious charges of spying on behalf of the United States. Also in attendance for the speech, entitled "Supporting Iranian Voices," was Makan Delrahim, a US assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's antitrust division. Delrahim came to the United States from Iran at 10 years old. https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/22/politics/pompeo-iran-speech-intl/index.html
That's it. De qualify the enemy politician with negative circumstances. Too bad the Iranian people will not be contacted nor will they have any rights to do something about it. The SEC is powerless elsewhere.
Trump wants to declare a war so badly. He itching to open that nuclear football. Like a kid in a candy shop.
Truth is that they only got something less than $50 Billion. The balance was received earlier I believe before sanctions.
Georgia State Representative Jason Spencer is likely to join the Trump Team to assist in negotiations with Iran. Should go well.
