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Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal

POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Friday, September 5, 2025 17:42
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Thursday, May 17, 2018 11:01 PM

But aside from discussing your trolling habits, let's look ahead.

Will the EU EFFECTIVELY blow past US sanctions against Iran? Or will they huff and puff and make a lot of noise, but quietly calculate that it would be less painful to lose Iranian business than American? (And secretly pay off the blackmailers in Iran who have, apparently, threatened to "tell all" if their don't get their hush money?) Or are they hoping to ameliorate the American position which will allow them SOME business dealing with Iran?

It's a close call. Merkel and Macron and Mogherini don't have a stellar history of standing up against the USA, why start now? OTOH, this really could represent an existential threat to some politicians.


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America is an oligarchy
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Friday, May 18, 2018 2:29 AM

This

Trump Gives Merkel An Ultimatum: Drop Russian Gas Pipeline Or Trade War Begins
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-17/trump-gives-merkel-ultimatum
-drop-russian-gas-pipeline-or-trade-war-begins
(Originally posted at Trump Presses Germany to Drop Russian Pipeline for Trade Deal https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-presses-germany-to-drop-russian-pip
eline-for-trade-deal-1526566415
but you need a WSJ subscription to read it)

and this

EU Launches Rebellion Against Trump's Iran Sanctions, Bans European Companies From Complying
https://tradingcheatsheet.com/2018/05/17/eu-launches-rebellion-against
-trumps-iran-sanctions-bans-european-companies-from-complying
/

are related.

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Friday, May 18, 2018 2:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Yes, I know. You spend so much time trolling you rarely discuss THE ISSUES.



I just did in the post before this, ya ignoramus.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
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To be fair, defining U.S. “military involvement” is tricky, partly because there are many levels of engagement between no military involvement and full-scale invasion,
Except in Ukraine, when what can best be described as a "proxy war" becomes a full-out "invasion", in your book.



More Siggy bullsh*t. I called it an invasion, not a "full-out invasion." It must really suck to have to lie most of the time to be "right" in your mind.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 3:14 AM

"full-out invasion"

Actually, the phrase was "full-scale invasion" and was used - not to respond to your post - but to illustrate the range of possible 'involvement'.

If you're going to be a troll, you need to not be so laughable at it.




SECOND is a troll because it constantly misrepresents what people post, fails to address their actual positions, and resorts to personal attacks when its brain isn't working (which is most of the time).

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 3:18 AM

Trump and Europe are entering a 'game of chicken' over Iran nuclear ...
CNBC-May 24, 2018

European leaders are assembling a playbook to preserve the Iran nuclear ... the deal and restore a punishing slate of sanctions against Iran.
Doubts Emerge Over EU's Attempts to Counter US-Iran Sanctions Threat
Bloomberg-May 23, 2018

EU countries want to save the Iran nuclear deal. Don't expect ...
In-Depth-Washington Post-May 25, 2018




SECOND is a troll because it constantly misrepresents what people post, fails to address their actual positions, and resorts to personal attacks when its brain isn't working (which is most of the time).

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 5:42 PM

Don't read the words, just watch the pictures of Iran. Not what I expected and probably not what you expected either.



I thought this was interesting
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What daily life in 17 million-strong, congested to death Tehran reveals is the standard of living essentially of a mid-level emerging nation. Everyone has a car, and smartphones and wi-fi are ubiquitous. In parallel, everywhere we feel intimations of a Persian civilization boasting at least a millennium of fabulous history even before Islam was born. And when we talk to the secularized intellectual elite, it’s clear that for them, in comparison, Arabs are nothing but trouble.
http://www.atimes.com/article/iran-diary-bracing-for-all-out-economic-
war
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As long as you insist that everything is the Republicans'/ Democrats' fault, then you fail to grasp the REAL problem with American politics.

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Friday, June 13, 2025 3:08 PM

two of those nutty tribes of theocratic go to war

take everything with a pinch of salt


one strike looks like an ordinary civilian apartment block in flames

Fire seen at Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz following Israeli strikes.
https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/1933332344644993183

Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities tonight, igniting fires across multiple sites near Tehran. Large swaths of the capital are now burning.
https://x.com/amuse/status/1933340439161229534

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Friday, September 5, 2025 5:42 PM

diplomats banned from shopping?

US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting
https://apnews.com/article/us-un-iran-brazil-sudan-zimbabwe-visas-0ab1
58019f7192a90289d8ed432e1188

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