The US allowing Iran to levy a toll on Hormuz would completely discredit the US and set the precedent for other countries to levy their own shipping tolls . It's a non-starter.
replyIran has been funding terrorists for decades and the IRGC has murdered tens of thousands of Iranians. There are no reparations for terrorists getting their comeuppance.
reply> Iran has been funding terrorists for decades
replyAmericans not understanding that half of the world says the same thing about them is the funniest shit ever... Propaganda is one hell of a drug
Yeah it's crazy how it's not obvious to them even when Trump is in power.
replyThey did under Trump 1.
replyWhich is why Trump 2 promptly started bombing foreign countries.
The pure ironic inversion of our world is wild to live through.
Americans understand. We're allowed to fund terrorists, Iran isnt. Its not even a bad take if your goal is just domestic happiness. Iran funds terrorists that are opposed to American interests, it's the opposed to american interests part that is unacceptable.
replyWe are the terrorists mate
replyReplace Iran and IRGC with Israel and IDF and you have a winner - one that is actually in possession of undeclared nuclear arms and refuses to cooperate with the IAEA.
reply> Iran has been funding terrorists for decades
replySo is USA.
It's the US that has been funding Zionist terrorists for decades. It's wild how the generational divide between those who have been subjected to a lifetime of Zionist propaganda vs those of us who have had access to the truth is completely irreconcilable.
replyIf anything we hand them tons of cash near 0% to rebuild and they join the Eurodollar cartel pushing our hegemony further. Politicians would need to do a better job explaining deficit spending and Keynesianism more generally.
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