The Bitter Fruit of American Appeasement
of Iran
Posted By: DVC, 7/12/2024 1:49:18 PM
The behavior of the current U.S. administration toward Iran, in continuation of the policies of the Obama administration, has been appeasement on a monumental scale. That's evident in the financial tribute facilitated and released to Iran; the lack of effective action to circumscribe Iran’s expansion of its influence in the Middle East; the failure to counter effectively Iran’s terrorism against America and its friends in the region; the failure to curb Iran’s development of a nuclear arsenal; and the failure to arrest Iran’s development of short and long range missiles to deliver those weapons, not only against targets in the Middle East, but also against targets in Europe and America.
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I am convinced that Obama INTENDED to assist Iran in gaining power and developing nuclear weapons. Not an error, not a mistake, intentionally helping Islamic fanatics to gain power.