Iran Sanctions Lifted

[Cow Poke]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35335078

Source: BBC

International sanctions on Iran have been lifted after a watchdog confirmed it had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons.

The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the deal would contribute to improved regional and international peace and security.

The landmark deal between Iran and world powers was agreed last July.

Lifting the sanctions will unfreeze billions of dollars of assets and allow Iran's oil to be sold internationally.

The international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said its inspectors had verified that Tehran had taken the required steps.

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[Bill the Cat]

Now we get TWO North Koreas... yay...

[Cow Poke]

Now we get TWO North Koreas... yay...

This one is much more business savvy.

[Jedidiah]

It is my considered opinion that Obama is simply using this as a way to give to Iran. He never showed any interest in the past.

[Cow Poke]

It is my considered opinion that Obama is simply using this as a way to give to Iran. He never showed any interest in the past.

I am having a harder time arguing against my son-in-law who is somewhat of a conspiracy nut, and believes that Obama is determined to sell out our country.

[shunyadragon]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35335078

Source: BBC

International sanctions on Iran have been lifted after a watchdog confirmed it had complied with a deal designed to prevent it developing nuclear weapons.

The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said the deal would contribute to improved regional and international peace and security.

The landmark deal between Iran and world powers was agreed last July.

Lifting the sanctions will unfreeze billions of dollars of assets and allow Iran's oil to be sold internationally.

The international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said its inspectors had verified that Tehran had taken the required steps.

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For me it is a wait and see. At present the agreement appears to be successful with inspectors verifying the dismantling of the Iran nuclear program. Obama inherited many international messes, previous foriegn assistance giving North Korea nuclear technology and a war torn divided Middle East, battered by historical violent relationships between Jews, Shites and Sunnis, and the debris of US invasion.

The only conspiracy that has clear evidence in the Middle East is the historical manipulation of the Middle East by the USA and Europe to get oil, making questionable relationships with oppressive governments, arranging coups against democracies and allienating the people with their unethical political shannanigans.

[Bill the Cat]

For me it is a wait and see. At present the agreement appears to be successful with inspectors verifying the dismantling of the Iran nuclear program. Obama inherited many international messes, previous foriegn assistance giving North Korea nuclear technology and a war torn divided Middle East, battered by historical violent relationships between Jews, Shites and Sunnis, and the debris of US invasion.

The only conspiracy that has clear evidence in the Middle East is the historical manipulation of the Middle East by the USA and Europe to get oil, making questionable relationships with oppressive governments, arranging coups against democracies and allienating the people with their unethical political shannanigans.

The inspectors have not been allowed on Iranian military installations. The agreement allows Iran to self-report there.

[Catholicity]

I am having a harder time arguing against my son-in-law who is somewhat of a conspiracy nut, and believes that Obama is determined to sell out our country.

I just think Obummer is really that stupid.

[Jedidiah]

I am having a harder time arguing against my son-in-law who is somewhat of a conspiracy nut, and believes that Obama is determined to sell out our country.

Put me with your son-in-law.

[Jedidiah]

I just think Obummer is really that stupid.

He is far too consistent for me to accept that.

[Catholicity]

He is far too consistent for me to accept that.

He's essentially consistently stupid. My thought is he's trying too hard to be everyone's friend, and in doing so he's looking an awfully lot like Neville Chamberlain or a more naive version of Jimmy Carter. Not that I think Obama is honest at all. (Carter at least was to a point). I think Obama wants to make all of our enemies our friends and doesn't realize that just isn't going to happen....

[Cow Poke]

He's essentially consistently stupid. My thought is he's trying too hard to be everyone's friend, and in doing so he's looking an awfully lot like Neville Chamberlain or a more naive version of Jimmy Carter. Not that I think Obama is honest at all. (Carter at least was to a point). I think Obama wants to make all of our enemies our friends and doesn't realize that just isn't going to happen....

I honestly don't believe he's stupid. I think it just has to be extreme narcissism coupled with his liberal... He thinks he's smarter than everybody else and is the only one who understands the world. OK, so maybe that's stupid.

[firstfloor]

I am having a harder time arguing against my son-in-law who is somewhat of a conspiracy nut, and believes that Obama is determined to sell out our country.

I guess that makes you a self confessed half hearted conspiracy nut.

[Cow Poke]

I guess that makes you a self confessed half hearted conspiracy nut.

Wow, because ... that's just bridbrained dumb.

[Starlight]

Wow. This thread is priceless. Obama achieved a major foreign policy success. He took a previous enemy, and set them on the path to friendship:
- They've disarmed their nuclear program.
- They've freed the Americans they had imprisoned.
- They fed and immediately returned US soldiers who strayed into their territory.
- The Ayatollah recanted on the phrase "death to America", creatively explaining that all along it totally meant death to imperialistic and arrogant foreign policies and that "It goes without saying that the slogan does not mean death to the American nation".
- They're ready to sell oil to America
- They're ready to fight ISIS

They are about the only major power in the region, not currently causing chaos. Turkey and Saudi Arabia, America's so-called "allies" of the past 20 years, are both sowing chaos in the middle east and actively supporting a lot of the instability and terrorism, including ISIS. Iran is the main power in the region that it does makes sense for America to ally with, and who is not actively undermining peace at every turn.

And instead of thanking and praising Obama like he deserves for turning a major enemy into an ally, thereby saving the country trillions in future wars and thousands of American lives, and thereby increasing America's influence and authority in the region and the world, and thereby putting the region and the world on a path towards peace...
Instead all you guys do is claim Obama must be doing it because he "hates America". You're nuts. You're just utterly, completely, and totally, ignorant, mislead, uninformed, crazy and insane.

And you're comparing him to Carter as if it were an insult. Carter famously made lasting peace between Israel and Egypt. Egypt was Israel's single biggest enemy, and under Carter's leadership they made a peace treaty that has lasted right through to the present day. Given the obsession US Christians seem to have for supporting Israel, Carter ought to be your #1 favorite president for his successful removal of the greatest threat to Israel.