Another thing to consider is that when deep state controlled countries like Ukraine, Israel and previous Afghanistan are given money, it goes straight to the government, but when Obama gave Iran money, he gave pallets of cash.
It might mean that the deep state doesn't have a strong enough grip on the Iranian government to ensure that the evil people will get the foreign aid, so they had to manually deliver it, in a clandestine manner.
I hope you're just young and haven't had a lot of experience in hostility. If so, consider yourself lucky.
The reason Iran wanted pallets of cash is because they needed hard currency they could use to trade internationally. It has been that way for decades because of sanctions. In Turkey if we needed to trade dollars for lira it was usually an Iranian guy that gave the best exchange rate. They needed dollars. They also made a lot of money selling pistachios by the kilo. I personally helped with that. A lot.
Think about it. The world still (but maybe not for too much longer) deals with US Dollars. Not only did Iran not have enough, but other countries didn't want to risk paying Iran in dollars to avoid the wrath of the US for breaking sanctions. Obama also didn't give Iran just dollars - he mixed in other currencies like Euros to make it even easier for Iran to spend. Countries under sanction deal mostly in cash to avoid losing their money.
In Iran - 1 guy controls everything - the Ayatollah. The evil people are getting the money. The only reasons it was clandestine is because the US is not supposed to negotiate with terrorists, we had sanctions on them and were breaking our own sanctions, and because Obama is a POS.
One other thing - the list you put above is a list of evil stuff - not war/hostilities. Of course Iran has little if anything to do with that. What they have done though (to name a few) is continue to build nukes, share the tech with other like-minded countries, create the bombs and IEDs used in Iraq against US and allied soldiers, fund terrorism around the world, commandeer boats in the Gulf (including a US Navy ship and our crew a few years back), and many other things. It is not lost on me that the US govt. does many of the same things. We are seeing it right now in Ukraine. But saying Iran is not hostile is just not true.
Another thing to consider is that when deep state controlled countries like Ukraine, Israel and previous Afghanistan are given money, it goes straight to the government, but when Obama gave Iran money, he gave pallets of cash.
It might mean that the deep state doesn't have a strong enough grip on the Iranian government to ensure that the evil people will get the foreign aid, so they had to manually deliver it, in a clandestine manner.
I hope you're just young and haven't had a lot of experience in hostility. If so, consider yourself lucky.
The reason Iran wanted pallets of cash is because they needed hard currency they could use to trade internationally. It has been that way for decades because of sanctions. In Turkey if we needed to trade dollars for lira it was usually an Iranian guy that gave the best exchange rate. They needed dollars. They also made a lot of money selling pistachios by the kilo. I personally helped with that. A lot.
Think about it. The world still (but maybe not for too much longer) deals with US Dollars. Not only did Iran not have enough, but other countries didn't want to risk paying Iran in dollars to avoid the wrath of the US for breaking sanctions. Obama also didn't give Iran just dollars - he mixed in other currencies like Euros to make it even easier for Iran to spend. Countries under sanction deal mostly in cash to avoid losing their money.
In Iran - 1 guy controls everything - the Ayatollah. The evil people are getting the money. The only reasons it was clandestine is because the US is not supposed to negotiate with terrorists, we had sanctions on them and were breaking our own sanctions, and because Obama is a POS.
One other thing - the list you put above is a list of evil stuff - not war/hostilities. Of course Iran has little if anything to do with that. What they have done though (to name a few) is continue to build nukes, share the tech with other like-minded countries, create the bombs and IEDs used in Iraq against US and allied soldiers, fund terrorism around the world, commandeer boats in the Gulf (including a US Navy ship and our crew a few years back), and many other things. It is not lost on me that the US govt. does many of the same things. We are seeing it right now in Ukraine. But saying Iran is not hostile is just not true.
This...and I started reading it with a no. Good comment.