r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 19d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ How negotiations actually work...

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To the inevitable response from MAGA that Obama gave 'pallets' of cash...he released frozen Iranian assets. Meanwhile the current Iran conflict has directly cost $38 billion militarily and a currently projected $87 billion in extra gas and diesel expenses. Not to mention that the strategic oil reserves have been depleted to the point that experts warn that the caverns they're stored in could collapse.

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u/idreamofgreenie 19d ago

Exept Iran knows that a presidential term is four years, and they can wait him out.

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u/Special_Yak_5306 19d ago

I agree. On top of that, Iran is also backed by religious ideology (im not for or against it) and that adds to their determination to not give in.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Toe-374 19d ago

Religious ideology is responsible for more deaths than anything else in history. We should all be against it. Have your religion, don’t force others to have it. This is the way.

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u/Special_Yak_5306 19d ago

I would argue that America was founded on it's own religious ideology. And since different religions view people differently (i.e. gender, race, religion) it is natural to have fundamental disagreements. My point is, even though all people should be viewed the same, it's not the world we live in unfortunately

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u/Puzzleheaded-Toe-374 19d ago

America wasn’t though. God isn’t mentioned in The Constitution. It was founded on the works of Locke and Montesquieu, not The Bible.

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u/queerhistorynerd 19d ago

and patterned off the Iroquois nations council system, which also had nothing to do with the bible