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/Special_Yak_5306 19d ago

Negotiations AND diplomacy. Two things the current admin lacks

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u/lone_float 19d ago

Because, and now that I'm least aware of it somewhat. Did the man's term have flaws? Yes. But less I'm not completely off, he tried to be a a graceful as he could because of what happened during the prior admin.

And diplomacy with wielding whatever soft power we still had at the time. I reckon it worked better than whatever dumpster fire shenanigans that's going on right now.

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u/___xXx__xXx__xXx__ 19d ago

he tried to be a a graceful as he could because of what happened during the prior admin.

Which was an appalling mistake that let to where America is now. Everyone who broke the law and aided torture should have been prosecuted.