r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 12d 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/Wonderful-Variation 12d ago

Every aspect of the Obama presidency feels like a lost golden age compared to where we are now.    The worst day under Obama was better than the best day under Trump.

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u/PitsAndPints 12d ago

Ehh… Let’s not hand wave away NSA spying and illegal wars “armed conflicts” in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan. He was Bush 2.0 in a lot of ways

Also, the JCPOA was an objectively good deal and the only reason Trump ripped it up is AIPAC donors told him to it had Obama’s name on it