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Iran claims victory, says it forced US to accept 10-point plan (www.cnn.com)
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[–] 89 points 7 months ago (9 children)

As part of the plan, the US has in principle agreed to lift all primary and secondary sanctions against Iran and to withdraw US combat forces from all bases in the region, the council said according to state media.

The council also said the US has recognized its continued control over the Strait of Hormuz. The council said controlled passage through the waterway would be carried out “in coordination with Iran’s armed forces,” according to the statement reported by state media.

So basically, the U.S. spent a shitload of money bombing Iran so that it could lift sanctions on Iran and leave them with a stranglehold over 20% of the worlds oil supply. Typical Trump "win".

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Not to mention the soft power forever lost.

    This will be remembered as the dumbest error in geopolitical strategy.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    This is how empires die.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    As an 80s kid in Australia, everything about America was bigger and better. I remember my 4th grade teacher telling us we would be speaking Japanese in class if the yanks hadn't stepped in and "saved us" in WWII.

    that kind of reverence has completely evaporated now. Even people who dont pay attention to politics know that Trump caused this fuel crisis as a distraction from his habit of raping children.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That's even funnier when you know the Japanese army was already at its breaking point from the invasion of China. They might have been able to pull off an invasion of Australia since all the population is coastal and the British Navy was busy sinking the Italians but they were bleeding out before Pearl Harbor.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    If they could establish a supply chain then taking control of the arable region of Western Australia would have been trivial, that's my understanding anyway.

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Don't forget weakened the US military by shooting a lot of their stockpiled precision missiles. Missiles they Bought over years but burnt up in days

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    There's so many versions of what the deal supposedly includes that we're better off just ignoring it for now and waiting until the negotiations start and we get a decent idea of what it actually is. No way the UN agrees to lifting all security council resolutions, nor will the US agree to unrestricted enrichment or to withdraw it's troops from regional bases, all of which are variously claimed to have been agreed on parts of the 10 point plan they forced on trump...

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