Point 6: The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion (£225 billion) for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalised as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.
I have a feeling that he's going to try to strong-arm Europe into partly paying for this. Not that it will work.
It sounds like a huge amount of money and a clear sign of defeat. The US (or maybe Europe, who knows?) is paying Iran some form of tribute.
But, there's another way to see this: if you pay someone money, you end up with a lot of say in what they can or can't do. That money does not come with any guarantee; the party offering the money will keep the money flowing based on their own perception of good behavior of the party receiving the money. The post-Trump administrations will find themselves in the possession of a tremendous amount of leverage with Iran.
Bibi will fuck it up before the 60 days are up and we'll be back to square one again. Trump has zero control over him.
What a stupid, stupid idiot you folk in the US elected (twice!). Israel's been trying to pull the US into this mess for decades and no other president was dumb enough to take the bait until Trump.
Trump's mishandling of the Israel-Iran war will be a great case study in international politics. But blaming Trump for Netanyahu's derangement is ill-thought. Even a Democrat President wouldn't have been able to reign him. In fact, once Biden / Harris allowed him to massacre the Palestinians in Gaza (remember, Biden publicly supported Netanyahu by announcing to the world that there is "no genocide in Gaza" - https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/20/biden-gaza-not-geno... ), the US had already lost the plot to Netanyahu's mis-adventurism. I think at one point he was making his army fight in 7-8 fronts! Under him, Israel's army is now considering occupying territories in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon when their military resources and personnel are already overstretched (Israel has what 9-10 million population?). If you read Netanyahu's history, you will discover that he has been progressively getting radicalised in his political views - a brilliant man ( Professor recalls Netanyahu's intense studies in three fields - https://news.mit.edu/1996/netanyahu-0605 ), he started out as a moderate-right, who increasingly turned to conservatism when his political ideas didn't receive the reception he desired. And now finally, the pressures of the criminal charges and security failures of the now infamous Hamas attack (which he and his government is responsible for) has now fully radicalised him into a full-blown religious fundamentalist fascist as the ongoing genocide in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon testifies to it ('Angel of destruction': What made Benjamin Netanyahu? - https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/israel-who-benjamin-... ).
I don't believe any US President can "manage" him now ... he is self-destructing and taking Israel down with him.
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[ 2.0 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] threadWondering what the Yankees reading feel about forking out $300 billies to Iran.
Paying your enemy $300bn to repair their country while you do not even take of your own would be the end of any other president, yet here we are.
I have a feeling that he's going to try to strong-arm Europe into partly paying for this. Not that it will work.
But, there's another way to see this: if you pay someone money, you end up with a lot of say in what they can or can't do. That money does not come with any guarantee; the party offering the money will keep the money flowing based on their own perception of good behavior of the party receiving the money. The post-Trump administrations will find themselves in the possession of a tremendous amount of leverage with Iran.
What a stupid, stupid idiot you folk in the US elected (twice!). Israel's been trying to pull the US into this mess for decades and no other president was dumb enough to take the bait until Trump.
I don't believe any US President can "manage" him now ... he is self-destructing and taking Israel down with him.