But that’s what you expect from head up ass, muh feefee soclibs

```he government of the Shah of Iran, which had paid the Pentagon a $400 million deposit prior to the 1979 uprising that ousted him. The $400 million was for airplane parts, which were never delivered```

So the US entered into a trade agreement with a government that no longer existed before transfer of the parts.

hmm.

if it was never delivered

meh

Wasn't like they got voted out

Not to mention that the Iran Deal wasn't even fucking official; Obama decided to do his own thing against the wishies of the US Senate

*"According to Obama administration officials, the U.S. government worried that a tribunal set up in The Hague to resolve U.S.-Iran claims would have awarded Iran $4 billion or more, so the U.S. and Iran negotiated a deal that gave Iran the original $400 million plus $1.3 billion in interest."*

wasnt the shah like a king or something?

yes

@Deleted User https://twitter.com/Vernaculis/status/1002214866340532224

literally just quoted that 🤣

then the money should go bak to the shah's family

like actual king, not a constituional cuck

He was setup by the CIA after regime change.

not the iran regime

They removed Mossadegh.

if no relative of the shah can be found then the money has no owner

.... because he wanted to throw out British and American oil industry in Iran, or at least but a big tax on the revenue.

and thus

The Iran regime came after the Shah, they revolted against the Shah.

And the deal was with the Shah.

appeasement is such a good idea, *nothing* wrong ever came from it

Before, it was a democracy with Mossadegh, thanks CIA.

funny u said CIA since i heard that it was the british people

u ppl need to be more consistent

They were involved too.

or at least get ur story start

straight

Brits were mainly involved in Iran

US mainly with the Saudis

The UK is the 51 state of the U.S., but without constitution.

Uhm

u wish it was the 51 stat

then they have finally repeal all these hate speech and gun ban laws

If U.S. says jump into Iraq, the Brits jump and mothers will loose their childs for nothing.

krimskrams is geniunely retarded

Austria is just germany's bitch

lol

shyeah, Middle East should be in the Russian or Chinese SOI <:makes_you_think:382980749780844554>

Daily Reminder that Hitler was Austrian

lol the middle east will be under russian or chinese rule

just like they should have been when the cold war started

naw

Russians and Chinese are good bois

They gon' do nuffin

lol

Did not Iraq ask for help from Russia regarding ISIS, worked out well this plan of the U.S.

Middle East will become a p a r a d i s e

lmao

lol reaps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_c4Dl4bAE&t=10s

👍

inb4 "BRITISH BIAS"

Chinese build roads in africa

And?

Better than dropping bombs.

Yes

Chinese are much smarter.

krimskrams loves that chinese dick

Hi Trebjonn, long time no see

I'm not convinced that krimskrams isn't just a bot

How have you been?

But do the chinese use local labour ?

Depends on the country

```Africa needs more infrastructure, no one denies that. I just have one question. Why is it that it is only foreigners who can build this infrastructure? Why can't we Africans rise to the challenge of learning how to construct the infrastructure we need? Is constructing infrastructure too hard for us Africans?```

@Trebjonn don't the chinese import their own people when building roads in africa too?

I am not educated about any of this stuff. I think, it is a mix.

``` I agree with you. Africans have the capacity to build infrastructure. The problem is that the Chinese are sending many of their people out of China to get jobs because there are too many people in China. All over the continent you have well qualified African engineers who can design new infrastructure and people to actual do the construction. In addition, most African countries have the monetary resources to pay for the needed equipment and supplies. The real issue rest with African leaders who are not serious about African development and would rather allow foreigners, like the Chinese, to do the work. This has been the problem with Africa since independence.```

In Panama by law they require that 75 percent pf the workers are Panamanians

@Deleted User I think so too

yep

We are currently building a train and some ports with chinese money, but only a small percentage of the work force is chinese

good for you

I don't think that's the case in the african countries tho

```ournalist Joachim Boembo puts it simply:

“The people see China as real. Because it is things you can see," he says. "The West is abstract. Western aid is abstract,"```

Because of weak labour laws

@Trebjonn

@Deleted User

How are you doing?

Western aid is buying own companies to build stuff in Africa, which then often is useless, because the know-how is missing locally.

Good gonna get food soon

I did know one, who was involved in such a project.

@Trebjonn what kind?

Chinese aid appears to be an additional layer of paternalism

**GoldyDerHund#5650** was cleansed from the server.

The pissing contest between china and the USA has proven very profitable for the third world

The USA is paranoid about losing influence and its starting to up their diplomatic game

Just something alongside highway

Yo

yep

so kebab, trebjonn?

```Some Ugandans are critical of China’s so-called win-win strategy. Critics like professor of international political economy Yunus Lubega Butanaziba from Nkumba University.

"It is a lose win situation that I see. Not a win win situation. It sounds nice to hear, but it does not take place in the real world," he says. “I do not see a situation in which Uganda gains in relation to Chinese markets or projects of development.”

He says Uganda is not winning enough jobs or trade and is getting flooded with low quality goods — from household items to appliances to building materials. Those cheaply made products undercut local merchants.```

```How does China benefit? He says China gets jobs for engineers and others working on the projects. He points out that building infrastructure in Africa "will lay foundation for further Chinese investment" in the future.```

*hmmmmmmm*

The Chinese do, what German Kaiserreich did to the colony Samoa.

Seems more of a give a man a fish v teach a man to fish

Don't be tyranical, keep structures, build up infrastructure and make deals for cheap resources. Everybody wins.

It has to start somewhere