```The $1.8 (actually $1.7 billion) was a debt owed to Iran, which bought military equipment from the U.S. that it never received because relations ruptured when the shah was overthrown in 1979.
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2 seconds to find this out

so please stop

@League Of Spectroradiers Oh they're well away with that. Russia helps china circulate some of their tarriff'd goods, Putin's licking his chops at Syrian oilfields, and a pipeline through there to Europe.

(that russia controls)

and can turn off

that was the key to putin's plans

Dude is a Machiavellian genius.

yea he's the russian kissinger

they came to 'power' same way basically

somebody read their stuff and thought they had the right idea

rockefeller in kissinger's case

putin rise more complicated but same idea

@Sh0t US assets were first frozen by U.S. president Jimmy Carter in 1979, after revolutionaries overthrew the U.S.-allied Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's administration and took American hostages. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the United States ended its economic and diplomatic ties with Iran, banned Iranian oil imports and froze approximately 11 billion 1980-US dollars of its assets.
Many of the assets were then unfrozen in 1981 after the Algiers Accords were signed and the hostage crisis ended.

This doesn’t prove your point, it strengthens mine.

```When Iran signed the multinational deal to restrain its nuclear development in return for being freed from sanctions, it regained access to its own assets, which had been frozen abroad. There was no $150 billion gift from the U.S. treasury or other countries. Iran was allowed to get its money back.```

https://apnews.com/f53aeebcb0f64b76a2e2a54b2b002dad

With all these new issues arising do you think Trump is ready to confront them? Can these issues be used against Trump during the election for how he reacts?

I dont think Trump cares, he is just going to do as much to hurt our position in the world as he can then defect to russia probably

Okay, thanks. This is what I wanted. Before I take this as fact, I need to fact check the fact checker, but I may believe you about this whole ordeal.

you said you were 'lied to' , why didn't you fact check it then

I said that I **may** have been lied to. I always say this when present with a contrary view that has some evidence.

On the topic of elections, do you think Trump will win another term in office, if not who do you think will surpass him during this election period.

With war in the mix, i dunno, it's a hail mary play that oftne works on Americans

The dems are going to try and push a corporate type as hard as they can, but Bernie is still doing well

Who do you support?

I'm not a dem so I have no dog in the primary, I didn't and wont be voting for Trump

of the Dems, I trust Bernie the most as somebody with integrity, which is more important than any policy squibbles

(as the missiles fall, let us remember Iraq wants US troops out)

so our presence there is resulting in iranian missiles hitting iraq, so the US is basially using iraq as a shield lol

Bernie Sander seems very interested in reconstructing the Medical and Educational state of the country. But with these new conflicts seemingly popping up everywhere would he have to devote more time to international affairs before perusing his plans.

of course not. Bernie is not a big foreign policy guy, he would focus on the domestic concerns and let his Secretaries handle the foreign policy

Trump basically saying the US is going to ignore Iraqi sovereignity

"The Iraqi people don't want Iran to run their country", Iraq voted to expel the us

I have heard that Trump has threatened Sanctions against Iraq if they force U.S. troops to leave the country. Is this legal, how would the U.N. view this, and if Trump doesn’t get re-elected would sanctions still continue until troops are allowed in again?

GG @League Of Spectroradiers, you just advanced to level 2!

the US is a member of the security council, so we can make anything we do 'legal' , in a functional sense

Although I tend to agree, the council is made up of others too including Russia, China, France, and Britain. All of which Trump has had negative interactions with. Russia (with Syria) China (Tariff war) Britain (Public dislike of Trump) France (Sanctions being placed on them by the Trump administration) It seems the U.S. could become outnumbered. A recent example of the UN pushing back U.S. activities was ordering them to relieve sanctions on Cuba a country south of Florida.

we can veto positive action

brazil was with us on that vote as well

UN has done that vote against US for cuba for 30 years

```For the 28th consecutive year, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba.

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