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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The mullahs’ conundrum: Martyrdom or capitulation?
2019-05-02
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] After US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s decision to end waivers on Iranian oil sales on May 2, the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s regime finds itself in more dire straits than ever before.

The Islamic Theocratic Republic’s plan to hunker down and wait for hurricane Trump to pass is falling apart. While the regime has been suffering from the resumption of sanctions increasing pressure on Iran’s currency and financial system over the past several months, this latest blow to oil exports will cripple the economy.
Posted by:Fred

#3  I wonder if perhaps the deep-state is geared for high oil prices?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-05-02 17:39  

#2  i suspect martyrdom, and suspect it will be involved with the ‘swarming’ of an US warship, as was described here recently.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-05-02 16:44  

#1  Reminds me of Carter, he was so week the Soviets overextended and Reagan was able to bash them.
Replace Carter with Obama, Soviets with Iranians, and Reagan with Trump and its similar on a smaller scale.
Posted by: rschwarz   2019-05-02 15:40  

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