Iran. Sanctions. Well..... not really

[DrLeftover]

The State Department announced on Tuesday that it would exempt 10 European countries and Japan from penalties for doing business with Iran's central bank, because those countries are making significant progress toward weaning themselves off of Iranian oil.

I am pleased to announce that an initial group of eleven countries has significantly reduced their volume of crude oil purchases from Iran -- Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. As a result, I will report to the Congress that sanctions pursuant to Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 (NDAA) will not apply to the financial institutions based in these countries, for a renewable period of 180 days, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a Tuesday statement.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/p...ment_exempts_11_countries_from_iran_sanctions

 

[nocturnal]

I think one would be very gullible to think that Iran would actually build nukes and use them. Sure their facilities are not up to standard, but I doubt that the Iranian gov't is stupid enough to stockpile on nukes which would kill their economy even more. I find this bullying by the US on a state level.

 

[DrLeftover]

You don't believe that Ahmadinejad meant what he said, and said in so many words, that he would wipe the Jewish State from the map. And do so in preparation for the return of the Twelfth Imam, with the blessing of the actual religious rulers of Iran, the current Ayatollah and his board of elders?



Yes there is naivete here, but I don't think it's on my side.