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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The description I heard that describes my takeaway was that this speech seemed to be the result of someone dropping the papers on the floor and picking up the pages out of order before reading it.  
It was disjointed and not terribly inspiring.

He also spent very little time addressing the horrors suffered by the Jewish people and the real people behind all the strife in the world right now - IRAN.

I'll give him credit for uttering the word, "Iran" since he hasn't done that in the past weeks, but this administration has to take a much tougher stance with them and inform the American people about the evil of Iran.  [/quote]

You are just salivating over WW3, huh?[/quote]

WW3 will result in a void of American leadership.  That is what we have now. 
Being tough on Iran will not result in WW3.  Iran is emboldened because they sense weakness.  [/quote]

So.. what does "being tough" look like?  We need war.... to avoid war?[/quote]

Here's a start:
1.  Start enforcing sanctions that we already have so that they don't bring in billions in revenue. 
2.  Clean out your advisors of Iran-sympathizers.
3.  Forget trying to make nice with Iran to secure some kind of nuclear deal that will result in no change. 
4.  Refreeze the $6 Billion.

Even Democrats want him to be tougher:

[quote]In the wake of recent Hamas attacks on Israel, more than 110 House Representatives have called for a tougher stance against the regime in Iran.

In a letter published Monday night, the lawmakers (63 Democrats and 50 Republicans) urge President Biden to hold the Islamic Republic accountable for its ongoing financial support of Hamas.

“We urge the Administration to take all necessary steps to cut off Iranian funding sources,” the letter reads. “This includes maximum enforcement of all US sanctions and taking any and all steps to end Iran’s oil trade to China, which currently brings in $150 million per day in revenue.”[/quote]

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202310171782[/quote]
You really need to keep up. The 6 billion has been refrozen.[/quote]

No, it hasn't.  [/quote]
Yes it has. A week ago.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/12/iran-oil-fund-us-israel/[/quote]

And, to add to this... neither Blinken nor Kirby will confirm that Qatar has agreed to hold the funds.  
https://www.frontpageindex.com/2023/10/fox-news-us-and-qatar-agree-to-block.html

[b]There Is Still No Freeze on the $6B Biden Transferred to Iran, via Qatar[/b]
Despite the word salads from Secretary Blinken and the media, the status quo has not changed.

[quote]Contrary to Biden-administration spin, to media repetition of same, and thus to popular belief, the $6 billion as to which President Biden waived sanctions — on September 11 of all days — so that it could be transferred to Qatar for Iran’s benefit has not been “refrozen.”

Late last week, Biden deputy Treasury secretary Wally Adeyemo trumpeted what he portrayed as a revised understanding between the U.S. and Qatar that would stop Iran from benefitting from Biden’s transfer of the funds. As I observed at the time, however, this announcement, when closely parsed, marked no real change in the status quo. What Adeyemo said, in the Post’s words (my italics), was that the U.S. and Qatar had “agreed to stop Iran from accessing” the $6 billion. But as recounted above, it had always been agreed that Iran would not have access to the funds in the sense of possessing them. The question was whether Qatar would still be able to spend the funds for Iran’s benefit.

Since money is fungible, if Iran could still get Qatar to draw on the $6 billion from Biden to pay for humanitarian goods and services that Iran would otherwise have to buy with funds it controls, then Iran could repurpose those otherwise allocated funds to terrorism. It would therefore only be accurate for Biden to claim the money had been refrozen if Qatar had agreed to return it to a bank account the United States controlled, or if Qatar had made an enforceable agreement not to disburse any portion of the $6 billion absent prior American approval.

There is no evidence that Qatar agreed to any such thing.[/quote]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/10/there-is-still-no-freeze-on-the-6b-biden-transferred-to-iran-via-qatar/[/quote]
National Review? LOLOL![/quote]

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