Slate - "Things Are Not Going Well With Iran"

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/02/03/u_s_iran_tension_continues_to_worsen.html

By Joshua Keating

The Treasury Department on Friday placed new sanctions on several Iranian officials and organizations in response to the country’s recent ballistic missile test. This in itself is not unusual. Iran has carried out a number of these tests since the 2015 nuclear deal, and the Obama administration maintained that sanctions related to them would remain in place and at times expanded them. But the context in which this is now unfolding is very different.

Joshua Keating
JOSHUA KEATING
Joshua Keating is a staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs.

On Wednesday, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn commented on the missile test, saying that Iran is now officially “on notice,” a vague statement interpreted by some in other countries as a threat. (Defense Secretary James Mattis—not exactly an Iran dove—reportedly urge Flynn to soften his tone, but the statement was made while he was en route to Asia.) Trump enthusiastically adopted the “on notice” language on Twitter and made the almost certainly inaccurate argument that the Iranian government would have collapsed if not for the nuclear deal. He also accused the country of “playing with fire.”

Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile.Should have been thankful for the terrible deal the U.S. made with them!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017
Iran was on its last legs and ready to collapse until the U.S. came along and gave it a life-line in the form of the Iran Deal: $150 billion

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017
Iran is playing with fire - they don't appreciate how "kind" President Obama was to them. Not me!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017

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1. Jan 24th, 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-24/russia-led-syria-talks-seek-cease-fire-ahead-of-un-negotiations

let's go back - 8/2016 - Russia Enlists Iran to Enforce Syrian Truce Amid Tensions - - Russia used Iran for an air base this past summer...Russia launched a fleet of bombers bound for Syria on Tuesday from an Iranian air base, becoming the first foreign military to operate from Iran ...

My my my, what a web we weave....focus folk's....now again, in January -

http://www.newsweek.com/while-trump-fiddles-putin-steps-war-ukraine-550603 Jan. 31, 2017

So trump is fiddlin' and pootie doesn't like it..and in 2015 pootie warned Israel not to arm UKRAINE..now he steps up war in UKRAINE....the web gets bigger and bigger...

So where does the US stand???? HUH? HUH? - oh, ya, USS COLE..and lies to get this thing going....