Sacrificing the entire MOU over the question of who nominally manages the Strait for the next few weeks would be a costly and unnecessary mistake, writes Iranian-American relations expert Trita Parsi.
Mojtaba Khamenei didn't believe the MOU worked. He knew Trump is without honor, he lies, he doesn't keep his promises. The MOU gave Trump a chance to proclaim victory with the Hormuz Strait opened, and leave. Trump was too stupid to take the ramp off. He can't loose an opportunity to show he is the most powerful person on Earth. Time is on Iran's side. The world is running fast toward economic collapse.
Clearly, a third party, a nation, the UN, even EU diplomats and Middle East Representatives, all expert negotiators, including a faction (even a Parlestinian and an Israeli one) must meet and be accepted as impartial negotiators for the people of the world. They must decide who will control the Straight and who will benefit from oil money paid to go through it,
They must consider establishing a third party beneficiary, possible a clean energy fund, a Green Banking system, to allow funds charged to pass through the Straigts of Hermoz, to be used to pay for grants to create clean energy infrastructure in developing nations, which rely on oil income for their economies. These nations need to transition off fossil fule, Including Iran and the USA. These funds should pay for equipment and salaries to upgrade their use of clean alternatives and the development of infrastructure that rely on stable energy, like manufacturing of basic goods, food processing and vocational green building education ressoutces. This will help that transition off oil and gas to green industies in nations without resources to do so. That is called making war into peace. Do NOT leave it to thos fighting to decide the terms. Not when one of the two is Trump.
Registered Voters Are Already Being Disenfranchised
Beau Bayh grandson of Birch Bayh of Senatorial fame is running for Indiana’s Secretary of State on the Democratic side of the ticket.
He reports that a registered Indiana voter prepared to vote in the Indiana primary and found that she was not eligible to vote(bit.ly/4p3UOLz). Charrie Stambaugh had been a U.S. citizen for nearly three decades and had cast a ballot in every election since she became eligible to vote. But this spring, after seeing a Facebook post encouraging people to check their voter registration status, she found her registration had been canceled. She was one of 1,625 registered voters targeted by Indiana Nazi Republican laws.
“I was not notified at any point that my registration had been revoked … I would not have known that had I not checked myself,” said Stambaugh, who thought it was unlikely other recent voters would randomly think to check their registrations without an election coming up
So a word to involved citizens. Check your voter registration and vote early so you can cure if there is a problem. Also notify and alert friends, neighbors, family, and relatives about the possible disenfranchisement of their ability to vote.
America doesn’t understand when it does another $5 billion in damage to Iran that Iran simply adds that to their bill. Then Iran retaliates doing $5 billion in damage to American military installations which will cause the eventual economic collapse of corrupt and ineffective American foreign policy.
Mojtaba Khamenei didn't believe the MOU worked. He knew Trump is without honor, he lies, he doesn't keep his promises. The MOU gave Trump a chance to proclaim victory with the Hormuz Strait opened, and leave. Trump was too stupid to take the ramp off. He can't loose an opportunity to show he is the most powerful person on Earth. Time is on Iran's side. The world is running fast toward economic collapse.
We are watching a bunch of bullies (usa) in diapers slug it out. It’s pathetic, unintelligent and SHAMEFUL.
Clearly, a third party, a nation, the UN, even EU diplomats and Middle East Representatives, all expert negotiators, including a faction (even a Parlestinian and an Israeli one) must meet and be accepted as impartial negotiators for the people of the world. They must decide who will control the Straight and who will benefit from oil money paid to go through it,
They must consider establishing a third party beneficiary, possible a clean energy fund, a Green Banking system, to allow funds charged to pass through the Straigts of Hermoz, to be used to pay for grants to create clean energy infrastructure in developing nations, which rely on oil income for their economies. These nations need to transition off fossil fule, Including Iran and the USA. These funds should pay for equipment and salaries to upgrade their use of clean alternatives and the development of infrastructure that rely on stable energy, like manufacturing of basic goods, food processing and vocational green building education ressoutces. This will help that transition off oil and gas to green industies in nations without resources to do so. That is called making war into peace. Do NOT leave it to thos fighting to decide the terms. Not when one of the two is Trump.
Registered Voters Are Already Being Disenfranchised
Beau Bayh grandson of Birch Bayh of Senatorial fame is running for Indiana’s Secretary of State on the Democratic side of the ticket.
He reports that a registered Indiana voter prepared to vote in the Indiana primary and found that she was not eligible to vote(bit.ly/4p3UOLz). Charrie Stambaugh had been a U.S. citizen for nearly three decades and had cast a ballot in every election since she became eligible to vote. But this spring, after seeing a Facebook post encouraging people to check their voter registration status, she found her registration had been canceled. She was one of 1,625 registered voters targeted by Indiana Nazi Republican laws.
“I was not notified at any point that my registration had been revoked … I would not have known that had I not checked myself,” said Stambaugh, who thought it was unlikely other recent voters would randomly think to check their registrations without an election coming up
So a word to involved citizens. Check your voter registration and vote early so you can cure if there is a problem. Also notify and alert friends, neighbors, family, and relatives about the possible disenfranchisement of their ability to vote.
Go to https://www.vote411.org/check-registration to locate your voting registration in your state.
PS An Ariz lady in the comment section said that she had the same thing happen to her.
America doesn’t understand when it does another $5 billion in damage to Iran that Iran simply adds that to their bill. Then Iran retaliates doing $5 billion in damage to American military installations which will cause the eventual economic collapse of corrupt and ineffective American foreign policy.