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Jun. 15th, 2019 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The situation with Iran is much more serious than I thought, esp. given the current US confrontation with China.
https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1139621984264839168
https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1139621984264839168
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Date: 2019-06-15 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-15 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-15 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-06-16 02:37 am (UTC)Shanahan’s critics say he has ceded too much authority over major decisions to Bolton, a security hawk and experienced bureaucratic gunslinger.
Last month, for example, the Pentagon was overruled on the decision to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, which was supported by Bolton and Pompeo.
Even worse, Defense Department officials with direct knowledge of Shanahan’s operations said, he has tolerated a practice by Bolton and the National Security Council staff of calling Pentagon underlings and inserting themselves deep into the chain of command. That means the people who work for Shanahan are unprotected from interference by White House staff, who are not in the military’s chain of authority.
https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/06/14/shanahan-defense-trump-pentagon-1365843
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Date: 2019-06-17 06:23 am (UTC)https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dollar-powers-american-dominance-rivals-are-building-workarounds-11559155440?mod=article_inline
https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-foreign-minister-in-tehran-to-salvage-iran-nuclear-deal-11560176802
До сих пор Америка этого не допускала и, хрен знает, как далеко она пойдёт, чтобы сохранить долларовую гегемонию. А уж что из этого выйдет, один только Бог знает, но, боюсь, что ничего хорошего. :(