There are too many loose ends and stories that make no sense in the Iran negotiations?

[kentuck]

It leads me to believe it is all one big scam to rob the American Treasury.

It is a scheme.

The strait is open. Then it is closed. Then it is open again.

Then we are going to pay them hundreds of billions of dollars. Then we are not going to pay them anything. The other countries in the Mideast are going to pay?

We don't really know who they are negotiating with? Or if they are negotiating at all? They have a contact, and that is about it. The rest of the story will be told as propaganda in the media.

For me, it is all very shady.

[pat_k]

1. Shady as hell on so many levels

And in addition to the "reinvestment fund" corruption to be perpetrated on us, don't forget that the IRGC/Basij leadership is NOT the same as the civilian leadership they are negotiating with.

There is very little commentary here about the divisions, but recently, there have been various reports that the IRGC/Basij are not on board with this "deal." The thing is, after decimation of the traditional Iranian national defense army and navy (the Artesh), it is the IRGC/Basij that enforced the blockade of the strait and mounted attacks on neighbors. If they have failed to get the IRGC/Basij leadership on board with the deal, it is an enormous problem.

The IRGC/Basij must be understood as what it is -- a powerful military, industrial, economic conglomerate created as an oppressive force that is independent of Iran's traditional national defense forces. People ask, "How, if we have destroyed their army and navy, are they still able to fight?" The answer is the IRGC/Basij. And there are indications that current Iranian regime is not in full control of those oppressive forces.

See March post: Let's talk about the magnitude of the IRGC/Basij military, industrial, economic conglomerate

[chicoescuela]

2. Trump Construction Co will be the lead contractor on the rebuilding of Iran.