In a move that threatens to cost major US airplane manufacturer Boeing $25 billion, the House of Representatives has tacked an amendment on to their latest spending bill which would ban all civilian aircraft sales to Iran under any circumstances.
Though the Congressmen pushing the bill presenting it as aimed at presenting Iran from acquiring aircraft “for military purposes,” the amendment forbade the Office of Foreign Asset Control to license any sales of any aircraft.
This would not only block Boeing’s $25 billion sales, but European maker Airbus, whose planes include some American-made parts and subsequently need a US OFAC license as well. In effect, this would forbid Iran from buying any planes for their effort to modernize a dangerously outdated civilian fleet.
This ban is, of course, contingent on the House version being reconciled with the Senate version, though Republican sponsors of the amendment claimed little to no opposition from the Democrats, or anyone else for that matter. Boeing’s lobbyists face an uphill battle to keep this out of the final bill.
At the same time, if it passed the bill is almost certain to produce more angry condemnations from the EU. EU leaders were already complaining the US has been threatening their banks to prevent lucrative, and perfectly legal, deals with Iran. If they cost Airbus tens of billions of dollars, it’s likely to rile people all the more about America’s reneging on the P5+1 nuclear deal.
So much for Republicans being pro-free-trade.
These Israeli agents should be lined up and fed into the engines of a 747.
This is another example of USG Congressional whores
doing the bidding for their Zionist pimps. Makes no
difference if they’re Dems or Repugs. No difference
whatsoever.
The Iranians must have had rocks in their heads if they really beleived that US poltiicians would actually honour the terms of the nuclear deal. US politicians have no morals. nor ethics, and feel not a whit of shame when practising such deceit.
If the Iranian leadership has any brains they need to abandon Boeing and buy Russian and Chinese airliners. They can be assured that those nations will deliver.
I agree. In fact, the Russians have just released a new mid-range airliner for which they are now looking for buyers…
The rest of the world should talk to some old American Indians about how much treaties and deals with the Great White Chief in Washington are really worth. I suspect they’ll tell anyone that the Great White Chief always speaks with a forked tongue.
The real showdown won’t be with Iran. It will be with our “partners” as we cheat, and hurt them by our cheating.
Vote all incumbents out.It doesn’t matter if the are rethug or demoncrat,they are Zionist whores and traitors.
Next ones will be worse.They are already bought over by Adelson,Saban cabal
Stupid politicians. If they had any brains they would have known that you cannot take a civilian plane and turn it into a weaponized platform. This is because civilian aircraft are designed against completely different criteria.
For example, during World War II, Germany had an excellent airliner in it’s Condor aircraft. They attempted to turn it into a long range bomber, the results of which were dismal. It was eventually used for sea-born
reconnaissance…
More proof, as if any was needed, that the West, and the US in particular, cannot be trusted. Iran, Russia, and China should just give up on the West and build trade and commerce among their rising economies.
They’re doing that very thing which is why DUHmerica is attacking them.
If the Europeans were smart, they’d implement sanctions against the US until the US Congress comes to its senses and stops being epically stupid.
The EU is too much America’s bitch to do that.
Unfortunately, I agree on that. Just sayin’ it would be prudent on their part.
Israel first, America second – as usual.
Israel and only Israel.America,what is it?
EADS makes better products.
Nothing like an economic death wish coming from the retards in congress in the middle of a recession. Keep vetoing more business for American companies boys, just don’t be surprised when pissed off former workers visit your houses with pitchforks and torches…
File and remember next campaign when they are going on and on and on about ‘creating good jobs’ for Americans. We just got a concrete example of exactly how important that is to them compared to what’s pretty much nothing more than a set of imaginary ideology that they made up in their heads. We are meaningless to these people and nothing more than a campaign prop at best.
Its rare to see Boeing get out-bid in the ‘buy-a-congressperson’ game.
The motives of Zionist lobby is to destroy America. They have already achieved it.It is long drawn out plan.
Any doubt? http://www.haaretz.com/questions-of-survival-1.191164
The zombies of Congress happily aiding the process