In an attempt to try to do even more damage to Iran’s economy, President
Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday announcing that the US is
imposing sanctions on all Iranian exports of industrial metals.
The new sanctions cover Iran’s iron, steel, aluminium, and copper
exports. The White House statement noted that this is the largest
non-oil export Iran has, and amounts to about 10% of its export economy.
The sanctions are intended to ban any country on the planet from every
buying any of these metals from Iran, and threatens sanctions if they
do. It is unclear from statements who the main purchasers of Iranian
metals are, though if alternate supplies are not available they may
simply ignore the US sanctions, as some intend to with the oil
sanctions.
President Trump’s statement threatened more “actions” against Iran
“unless it fundamentally alters its conduct.” Indications are that this
will happen at any rate, though US sanctions on Iran are already nearly
all-emcompassing, limiting how much more they can practically do to the
Iranians.
If a thug pulls out a gun and demands a bunch of those people around him empty their pockets, and that they throw much of their valuables down a drain and put some of it into the thug’s hands, and he yells to everyone else that if they have anything friendly to do with those who he just mugged the same thing will happen to them… what is the right thing to do?
If the answer is ‘call the police’, what if you were then told that an officer is already on the scene and the thug shows you a badge…?
Great analogy.
I guess the neocons made him do it. Poor Donald, they just won’t let him bring peace to the world.