Is Israel finished?

[Bobby]

Obama gave them a lot of money to try and be friends but how was he repaid?
Iran organised the Hamas attack on Oct. 7th 2023
and kept attacking Israel from Lebanon and Yemen.
Iran used the money for more terrorism.
So when you help Iran they stab you in the back.


Google AI:

The Obama administration transferred $1.7 billion in cash to Iran in 2016.

This payment was not a gift, but a settlement of a decades-old, pre-1979 Iranian claim over a failed arms deal. Here is the breakdown:
$400 million: The principal amount of the original funds deposited by Iran for military equipment that was never delivered.
$1.3 billion: Interest payments on that amount, as agreed upon through a settlement at the Hague Tribunal.

Key Context:

Cash Delivery: The $400 million was flown into Iran in cash (using foreign currencies) because U.S. sanctions prohibited banking transactions with Iran.
Hostage Controversy: Critics argued the cash payment was a "ransom" because it occurred simultaneously with the release of four American hostages in January 2016, though the Obama administration stated the timing was coincidental with the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.

Frozen Assets: Apart from this $1.7 billion settlement, the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal (JCPOA) allowed Iran to regain access to roughly
$100 billion of its own assets that were previously frozen in international banks.

[Jasin]

Good post.

[Bobby]

I'm hoping the oil tankers will start moving soon
so our fuel prices will go down.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran- ... cle-889918

MARCH 15, 2026

Strait of Hormuz open to everyone but US, Israel,
Iranian FM Araghchi says
Other ships are free to pass, although many prefer not to due to “security concerns,”
which Araghchi claimed have nothing to do with Iran.

[Bobby]

I predict that Trump will invade Kharg island in order
to deprive Iran of 90% of their economy.

It would take 50,000 marines to do the job.
They would take heavy losses.

[Jasin]

Maybe. But the Iranians will lose four times as much and if they flee to the north west, the Kurds will get them.

[Bobby]

Maybe. But the Iranians will lose four times as much and if they flee to the north west, the Kurds will get them.

He's gotta take Kharg island - I don't see any other way to stop Iran.
Not damage the oil facilities - just control them.

[Jasin]

Trump can only do so much.
The People of Iran are the crux of the matter.

[Bobby]

Trump can only do so much.
The People of Iran are the crux of the matter.

But the IRGC are psycho killers -
they have all the guns -
the people can't rise up.