Donald Trump continues to be attempting to play powerful man all over the world, and it isn’t working. The Iranian regime is an enemy of democracy and freedom. Iran has been a foul actor that sponsors terrorism for many years. The world can be a safer place if the regime had been changed by a type of authorities that mirrored the desire of the Iranian individuals.
All of that stated, how Donald Trump has to this point been dealing with Iran makes the Bush lead-up to the invasion of Iraq appear like a masterclass in army technique.
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As a substitute of doing one thing whereas the protestors had been being killed by the 1000’s in January, Trump claimed that the killing had stopped and began issuing threats in February.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists Information Company says at the least 7,015 individuals had been killed within the earlier protests and crackdown, together with 214 authorities forces. The group has been correct in counting deaths throughout earlier rounds of unrest in Iran and depends on a community of activists there to confirm deaths.
The dying toll continues to rise because the group crosschecks info regardless of disrupted communication with these contained in the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s authorities provided its solely dying toll from the earlier protests on Jan. 21, saying 3,117 individuals had been killed. Iran’s theocracy previously has undercounted or not reported fatalities from previous unrest.
The time for the administration to behave was in January, earlier than the regime’s crackdown.
It seems that Trump is backing down a month later.
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