China Exempt from Iran Embargo

[Universals]

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0...ran-sanctions/

Terran will be happy to hear that.

[Laworkerbee]

I never thought I'd see the day when the Chinese would be better poker players than us. I mean they just push a few chips around the table and we fold.

Amazing....

[Ozzyjim]

No surprise, why fight a losing battle, china wouldn’t have followed those sanctions anyhow.

[FlintHillBilly]

Exempt..ha. Would it have stop China? No.

This is more politcal pandering IMO.

I wonder what, if anything, the US got in return? Surely we got some sort of good deal... Not.

[Universals]

I never thought I'd see the day when the Chinese would be better poker players than us. I mean they just push a few chips around the table and we fold.

Amazing....

It's hard to play the game with no leverage.

[Laworkerbee]

It's hard to play the game with no leverage.

We have leverage.

If you do that I'm not paying you back yo money, man.

[Alpheus]

If you do that I'm not paying you back yo money, man.

Leverage. I think it does not mean what you think it means.

[Universals]

We have leverage.

If you do that I'm not paying you back yo money, man.

lol....they can stop making iphones and ipads and we'll be in real trouble

....but this kinda throws a monkey wrench into the whole embargo thing.

[Shurik SST]

Now that is hilarious. How do we think we would like to keep the leadership position in this world if we pull such meaningless stunts? Wonder how will this look to other countries we press into obeying the sanctions. Ehh...

[INAT]

We have leverage.

If you do that I'm not paying you back yo money, man.

Reminds me of this. America has become George.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3tQaqizh0

[C.Puffs]

It's hard to play the game with no leverage.

Or spine. 12345

[Daft Ego]

Call me crazy, but I actually think the whole China is our enemy is just a facade. From a realpolitik point of view, the exemption is mutually beneficial.

What's the US gonna do, go to war with China?

[[RNZE]Sapper]

Call me crazy, but I actually think the whole China is our enemy is just a facade.

The US and China is joined at the hip. It's a "Republican vs Democrat" on a global scale. Business interest is a powerful thing.

[C.Puffs]

The US and China is joined at the hip. It's a "Republican vs Democrat" on a global scale. Business interest is a powerful thing.

Except the relationship is more like dealer/user.

[Daft Ego]

Except the relationship is more like dealer/user.

Mutually beneficial nonetheless?