Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achieved, process has begun

Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by ceejayoz on Saturday February 26, 2022 @06:48PM (#30483374)

That article's clearly an op-ed:

> The Trump presidency. A man who exploited the worst of America, trashed alliances, cosied up to despots yet was a symptom of a system already poisonous.

"Made a fortune" describes the lifting of sanctions as part of the deal; Iran got a variety of its frozen assets back. That we wasted that leverage (and years of multi-national diplomacy) by blowing up the deal unilaterally for no good reason is not Iran's fault.

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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by theteapot on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:04PM (#30483572)

An op-ed is a type of article. The relevant paragraph was describing Obama's time in office. Do I have to qualify there is plenty of bad things said about Trump [and other x-presidents] in the article too?

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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by ceejayoz on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:22PM (#30484322)

> The relevant paragraph was describing Obama's time in office.

Deceptively so.

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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by theteapot on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:45PM (#30484479)

I actually agree with you. Stan Grant's language here is loose and could be reasonably seen as deceptive. I will complain to the editor.

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