Whats Really At Stake With The Iran Sanctions and Why You Should Care
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Date: 2019-11-01
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Michael Hilliard
What wasn't covered in the video is that, whether or not the original JCPOA was good enough or not (and there are reasons to argue it wasn't, we are now under Trump doing almost everything we possibly can to alienate our friends and allies, remove and or distance ourselves from the international organizations we often helped create, as well as losing our respect, credibility and influence in the rest of the world. Whether you love Trump or hate him, I don't think it's possible to disagree that all of those things are happening. Trump's America First policy could lead to America alone, and eventually, America ignored. Whether you believe in any form of global interventionism not, I think most Americans can agree that's a bad thing (I'm not saying we haven't also done bad things with our influence and interventions--clearly we have--but I think we and the international organizations and agreements we've helped establish have been a net good in the world. We won't stay a superpower if we keep acting the way we are now. Trump's international relations have been a nightmare, whether or not there have been any legitimate complaints behind some of the actions or not. We're much worse off because of his naivety in terms of North Korea, by far, and we're not doing much better with the rest of the world (in terms of China, there were and are legitimate issues, but most China watchers agree his tactics have been almost entirely the wrong way of addressing the issues. Projecting an image of strength is fine. Projecting the image of a naive, narcissistic, thin-skinned bully with an extreme lack of understanding of the world. not so much.
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What wasn't covered in the video is that, whether or not the original JCPOA was good enough or not (and there are reasons to argue it wasn't, we are now under Trump doing almost everything we possibly can to alienate our friends and allies, remove and or distance ourselves from the international organizations we often helped create, as well as losing our respect, credibility and influence in the rest of the world. Whether you love Trump or hate him, I don't think it's possible to disagree that all of those things are happening. Trump's America First policy could lead to America alone, and eventually, America ignored. Whether you believe in any form of global interventionism not, I think most Americans can agree that's a bad thing (I'm not saying we haven't also done bad things with our influence and interventions--clearly we have--but I think we and the international organizations and agreements we've helped establish have been a net good in the world. We won't stay a superpower if we keep acting the way we are now. Trump's international relations have been a nightmare, whether or not there have been any legitimate complaints behind some of the actions or not. We're much worse off because of his naivety in terms of North Korea, by far, and we're not doing much better with the rest of the world (in terms of China, there were and are legitimate issues, but most China watchers agree his tactics have been almost entirely the wrong way of addressing the issues. Projecting an image of strength is fine. Projecting the image of a naive, narcissistic, thin-skinned bully with an extreme lack of understanding of the world. not so much.
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Najib Zaoui
I was browsing the comments trying to find comments that werent' from shallow thinkers. A few points: the US withdrew unilaterally from a multilatteral deal. Very unlikely that other world powers will consider this treatment fair or respectful. Sanctions were not just designed to punish a country but they were also a way to appease domestic politics in the US (as in tough Trump is using a harsh tone towards our enemies. Let's also not forget that US is using trade wars and sanctions on countries that it cannot invade, otherwise we'll have another Irak and Afghanistan. Fourth I think these sanctions will hurt Iran on the Short term, however on medium and long term they will backfire. Example Russia has been sanctionned too for longer periods, and all it did is strenghten it's economic resiliency, and push for more diversifications of it's economy. These sanctions will push the Iranian regime to reform and the Iranian economy to develop alternatives, it'll also push the other countries that trade with Iran and that are tired of US unilateral bullying to de-dollarize, diversify and band together. What is happening right now is not Iran being isolated from the world economy, but actually the US isolating itself.
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I was browsing the comments trying to find comments that werent' from shallow thinkers. A few points: the US withdrew unilaterally from a multilatteral deal. Very unlikely that other world powers will consider this treatment fair or respectful. Sanctions were not just designed to punish a country but they were also a way to appease domestic politics in the US (as in tough Trump is using a harsh tone towards our enemies. Let's also not forget that US is using trade wars and sanctions on countries that it cannot invade, otherwise we'll have another Irak and Afghanistan. Fourth I think these sanctions will hurt Iran on the Short term, however on medium and long term they will backfire. Example Russia has been sanctionned too for longer periods, and all it did is strenghten it's economic resiliency, and push for more diversifications of it's economy. These sanctions will push the Iranian regime to reform and the Iranian economy to develop alternatives, it'll also push the other countries that trade with Iran and that are tired of US unilateral bullying to de-dollarize, diversify and band together. What is happening right now is not Iran being isolated from the world economy, but actually the US isolating itself.
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Thomas Keane
Phil, Im an OG, my original account was a Hotmail at the time. Im writing because. well, what are you thinking portraying this narrative of the nuclear Iran deal. I understand all the impacts the sanctions are having on Iran, but at the same time, a democratically elected party (Hamas, that has many seats in government (possibly enough to make minority government) openly wants to destroy Israel. They have their own flag with a nuclear bomb going off in the background, they have infinite links to isis and many other avenues that seriously undermine the integrity of everything you and I hold dear in western society. There are legitimate cases to be made for the poor people suffering in Iran, but videos like the one we all just watched dont have that as its motive, its agenda is to side with Iran. Its propaganda Phil. They cannot have nuclear weapons Phil. That government in that country cannot be trusted. Even the Chinese communist party doesnt want them to have nuclear weapons.
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Phil, Im an OG, my original account was a Hotmail at the time. Im writing because. well, what are you thinking portraying this narrative of the nuclear Iran deal. I understand all the impacts the sanctions are having on Iran, but at the same time, a democratically elected party (Hamas, that has many seats in government (possibly enough to make minority government) openly wants to destroy Israel. They have their own flag with a nuclear bomb going off in the background, they have infinite links to isis and many other avenues that seriously undermine the integrity of everything you and I hold dear in western society. There are legitimate cases to be made for the poor people suffering in Iran, but videos like the one we all just watched dont have that as its motive, its agenda is to side with Iran. Its propaganda Phil. They cannot have nuclear weapons Phil. That government in that country cannot be trusted. Even the Chinese communist party doesnt want them to have nuclear weapons.
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Thalandor46
I see a number of comments about the music already, but if it's any further insight, I now realize that one of the things I really like about the PDS. Phil does not typically use ambient elements in his stories. Any visual or audio element is directly related to the current story (or at least a joke about the current story. When trying to stay properly informed on these stories, it's really nice to not have to worry about the ambient elements (such as background music) trying to set the tone of the narrative. Sure, individuals will always have their own bias when presenting a story, and Phil is no exception. But not having a layer of film techniques on top of that really helps to focus on the information. This was a cool experiment, and I'm glad it got a shot on the morning show. I hope Dylan, Maria, and the rest of the team can take constructive feedback from this video to improve their content in the future.
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I see a number of comments about the music already, but if it's any further insight, I now realize that one of the things I really like about the PDS. Phil does not typically use ambient elements in his stories. Any visual or audio element is directly related to the current story (or at least a joke about the current story. When trying to stay properly informed on these stories, it's really nice to not have to worry about the ambient elements (such as background music) trying to set the tone of the narrative. Sure, individuals will always have their own bias when presenting a story, and Phil is no exception. But not having a layer of film techniques on top of that really helps to focus on the information. This was a cool experiment, and I'm glad it got a shot on the morning show. I hope Dylan, Maria, and the rest of the team can take constructive feedback from this video to improve their content in the future.
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Pegah Rezai
Phil, I can't tell you how much I wish you were covering this section better. You are always really good about staying unbiased on different topics but this time i wish you were showing a bit more how these sanctions are affecting the PEOPLE who have nothing to do with politics and just trying to make a decent living out there. Politicians and the leadership in Iran, like so many other countries, have their pockets filled with money and would flee the country if anything come across as a threat to them, but it's the people's lives that's being ruined over something they can't control. I wish people would understand what these sanctions are doing to Iran's society, specially the ones dealing with diseases such as cancer, MS and such. Sanctions means no medication for them. And this is just one of the ways people's are affected by this nonsense sanctions.
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Phil, I can't tell you how much I wish you were covering this section better. You are always really good about staying unbiased on different topics but this time i wish you were showing a bit more how these sanctions are affecting the PEOPLE who have nothing to do with politics and just trying to make a decent living out there. Politicians and the leadership in Iran, like so many other countries, have their pockets filled with money and would flee the country if anything come across as a threat to them, but it's the people's lives that's being ruined over something they can't control. I wish people would understand what these sanctions are doing to Iran's society, specially the ones dealing with diseases such as cancer, MS and such. Sanctions means no medication for them. And this is just one of the ways people's are affected by this nonsense sanctions.
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LostinGaming
It was a little hard to get through the video do to the music, if you fell music is necessary then please look for something more neutral. Destabilizing a unstable country, which we made a deal with, which has Nuclear potential, is to me not a good idea. Yes things needed to be worked out in the agreement, not everything was clear, and/or tough enough, but what is happening now could not only affect them but neighboring, and far away regions. You could say who cares? but the US has deals with just about every country, and quite a few Allies neighboring them that would be pushed into turmoil should things get worse. It's a complex issue that the last administration tried to handle taking years to take Nuclear Arms programs down, now the door is opening for them to come back by this administration, which is bad for everyone but that's just what I think.
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It was a little hard to get through the video do to the music, if you fell music is necessary then please look for something more neutral. Destabilizing a unstable country, which we made a deal with, which has Nuclear potential, is to me not a good idea. Yes things needed to be worked out in the agreement, not everything was clear, and/or tough enough, but what is happening now could not only affect them but neighboring, and far away regions. You could say who cares? but the US has deals with just about every country, and quite a few Allies neighboring them that would be pushed into turmoil should things get worse. It's a complex issue that the last administration tried to handle taking years to take Nuclear Arms programs down, now the door is opening for them to come back by this administration, which is bad for everyone but that's just what I think.
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Amber Marie
Okay, I stuck through the video because I was genuinely interested in the content. The style of video was different, and I didnt mind it being different. Phil cant do it all, yall. Maria is finding her space, and Im sure if given time, yall will like her and the styles of the videos in which shes featured. Plus, its more of a deep-dive educational video, so its going to feel a little duller. Sorry international sanctions arent more lively, scandalous material But I have to say that the music needs to change or go completely. It seems almost as loud as Maria, and it made it extremely difficult to focus on and understand what she was saying. I had to pause a few times because the repetitive and ominous music was so distracting. Fiddle with the settings. Fade it more to the background, lower the volume, or pick a different kind of sound?
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Okay, I stuck through the video because I was genuinely interested in the content. The style of video was different, and I didnt mind it being different. Phil cant do it all, yall. Maria is finding her space, and Im sure if given time, yall will like her and the styles of the videos in which shes featured. Plus, its more of a deep-dive educational video, so its going to feel a little duller. Sorry international sanctions arent more lively, scandalous material But I have to say that the music needs to change or go completely. It seems almost as loud as Maria, and it made it extremely difficult to focus on and understand what she was saying. I had to pause a few times because the repetitive and ominous music was so distracting. Fiddle with the settings. Fade it more to the background, lower the volume, or pick a different kind of sound?
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Joseph Azzam
Made it till the end, because I am interested in the topic. Thank you for working on this piece. People who left because they found the style boring, your lost. Her style was good, it needs improvement a bit, but that takes time, maybe you should go watch Phil's first videos when he first started, then compare. Anyway, these sanctions are ruining lives of the millions of people, and if you think that they will push it to change, it's probably not. If Iran fights the US and go back to it nuclear program, and stop exporting oil, the US and Iran will lose. If it keeps following the regulation, then the it will keep it's relations with other countries, and the US will take credit that the new sanctions helped with that. Seems to me that it's a lose-lose situation for Iran.
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Made it till the end, because I am interested in the topic. Thank you for working on this piece. People who left because they found the style boring, your lost. Her style was good, it needs improvement a bit, but that takes time, maybe you should go watch Phil's first videos when he first started, then compare. Anyway, these sanctions are ruining lives of the millions of people, and if you think that they will push it to change, it's probably not. If Iran fights the US and go back to it nuclear program, and stop exporting oil, the US and Iran will lose. If it keeps following the regulation, then the it will keep it's relations with other countries, and the US will take credit that the new sanctions helped with that. Seems to me that it's a lose-lose situation for Iran.
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Jamin r
Phil constructive criticism but you don't know how to create political content Its like the jump cuts in your normal videos its fine when your talking about the latest youtube drama or other fairly easy to understand issues but when you jump cut your words whilst talking about the complexities of government it becomes boring/difficult to understand. Why is this content delivered in such an obtuse way? Would it make it difficult to make it more interesting without one monotone voice saying things and then the same words appearing in the screen in front of us? Is there no way to make it more interesting? I feel that Vox has some of the best presented and most informative political content so maybe take a leaf from their book (just without the political bias plz)
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Phil constructive criticism but you don't know how to create political content Its like the jump cuts in your normal videos its fine when your talking about the latest youtube drama or other fairly easy to understand issues but when you jump cut your words whilst talking about the complexities of government it becomes boring/difficult to understand. Why is this content delivered in such an obtuse way? Would it make it difficult to make it more interesting without one monotone voice saying things and then the same words appearing in the screen in front of us? Is there no way to make it more interesting? I feel that Vox has some of the best presented and most informative political content so maybe take a leaf from their book (just without the political bias plz)
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