The only thing I'm trying to justify is that it's not really our concern; at least not enough to risk losing deals we have with the country. You want to punish 315 million Americans for this one middle-east guy. And if Trump would do that, you'd be the first here to ***** about how much we are paying in gasoline or what steps Iran is taking to advance their agenda against us.
This is the middle-east for crying out loud. They've tortured babies, they've stoned women to death. They've lit people on fire and watched them burn until they died. There is nothing we can do about that.
Trump ain’t controlling the gas prices as much as he tries to make you think he is. They are still higher than they were last year at this time. This was an American green card holder and member of the media so the actions taken against him were an attack on the right of a free press which we hold dear in this country, at least some of us do. Plus the fact that it was ordered by the leader of a country makes it even worse. Just do yourself a favor and get out of this rabbit hole. Neither you or Trump can make it ok no matter how hard you try and spin it.
Because had had a green card it becomes our concern?
Gasoline is incredibly cheap in relation to the economy. Usually when you have a booming economy, gasoline prices skyrocket because the more economic activity, the more fuel consumption.
I’ve spent enough time studying and trading commodities to understand what any kind of bad news does to the prices. So I do believe the least disruption of any kind could send ours fuel prices soaring because they are pretty reasonable considering.
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It’s our concern for all the reasons I listed. You obviously don’t give a shit, neither does Trump. That’s fine. I have a different opinion
And that's fine too, but let me tell you of what this reminds me of:
Years ago Texas executed a female murderer, and of course, the MSM found it to their benefit. So one agency went all over the world to ask people their opinion of a female execution in the US. The people in France were holding a mini protest about the actions of Texas, calling Americans barbarians and how Europe should sever all relations with the US.
The first thing I thought was "HTF is this any of your business in France? Why do you people give a crap of how we handle our criminals in this country? Worry about your own Fn country and don't mind what we do in ours!"
This is kind of the way I feel about this unfortunate situation. Yes, it was terrible what they did, but on the other hand, it's not our business either.
Anyway the news network continued to do interviews around the world. They finally came to one guy in (I believe) Japan. The translator asked him the question, and his response was very short. The translator interpreted the man saying "Execute one--teach a million" And that's all he said.