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US Government Paid for Iran’s Attack on Israel

A good argument can be made that the disregard of sanctions against Iran that netted the country billions in oil revenue created all the recent mayhem.
US Government Paid for Iran’s Attack on Israel
Objects in the sky above Jerusalem after Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel in Jerusalem on April 14, 2024. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Roger L. Simon
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A good argument can be made that President Barack Obama’s and then President Joe Biden’s relaxation of or disregard for sanctions against Iran that netted the Islamic Republic billions in oil revenue and outright gifts created all the recent mayhem in the Middle East from Hezbollah to Hamas to the Houthis to, now, Iran’s attack on Israel.

Roger L. Simon
Roger L. Simon
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Prize-winning author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Roger L. Simon’s latest of many books is “American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States.”