Quote:TEHRAN, Iran – Chanting "Death to America," Iran's parliament voted unanimously Sunday to increase spending on its ballistic missile program and the foreign operations of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, part of a sanctions bill mirroring a new U.S. law targeting the country.

While offering hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding, the lawmakers' bill offered a tactic as old as the slogan shouted since the 1979 Islamic Revolution — using America's own tactics against it.

The vote salves public anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump's constant threats to renegotiate or abandon the nuclear deal struck by world powers under his predecessor. While lawmakers stressed the bill wouldn't violate that agreement, it ensures those both home and abroad know Iran will continue confronting America either in the Persian Gulf or legislatively, analysts say.

"They want to show that the pressure that the U.S. is exerting on Iran, they can respond with similar measures," said Adnan Tabatabai, an Iran analyst based in Germany who is the CEO of the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient. "It's not that important that those measures may not hurt the U.S. in the same way. ... They want to show they are not just standing still and watching this happening."

In the session Sunday, 240 lawmakers voted for the bill, with only one abstention from the 247 legislators on hand, Iran's state-run news agency IRNA reported. Parliament speaker Ali Larijani after the vote described the measure as just the first step the country could take.

The bill now heads to an oversight committee called the Guardian Council, which is expected to approve it. Abbas Araghchi, a deputy foreign minister and senior nuclear negotiator on hand for the vote, said moderate President Hassan Rouhani's government supported the bill.

"The bill has very wisely tried not to violate the (nuclear deal) and also gives no chance to the other party to manipulate it," he said in comments reported by IRNA. "This bill is an astute response to the enmity and wickedness of the United States against Iran."

Under terms of the bill, some $800 million will be put toward several projects, including the Defense Ministry and its intelligence agencies. Among the agencies receiving money would be the Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, an expeditionary force run by Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who has been advising forces in Syria and Iraq.

The Guard, separate from Iran's conventional military forces, answers only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The bill also imposes financial sanctions, as well as a visa and travel ban, on U.S. military and security organizations and their commanders who have provided financial, intelligence, military, logistic and training support to terrorists in the region, naming the Islamic State group and the Syrian branch of al-Qaida. Lawmakers gave government authorities three months to give them names of people to put on a sanctions list, which will be updated every six months.

Iranian officials often accuse the U.S. of being involved with both extremist groups. The U.S. is actively involved in a massive military campaign against the Islamic State group and has struck the al-Qaida affiliate as well.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/13/ira...ge-us.html

Let's see, in 2016 we spent $611 billion on our military. Iran spent $12 billion. They would have to essentially spent 100% of their GDP on their military if they want to match us. Good luck with that.

[quote='CrimsonPhantom' pid='14500651' dateline='1502657841']

Quote:The vote salves public anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump's constant threats to renegotiate or abandon the nuclear deal struck by world powers under his predecessor. While lawmakers stressed the bill wouldn't violate that agreement, it ensures those both home and abroad know Iran will continue confronting America either in the Persian Gulf or legislatively, analysts say.

Cons reading Fox like "Et tu, Brute"

Trumps populism rhetoric strikes again. I feel bad for people in the state department.

This line has worked for North Korea.

Why won't it work for Iran?

This is what 30+ years of failure result in, nuclear arms in the hands of our enemies.

(08-14-2017 01:07 AM)Godzilla Wrote:  [quote='CrimsonPhantom' pid='14500651' dateline='1502657841']

Quote:The vote salves public anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump's constant threats to renegotiate or abandon the nuclear deal struck by world powers under his predecessor. While lawmakers stressed the bill wouldn't violate that agreement, it ensures those both home and abroad know Iran will continue confronting America either in the Persian Gulf or legislatively, analysts say.

Cons reading Fox like "Et tu, Brute"

Trumps populism rhetoric strikes again. I feel bad for people in the state department.

Yes, irans hatred of America begins and ends with Donald Trump. The lack of historical prospective is mind boggling.

(08-14-2017 01:07 AM)Godzilla Wrote:  [quote='CrimsonPhantom' pid='14500651' dateline='1502657841']

Quote:The vote salves public anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump's constant threats to renegotiate or abandon the nuclear deal struck by world powers under his predecessor. While lawmakers stressed the bill wouldn't violate that agreement, it ensures those both home and abroad know Iran will continue confronting America either in the Persian Gulf or legislatively, analysts say.

Cons reading Fox like "Et tu, Brute"

Trumps populism rhetoric strikes again. I feel bad for people in the state department.

Nicely done, advance that false narrative like a big dog!

(08-14-2017 08:55 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-14-2017 01:07 AM)Godzilla Wrote:  [quote='CrimsonPhantom' pid='14500651' dateline='1502657841']

Quote:The vote salves public anger in Iran over U.S. President Donald Trump's constant threats to renegotiate or abandon the nuclear deal struck by world powers under his predecessor. While lawmakers stressed the bill wouldn't violate that agreement, it ensures those both home and abroad know Iran will continue confronting America either in the Persian Gulf or legislatively, analysts say.

Cons reading Fox like "Et tu, Brute"

Trumps populism rhetoric strikes again. I feel bad for people in the state department.

Yes, irans hatred of America begins and ends with Donald Trump. The lack of historical prospective is mind boggling.

It's TDS. Trump could announce a cure for cancer and his haters would still complain he didn't announce it 10 years ago or something stupid along those lines.