‘That’s the sort of thing they could have access to, funded by the Gulf Coast Coalition, so long as they honour their end of the obligation.’

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOP
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    So the reparations are real and paid by the gulf! 🤭

    They (the gulf states) must be so thankful to the US and Israel for this position they put them in.

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      The gulf states will be fairly compensated, otherwise they’d never have agreed to it

      At the end of the day, I’m sure a good chunk of the money will functionally come from US taxpayers

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        You say that in comments around a non-gulf state bombing kids and water supply on the way to more than $300b worth of damage? I’d be interested in the criteria and creds you have for determining who’s a disgrace or not; and please include “sad shill” in your rankings.

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          The major aggressors was Israel and the USA they should be the one paying the largest amount of money to Iran . The gulf keep paying for destruction made by the usa and israel is a disgrace

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            I have a feeling this might be saving face maneuvre. If anyone is paying reparations at all, that’s a sign of capitulation. In other words there’s no other choice. I doubt the Gulf wanted to do this after everything that happened over the last couple of months. I’m suspecting this could even be a scheme to hide the money coming from the US.

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            These states were made rich by the US and the petrodollar so there is an interdependence which explains their choice here. Kudos to the UAE for leaving OPEC.

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          I think it might be from the other angle - them being pushovers and collaborators with the US and Israel, doing nothing to prevent or even facilitating their power in the region. E.g. hosting US military bases, funding the US by buying weapons from them and investing in their capital markets, hosting Israeli intelligence (UAE) etc.