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i agree that china isn't a free market. i am saying neither is india nor usa. https://www.ndtv.com/business/visa-complains-to-us-government-over-indias-prefere

i agree that china isn't a free market. i am saying neither is india nor usa. https://www.ndtv.com/business/visa-complains-to-us-government-over-indias-preference-to-rupay-2627859 https://www.ndtv.com/business/visa-complains-to-us-governmen... visa is complaining to usa demanding that india not give preferential treatment to their own card network because india knows usa can unilaterally kill a country's card infrastructure by simply telling visa/mastercard to stop their services. that is abuse of power and not "free market". >like listing Taiwan as a country in a dropdown box. uh, doesn't usa like sanction companies from working with iran? is that not violating level playing field? or the anti-bds? https://news.yahoo.com/muslim-group-sues-block-no-boycott-israel-measure-153633029.html https://news.yahoo.com/muslim-group-sues-block-no-boycott-is... https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/23/us-states-use-anti-boycott-laws-punish-responsible-businesses https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/23/us-states-use-anti-boyco... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws come on. usa is same as china, if not the same level but cut from the same cloth. saying otherwise is false

Steltek 5y ago
I suppose all I could offer in defense is that the Iran sanctions were over nuclear technology, ISIS, etc; not speech or "loss of face". Ugh, still, the Middle East makes the US lose its damn mind. I hadn't really followed anti-BDS laws (not a thing in my state). Looks like they get slapped down pretty easily by the courts for violating free speech.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  need i remind you iran had a coup organized by cia and british inteligence because the ruler decided to nationalize oil and not give in to shell? what happened in 79? there was no nuclear threat back then. it was just oil and control. funny you mention nuclear tech. the iran deal was supposed to prevent that and it was usa who shot that down, not iran and you blame them for trying? you may not know this but the reason for sanctions on iran is to specifically install a government that is kind to israel because israel lobbies for that in us congress and they have installed the whole "oppose israel=support holocaust=hitler bad". they could not do arab spring there so more sanctions.

Steltek 5y ago

I suppose all I could offer in defense is that the Iran sanctions were over nuclear technology, ISIS, etc; not speech or "loss of face". Ugh, still, the Middle East makes the US lose its damn mind. I hadn't really followed anti-BDS laws (not a thing in my state). Looks like they get slapped down pretty easily by the courts for violating free speech.

2Gkashmiri 5y ago
need i remind you iran had a coup organized by cia and british inteligence because the ruler decided to nationalize oil and not give in to shell? what happened in 79? there was no nuclear threat back then. it was just oil and control. funny you mention nuclear tech. the iran deal was supposed to prevent that and it was usa who shot that down, not iran and you blame them for trying? you may not know this but the reason for sanctions on iran is to specifically install a government that is kind to israel because israel lobbies for that in us congress and they have installed the whole "oppose israel=support holocaust=hitler bad". they could not do arab spring there so more sanctions.