Richard Goldberg
@rich_goldberg · Think tanks & analysts — US/UK
Richard Goldberg is a senior advisor at FDD and a former NSC official on Iran.
Joined @TimesRadio to discuss UK sanctions on Israel. In short, ill-advised, ill-timed and unjustified. I explain in detail how the Treasury and Commerce Departments might respond and consequences across many states. Fake news that the US is ok with this. https://t.co/Opu0JtL8iA
Netanyahu and Blinken find common ground.
The IRGC is on the losing end of its own escalation. Every day brings it closer to collapse. Every attack accelerates its defeat. Today it watches the systematic dismantlement of its tanker fleet while its air fleet faces grounding via sanctions threat.
Leftist governments can wrap their Israel boycotts in whatever packaging they want. But they are classic BDS platforms rooted in the delegitimization of Jewish claims to the land of Israel - an attempt to achieve by economic means that which armies failed to achieve since 1948.
Did virtue signaling phony recognition of a Palestinian state do anything? The Board of Peace is actually doing the hard work while leftist performance artists in the UK, Canada and France come up with the latest circus stunt to appease their domestic base.
The British patriots fighting the Islamist-Marxist takeover of Britain, those who fight the Chagos deal, those who will fight back against unconscionable UK sanctions on Israel, are strong supporters of UK sovereignty over the Falklands. That alone should inform words and deeds.
Important to take note of this worldview that delegitimizes a Jewish right to self-determination and ignores historical facts based on a toxic modern mix of Islamist propaganda and Marxist ideology. https://t.co/2YOodVHLz9
It’s time for a full court sanctions press on every Islamic terrorist tentacle inside the UK. Both the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood have made Britain a safe haven for years. The United States should put that to an end and save its ally before it’s too late.
Any public UK company that participates in an Israel boycott could face the same fate as Unilever. States around America have laws requiring public pension fund divestment from companies boycotting Israel. How sad it comes to this. All to make Britain an Islamist-Marxist state.
The Turkish government, like many others, can most certainly do a lot more to shut down illicit trade with Iran. This Turkish government, in particular, has a track record of illicit sanctions evasion schemes involving Iran. "You're with us or against us" is the right message.
President Trump is flipping the script on the IRGC. A commentary on the success of Project Freedom, the blockade and Economic Outcast. And now making clear we can and will dismantle Iran’s tanker fleet. Attacks on the U.S. Navy and commercial vessels aren’t new. Our response is.
Turkey has been high on the target list. Treasury is waging a real campaign. The escape hatches are closing one by one.
We are working with allies to squeeze the IRGC regional tentacles while simultaneously squeezing the head of the octopus. The historic moment in front of us begs two questions. If not now, when? If not Donald Trump, who? https://t.co/4HH9hGmzeM
President Trump has flipped the script on the IRGC. He’s squeezing the life out of the regime. Now we need to use many more tools - with our allies - to provide maximum support to the people. Here are a few. https://t.co/HsClMrk6Nz
Bad day for IRGC rump regime. The U.S. succeeded in getting a lot of oil out of Hormuz, degraded reconstituting capability to threaten shipping and imposed a new cost for illicit conduct. Blockade and unprecedented financial warfare continue. Every day will get worse for IRGC.
And there it is. The promise that the Marxist-Islamist assault on Israel will continue whether Netanyahu wins or loses. Wake up already if you believed otherwise. BDS is now the mainstreamed ideology and policy platform.
Iran’s nuclear and missile programs were set back a generation. The battle since has been over Hormuz and it’s a battle the rump regime is losing. With it goes the battle for narrative control and, perhaps soon, the battle for domestic control.
Meta disrupts Iran-linked AI operation targeting politicians, journalists https://t.co/ChYd0XOcsR
Amazing how early this was called while so many IRGC cheerleaders parading as analysts denied it. And much more success over 3+ weeks.
The financial war on the IRGC rump regime is unprecedented. https://t.co/EbHNOABAkm
In this phase of conflict - the Battle for Hormuz - the pressure on the IRGC keeps going up while the pressure on the U.S. keeps going down. https://t.co/lgQfAuKvTu
From Hormuz to Venezuela, the global energy map is being remade in America’s favor. Energy dominance is the key to securing another American century. https://t.co/Ekpq9diISQ
"The straits will be blocked or opened up only by the approval of the Iranian regime." Oh. https://t.co/tFbq7dd5FV
Brandeis Center urges DOJ to investigate whether Northwestern is acting as foreign agent for Qatar https://t.co/lHfowQt39n
I urge the United States to impose terrorism sanctions on UNRWA as soon as possible.
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