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Comrade Grumpy

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4. The politicization of SWIFT is incredibly short-sighted.

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 02:11 PM

Mar 2012

This has never been done before in the 38 years SWIFT has been around. Not against the Soviet Union, not against China, not against apartheid South Africa, not against Gaddafi, not against Saddam Hussein. SWIFT moves from becoming a neutral implement of international banking to becoming a pawn in Israel and the West's campaign against Iran.

Credit goes to United Against a Nuclear Iran, an advocacy group whose board includes former CIA head James Woolsey, former Mossad head Meir Dagan, self-hating Arab colonial warmonger Faud Ajami, and former Bush Jr. Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Against_Nuclear_Iran

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SWIFT Severs Iran Ties, Cuts Tehran Off From Global Financial System [View all] Purveyor Mar 2012 OP

Good thing they don't have access to money transfer systems like hawala, so that they can't . . . hatrack Mar 2012 #1

It actually is a giant pain in the ass for them AngryAmish Mar 2012 #2

Yay! Shadowflash Mar 2012 #3

The politicization of SWIFT is incredibly short-sighted. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #4

You are spot on with your assessment. +1 Purveyor Mar 2012 #5

+1 (n/t) Nihil Mar 2012 #8

+1 harun Mar 2012 #10

SWIFT is just a secure messaging network used mostly (but not exclusively) for Fool Count Mar 2012 #6

Great way to win hearts and minds. nanabugg Mar 2012 #7

That won't have any effect on oil prices at all. librechik Mar 2012 #9