Iran was just a matter of time. Bibi made Trump jump the gun.

Iran and North Korea were the last two big shut off countries. I hate it for both groups of people and NK is going to next to impossible to crack open.


Iran is like the Berlin Wall. It’s only a matter of time. Anyone under 50 (slightly younger than me) doesn’t remember the Revolution other than what they had drilled in their heads at school and, at this point, don’t care at all. They want blue jeans and rock n roll which is what really broke down The Wall*. Beatles & Rolling Stone albums were grooved into X-ray film so they could be snuck into Soviet Russia, often listened to in churches. The kids KNEW something was going on and they were missing it. They can’t travel. They have no access to the international banking system so they can’t order from Alibaba. Their internet and commerce is completely internal. There was a reporter my wife told me about earlier today (BBC/CNN/?) who said they had a lot of cash and they were headed out away from urban centers in Iran. Our cards don’t work there either. They are shut off and they are sick of it.

*that comes from a former G. I. I met in Germany. He worked on the General Services- Transportation Dept. Work was being done right up against the Wall. Tools were left leaning against the Wall. Bars started spilling out and someone, one guy, picked up a sledgehammer (said the epic two word phrase “____ it”) or pickaxe and started going at it. Others joined. The German cops didn’t want to join in on a bunch of drunk Germans so it kept going.