And the stupidity on Iran begins in the Senate.

By a Democrat no less. Senator Bayd of Indiana proposed a worldwide halt on gasoline exports to Iran. As mentioned before, Iran imports half of the petroleum it uses. Also, it is seeking to build its own refineries, which implied a current lack of gasoline refining, or at least international dependence for it.

Does this affect the radical Iranian government? Or does it really hurt the economy and the people. If the people can't work, they can't eat. Gasoline take people to work, takes good to people, and runs select businesses like taxi, shipping, construction, etc. Losing the support of Iranians, like we did when we couldn't stop looting in Iraq (had to protect the oil wells instead), is a terrible way to begin our "diplomacy" in Iran. I hope a Democrat will be bold enough to slow the process of punishing Iran, and accept the invitation to resume talks.