Misc This Means WAR

[Arcc]

It appears that the main reason Iran is firing at Gulf countries is higher oil prices. They figure that higher oil will eventually get Trump to stop attacking due to pressure at home. Two things that Trump loves to brag about are higher stocks and lower gasoline plus the inflation related to higher gas prices upsets most folks, especially because Trump ran on lowering inflation and America 1st. Gas is up >50% here over just last month or so!

One law on global commodities that I would like to see, if you speculate on future prices such as oil and thus raise the cost of gas to profit or hedge, you must drop the price as fast or refund the cost associated with said speculation should tell future cost not come to fruition.

One of things that burn me up the most is how fast costs get passed on to the consumer yet how slowly they trickle back down when oil prices drop.

 

[YetAnotherRDUGuy]

Everyone wants a short war, obviously. I want to believe this could be one, but I’m just not feeling it. No one starts wars with the intention of going on for years—at least not westernized democracies. The Iraq War didn’t started with the intention of going on “forever”. (I hate to bring that one up, but you kinda have to...)

Just thinking out loud, the best case for this one being short is internal regime change. The other scenarios are domestic pressure to stop the war forcing our leadership’s hand, or congressional interference. Barring any of that, you’re putting troops on the ground in a country twice the population of Iraq in a country hostile to us since 1979 (and arguably earlier), and without international coalition. I know our military is the greatest in the world, but it’s the regime change that gives me pause. We don’t exactly have a great history in that area. (especially in the Middle East)

 

[lexxnchloe]

Everyone wants a short war, obviously. I want to believe this could be one, but I’m just not feeling it. No one starts wars with the intention of going on for years—at least not westernized democracies. The Iraq War didn’t started with the intention of going on “forever”. (I hate to bring that one up, but you kinda have to...)

Just thinking out loud, the best case for this one being short is internal regime change. The other scenarios are domestic pressure to stop the war forcing our leadership’s hand, or congressional interference. Barring any of that, you’re putting troops on the ground in a country twice the population of Iraq in a country hostile to us since 1979 (and arguably earlier), and without international coalition. I know our military is the greatest in the world, but it’s the regime change that gives me pause. We don’t exactly have a great history in that area. (especially in the Middle East)

There will be no troops on the ground. Its possible i suppose that if we find a large number of regime terror leaders in one place in a remote area we could use special forces to kill them and leave.

 

[Snowfan]

 

[Snowfan]