U.S. Politics

[John Corbett]

If the Iranians refuse to come to terms with Trump, we need to just bomb them back to the Stone Age. We don't want to destroy their oil production because that would have the same effect on oil prices as closing the Strait of Hormuz except it would be a long term effect. 20% of the world's oil passes through the Strait and 3/4 of it, which is 15% of the world's oil supply, is Iranian oil so a longterm destruction of their oil facilities would send prices sky high for many years to come. Blockading their exports will starve them of their revenue while keeping their oil infrastructure in place for the next regime.

[Royell Storing]

If the Iranians refuse to come to terms with Trump, we need to just bomb them back to the Stone Age. We don't want to destroy their oil production because that would have the same effect on oil prices as closing the Strait of Hormuz except it would be a long term effect. 20% of the world's oil passes through the Strait and 3/4 of it, which is 15% of the world's oil supply, is Iranian oil so a longterm destruction of their oil facilities would send prices sky high for many years to come. Blockading their exports will starve them of their revenue while keeping their oil infrastructure in place for the next regime.

   Terrorists have the same mentality as the WW 2 kamikaze's. If you want to preserve the "oil facilities", you will need manpower on-the-ground to suddenly/immediately take it over. Otherwise, they will blow everything up. They just don't care.

[John Corbett]

It appears likely that hostilities will resume when the ceasefire expires on Wednesday. There might be one more  round of negotiations but one would have to be an incurable optimist to think anything will come of it. Friday, the Iranians announced the Strait of Hormuz would reopen only to be rescinded the next day. Whether it was just a ploy to get the US to lift the blockade of Iranian ports or the IRG overruling the deal made by negotiators, it's clear those negotiators do not speak for the regime.

As soon as the ceasefire expires, we should unload on them. Destroy their bridges. Destroy their powerplants. Whatever it takes to bring them to their knees. Best case scenario is we have intelligence that tells us where their military leaders are and decapitate their leadership. Keep killing their military leaders until we get down to a level where we get someone calling the shots who thinks martyrdom is overrated. Let's give the current leaders their 72 virgins ASAP.

One thing that has always puzzled me about the promise of 72 virgins is that they have to last an eternity and they are only going to be virgins once.

[Tom Graves]

It appears likely that hostilities will resume when the ceasefire expires on Wednesday. There might be one more  round of negotiations but one would have to be an incurable optimist to think anything will come of it. Friday, the Iranians announced the Strait of Hormuz would reopen only to be rescinded the next day. Whether it was just a ploy to get the US to lift the blockade of Iranian ports or the IRG overruling the deal made by negotiators, it's clear those negotiators do not speak for the regime.

As soon as the ceasefire expires, we should unload on them. Destroy their bridges. Destroy their powerplants. Whatever it takes to bring them to their knees. Best case scenario is we have intelligence that tells us where their military leaders are and decapitate their leadership. Keep killing their military leaders until we get down to a level where we get someone calling the shots who thinks martyrdom is overrated. Let's give the current leaders their 72 virgins ASAP.

One thing that has always puzzled me about the promise of 72 virgins is that they have to last an eternity and they are only going to be virgins once.

Is The Traitorous Orange Bird (rhymes with Xxxx") giving you and Storing tips on when to go short and when to go long?

[John Corbett]

Is The Traitorous Orange Bird (rhymes with Xxxx") giving you and Storing tips on when to go short and when to go long?

Neither Trump nor I gives a crap about the short term effects on the stock market of our actions against Iran. Neither should anyone who is in the market for the long term. Day traders worry about short term moves but they are essentially gamblers, not investors. To them the market is a casino. Risk goes with the territory for those people and I'm not the least bit concerned about them. After rallying on Friday's news of the the Strait being opened, the market shrugged off the closing of it the following day. I think investors realize this is coming to a resolution whether through negotiations or forced capitulation by Iran. Heads we win, tails Iran loses. This is going to end one way or another and it won't be on Iran's terms. 

Trump is doing what he knows is right for the long-term security of the US. He could have easily ignored the rising risk of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons to put on ICBMs that would threaten the US and just about every other country in the world. That's what his predecessors did while Iran was allowed to get closer and closer to having weapons grade enriched uranium. He risked political capital for the midterms in order to keep the US safe. History will judge Trump far more kindly than present day pundits.
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