Iran

[LouderVol]

Thank you!

its always good to have that second, or third, "c" recognized.

 

[ButchPlz]

its always good to have that second, or third, "c" recognized.

Glute bridges and deadlifts really hitting lately.

 

[LouderVol]

Glute bridges and deadlifts really hitting lately.

GAINS

 

[ButchPlz]

GAINS

Getting caked up is my #1 life goal.

 

[Orangeslice13]

OMG, 11 weeks, much of which is a cease fire, and folks are checking their panties.

When we’re still bogged down in this mess 10 years from now people will still be grasping their pearls.

We don’t start this **** without being in it for decades. It’s the American way

 

[FLVOL_79]

Uh, one F-35 is like a $100 mil. An F-4 cost around $2 mil. We've lost four fighters, three to friendly fire and a couple transports. We lost 10,000 aircraft in Vietnam.
What a load of crap. Headlines and sound bites that's all you people are. It's all and y'all are s.

52 aircraft damaged or lost. Iran flew drones into a f##kton of bases holding helicopters and 130s and did tons of damage. 29 billion dollars. Learn to read.

 

[WaywardVol]

52 aircraft damaged or lost. Iran flew drones into a f##kton of bases holding helicopters and 130s and did tons of damage. 29 billion dollars. Learn to read.

All this is to make milquetoast Americas clutch their pearls. Dont worry about the Somalis getting billions. A refueling plane has a cracked windshield.

 

[rikberry31]

52 aircraft damaged or lost. Iran flew drones into a f##kton of bases holding helicopters and 130s and did tons of damage. 29 billion dollars. Learn to read.

You're counting drones that are all on a one way mission. How much would 52 planes cost if we lost them, a lot more than 29 mil.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Once again this crap is going to linger on for ever. We never should have attacked without the courage to do what it takes to win. Until we turn the power off and make life difficult over there it’s going to be a cluster F***

I don’t think the USA will ever reach this point unless the homeland is actually attacked.
The divide is too wide and one side or the other will be crying over atrocities and etc. just like they are now over the school that was hit.
This is why I think the US should back up Israel and let them go to work.

 

[EasternVol]

Don't they have one of the oldest Jewish populations in the ME in a big enclave within their borders?

I think so. Though a lot of them left after 79.

 

[EasternVol]

LOL

Considering the population was well over 100k prior to the revolution I'd say the genocide and ethnic cleansing has been successful.

What genocide? I doubt the world would have overlooked something like that.

 

[Vol737]

Everyone is talking about gas prices and inflation generally spiking due to the Iran war, but do not lose sight of what is happening to US Treasury yields. Today they hit the highest level in 19 years.

I do not claim to be an expert but be aware that the UAE has informally started floating to us the idea of getting a currency swap line from the U.S. Treasury, and Kuwait is expected to follow suit. Such a swap is intended to provide a credit line to those countries, whose income has suddenly come to a halt.

Trump administration discussing currency swap line with United Arab Emirates

Such a move would provide liquidity in dollars to the oil-rich UAE, but could be politically tenuous for the administration amid higher prices at home.

www.cnbc.com

Short run, we get a rate of return on the line. But its modest. And the real reason we do it is that if we don't, those countries' banks have to sell their US Treasury bonds. And if they do that, particularly in a short time frame, they will crush the US (and world economies) because any buyers will insist on buying the bonds at a discount. That, in turn, means we have to raise the yield dramatically on the bonds we auction off -- because otherwise buyers will just buy the discounted face value of the bonds on the open market.

This is a potential calamity which, if it occurs, could cause European markets and Asian markets do to the same thing -- sell our Treasury bonds. We won't be able to sell any at auction.

The First Domino Has Fallen

The cascade we predicted in Two Wars is starting.

jaymartin.substack.com

With this as the backdrop, ask yourself what the significance is of Trump traveling to China with 18 CEOs and six of them being from the biggest financial institutions in the US?

 

[NashVol11]

"I get a kick"

 

[Delmar]

"I get a kick"

No different attitude than “I don’t think about Americans’ financial issues.”