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Could be a good way to boost the economy amidst a trade war while simultaneously doubling-down on protectionism. On the one hand we usually profit from wars, on

Could be a good way to boost the economy amidst a trade war while simultaneously doubling-down on protectionism. On the one hand we usually profit from wars, on the other hand we lose trading partners when we do our usual human rights violations shtick. I predict this is a ploy to try to get us into a war, so Trump can have his third term, rejecting calls to step down "because we're at war". It's a little early, but our kids are already used to being in 20-year-long pointless wars in the Middle East.

PeterHolzwarth 1y ago
On the contrary, nobody wants a nuclear armed Iran. It's been an open not-even-secret for decades that America is very active, on many fronts, in trying to delay or remove Iran's growing capability to create nuclear weapons.
- lunarboy 1y ago
  That Trump's own appointed Head of Intelligence denied? The least republicans can do is align their own fucking story.
  - PeterHolzwarth 1y ago
    That would help, but it doesn't change the fact that America and the broader west has been working hard for decades to counter Iran's nuclear weapons program.
  - OfficeChad 1y ago
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- OhioMan2943 1y ago
  By now, most people trust a nuclear armed stable iran over an erratic, war hungry nuclear armed israel
mandmandam 1y ago
> we usually profit from wars That's a huge lie, if 'we' is to be read as 'Americans' and not 'the 1%'. 78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck [0]. 'We' - taxpayers - 'spent' trillions and trillions of dollars on war in the middle east. What was the return on investment? We could have housed every American, eliminated student debt, gone 100% clean energy, and ended world hunger; with change left over. 0 - https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024/ https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-pa...
Findecanor 1y ago
I think the contrary. Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which more than a quarter of the world's oil gets shipped. The world price of oil is then expected to go up, and the US economy is very oil-dependent. Other oil producers would profit from this, ... including Russia's state-run oil company, which would help them fund their war in Ukraine.

PeterHolzwarth 1y ago

On the contrary, nobody wants a nuclear armed Iran. It's been an open not-even-secret for decades that America is very active, on many fronts, in trying to delay or remove Iran's growing capability to create nuclear weapons.

lunarboy 1y ago
That Trump's own appointed Head of Intelligence denied? The least republicans can do is align their own fucking story.
- PeterHolzwarth 1y ago
  That would help, but it doesn't change the fact that America and the broader west has been working hard for decades to counter Iran's nuclear weapons program.
- OfficeChad 1y ago
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OhioMan2943 1y ago
By now, most people trust a nuclear armed stable iran over an erratic, war hungry nuclear armed israel

mandmandam 1y ago

> we usually profit from wars That's a huge lie, if 'we' is to be read as 'Americans' and not 'the 1%'. 78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck [0]. 'We' - taxpayers - 'spent' trillions and trillions of dollars on war in the middle east. What was the return on investment? We could have housed every American, eliminated student debt, gone 100% clean energy, and ended world hunger; with change left over. 0 - https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024/ https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-pa...

Findecanor 1y ago

I think the contrary. Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which more than a quarter of the world's oil gets shipped. The world price of oil is then expected to go up, and the US economy is very oil-dependent. Other oil producers would profit from this, ... including Russia's state-run oil company, which would help them fund their war in Ukraine.