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US withdrawing troops from key Middle East bases as precaution
- zerosizedweasle 9mo agoAnyone care to guess what this means?
- JumpCrisscross 9mo agoWe’re about to do something that may prompt Iranian missiles to target U.S. bases. Unlike last time [1], when we had one CVN in position, one in the vicinity [2], and Israel potting their launchers, this time [3] we’re expecting some may get through. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_Iranian_nuclear_sites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_Irani... [2] https://news.usni.org/2025/06/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-june-23-2025 https://news.usni.org/2025/06/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-... [3] https://news.usni.org/2026/01/12/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-jan-12-2026 https://news.usni.org/2026/01/12/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-...
- zerosizedweasle 9mo agoBingo, prepare for oil to skyrocket.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> prepare for oil to skyrocket I don’t think so. Worst case, we see the Brent-WTI spread widen. But an attack aimed at regime change carries the potential for sanctions release (even if, as in Venezuela, it’s a shuffling versus changing of guard).