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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:14 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:14 pm to hawgfaninc
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:16 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:18 pm to Ailsa
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Do any of us know 100% of what's going on?
Well. Of course not.
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Who knows if any of it's true or just another conspiracy
I can answer this one.
I have a master's degree in international finance. I did a semester at Birkbeck College, London School of Economics (1997). I interned in the City that summer and I've worked in finance (mostly agricultural commodity trade and securitization).
So as far as the statement that Iranian oil is used as some sort of black market currency to provide liquidity to the synthetic collateralized debt obligation market, and thus is artificially propping up the balance sheets of most City firms....
That is complete and utter horseshite. Not true. Not close to true.
And not only not true conceptually, it's not even close to being true from a microeconomic standpoint.
If it was even true that let's say 1 million barrels every day was somehow washed through the books and used as a straddle block to cover someone's illicit calls... so fricking what? You're talking about a few billion USD at a time, at most?
Do you know the size of the overnight repo markets between the City and the Fed? It's trillions. Iran's oil isn't a rounding error to that market. The idea that it's propping the whole thing up is laughable.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:19 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:23 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:24 pm to hawgfaninc
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Islamic Republic terrorists' attack on a public gathering during the ancient and national #Chaharshanbe_Soori celebration in Chitgar #Tehran
According to witnesses, Islamic Republic terrorists, after firing shots at the people, were shining lasers at the chanters from the units, but were forced to flee upon the arrival of #Israel drones.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:26 pm to hawgfaninc
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Dear and proud nation of Iran!
To the Muslim peoples and the free people of the world:
"The servant of God has joined God."
Indeed, a servant from among the servants of God has joined his Lord as a martyr.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:26 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:35 pm to hawgfaninc
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I'm here with Israel's Defense Minister, our Chief of Staff, the head of the Mossad, the Chief of Air Force, our senior commanders. In the past 24 hours, we knocked out two of the terrorist chieftains, the top terrorist chieftains of this tyranny.
Our aircraft are hitting the terror operatives on the grounds, in the crossroads, in the city squares. This is meant to enable the brave people of Iran to celebrate the Festival of Fire.
So celebrate and Happy Nowruz. We're watching from above.
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:45 pm to hawgfaninc
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:01 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:05 pm to hawgfaninc
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Today, the Kingdom of Sweden becomes the first member of the European Union to sign the Pax Silica Declaration.
What is unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz right now is a lesson. Iran is deliberately weaponizing a single point of failure in the global economy to hold the world hostage through a narrow corridor of water. This lesson is not only about oil. It is about dependency. It is about what happens when the physical infrastructure of global civilization — the chokepoints, the corridors, the cables, the ports — becomes the battlefield.
Sweden is not merely a diplomatic partner. Sweden is a 5G power. Ericsson — born in Stockholm, built over 150 years of relentless engineering — is one of the only companies on Earth capable of building trusted, sovereign-grade 5G infrastructure at scale.
We are building the logistics architecture, the mineral supply chains, the refining capacity, the manufacturing redundancy, and the investment vehicles so that no adversary — ever — can weaponize a chokepoint and threaten our economies.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:06 pm to meansonny
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Obama attacked Iran with these weighted wooden pallets. They were flown in on a secret mission. The pallets were weighted down with dollars. Now dollars aren't very heavy, so Barry decided to stick a whole lot of them onto the pallets to inflict the most damage.
And it worked. The Iranian regime folded …
… those dollars and shoved them in their pockets.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:08 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:10 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:11 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:12 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:13 pm to hawgfaninc
Just a couple of random thoughts after catching up -
I'm betting dollars to donuts Mojtaba is dead and has been for days. I mean, come on. He hasn't been seen in public, hasn't put out any statements other than a tweet days ago to prove he is alive and give hope to his followers, can't even meet with the president. Dude is dead.
They'd be flaunting video statements from him in their most secure and secret bunkers if he was alive, just to rub it in Trump's face since that's how they operate.
Second - this "excursion" has led me to the opinion that the B-1 Lancer is probably the most badass plane in existence, just slightly cooler than the B-2 spirit because it's so underrated. It can pin it's wings back midflight to fly as fast and maneuverable as a fighter while being able to carry the heaviest bomb load in our entire military, even more than dedicated bombers or heavy lift aircraft. 75,000 pounds of capability while the B-2 is slightly behind that at 70k
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