re: What have we gained? RE: Iran War

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what are you expecting to gain in the middle of it?

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So when do you think it will be over. I remember when the administration said it would last four to six weeks. What are we looking at now?

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While China relied upon Iran for maybe a smaller portion of its oil related products they did rely on a free passage through there regardless of which port in whichever nation they were getting commodities.

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The world relied on free passage through the Strait.

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Higher Oil
Higher Gas
Higher Inflation

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What do you gain when you put money aside for retirement? Less money to spend, right?

We have radically reduced Iran’s ability for mischief, which they were quietly building into a global threat. And the conflict isn’t over.

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We have radically reduced Iran’s ability for mischief, which they were quietly building into a global threat. And the conflict isn’t over.

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When do you anticipate it could be over?

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Another person who has no idea how the world works. "It's not in my backyard so why should I care?"

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the idea of "America First" sure went to shite.

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So when do you think it will be over. I remember when the administration said it would last four to six weeks. What are we looking at now?

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I don’t know, but it’s a war not a video game. It’s a war, we are in it, and you don’t gain anything in a war until it’s over. And you sure as hell shouldn’t back down because gas prices are higher, that’s their leverage which they are using to the fullest.

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last I checked

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Do you really check ? You sound like a high school girl saying that.

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I don’t know, but it’s a war not a video game. It’s a war, we are in it, and you don’t gain anything in a war until it’s over.

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Ok, so we miscalculated this thing, which we all know, but I’m glad that you admit. What does “over” look like?

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Ok, so we miscalculated this thing, which we all know, but I’m glad that you admit. What does “over” look like?

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That’s not what I said. I simply said that the expectation of a war is not to incrementally gain things in the middle as if it’s a raid.

I imagine it will be over when we say it is.

Boy, you hit all the major talking points here. It reads like a script from Fox News:

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We have significant economic interests in the middle east, and Iran having nuclear weapons threatens all of that

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Who is this “we” you speak of? Do you and I or your neighbor across the street have any true stake economically in the Middle East? Are you a military contractor or someone else in the very small group who stands to benefit financially from anything happening in the Middle East?

My guess is you’re not, but you and I sure as shite will be chipping in for the bill with our tax dollars, in addition to getting double taxed with the added inflation. Our government meddling over there has never resulted in anything good for the American people. Isn’t that who MAGA is supposed to be for?

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Europe, last I checked, was not in our backyard, either, but we sure went there to take out the Nazi's, and no one complained. Everyone knew what was at stake if the rising enemy was left unchecked

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This is such an apples to oranges comparison. Is Iran invading and occupying most of Europe? For 30 years Netanyahu has been on script saying they’re “weeks away” from developing a nuke and using it on us.

Either weeks last decades in Iran or he’s been lying, trying to goad us into taking out HIS country’s greatest threat.

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Now, we've got a bunch of whiners who know nothing about anything, opining about everything.

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Ok boomer. You really schooled us in geopolitics today. Keep gobbling down the same narrative fed to us during the Iraq war like your pre afternoon nap jello.