General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIran is stalling till oil/economy really bites
Draining both strategic and commercial reserves, and the price of oil isn't skyrocketing- which isn't a good thing. What should really happen is demand destruction but instead we are headed towards a brick wall when everything will hit at once. They will keep jerking trumpo around for months.
sboatcar
(916 posts)And the Trump admin isn't self aware enough to realize it. Its not a good look for america, that we're getting slapped around by Iran, when we could have just left them alone and things would still be fine.
JCMach1
(29,264 posts)ImNotGod
(1,313 posts)in this country not seen since the civil war which will probably start another. All Iran needs to do is sit back and breakout the popcorn.
Beachnutt
(8,973 posts)the orange liar you know not to believe a damn thing that comes from the Whitehouse.
dalton99a
(96,126 posts)OC375
(1,200 posts)The risk for Iran now, is that often temporary fixes and workarounds can become the new norm in complex interconnected systems.
The system will try to compensate and fight to persist, and emerging systems struggle to gain share.
The system won't go back to what it was, that seems certain, at least to me.
Change for better or worse is inevitable after a certain point, I guess, is what I'm saying.
I'm hoping the planet isn't the biggest loser, and we build something better than a return to the status quo on energy as a weapon.
SamuelTheThird
(1,435 posts)China is ramping up coal use. So the planet will be the biggest loser