@echozerooo I know a guy from Vietnam who is probably 5'3". Competed in powerlifting, owned a gym, not sure what he does now; seems like personal training. He screwed.all kinds of women.
@MentORPHEUS I didn't say it was a victory. It will hurt him politically and lead to higher energy prices in the foreseeable future. And what I laid out is not in any media narrative.
I found the sudden concern about drug trafficking through Venezuela to be odd, as there are better targets to go after disrupt drug trafficking. I also found the Iran attack to be odd, and the 'Israel made him do it' claim doesn't withstand analysis. It makes sense now, though. The U.S. now decides who gets oil, and in the process it wrecked OPEC. That's a pretty profound change. I'm not saying it is bad or good, just reality, and to my knowledge that take isn't being reported anywhere.
I have not heard any Trump fans lay out this scenario... This is hardly Trump fanboy stuff.
My claim is that the reality playing out, runs counter to the claims of victory made by Trump and the sycophantic, zero analysis cheering of his every move by his fanboys.
Trump ran America off a financial and world stature cliff. This free fall period of pretending all is well won't last long.
When assessing events like these, you have to separate emotions and what you think should happen from the process
True or false: are the only cargoes exiting Hormuz despitetheUS blockade, getting settled in Yuan? What does this tell you about the gap between mainstream US narrative and reality?
UAE bailed on OPEC. Not surprising now that OPEC is essentially Saudi Arabia. Venezuela and Iran have the first and third largest reserves, respectively, and they no longer control their own production or sales.
@MentORPHEUS I have not heard any Trump fans lay out this scenario. And what you suggest isn't happening in the dollar and yuan markets. Quite the opposite in fact. When assessing events like these, you have to separate emotions and what you think should happen from the process. This is hardly Trump fanboy stuff.
As a result of U.S. actions in Venezuela and Iran, the U.S. is now a sort of energy monopolist.
In the fantasy world of Donald Trump and his fans, maybe. Current US/Israeli aggression, have already set in motion the end of the Petrodollar, and will precipitate the full emergence of the Petroyuan as the world's dominant oil transaction settlement currency.
Trump/Netanyahu's stupid war, has already put in motion a historical crash of the dollar. It's dead, but most Americans don't know this yet.
As a result of U.S. actions in Venezuela and Iran, the U.S. is now a sort of energy monopolist. Almost anyone who wants oil has to buy from the U.S. or get it through shipping channels controlled by the U.S. Oil exports have thus increased by something like 1 million barrels per day and are likely to rise quickly. I don't see lower exports coming anytime soon; this is going to be permanent to some extent.
Iran is majorly screwed. It's about to run out of storage capacity. IRGC leaders are transferring assets and making exile plans. And for practical purposes, for the foreseeable future, the U.S. will control Iran's oil, like it does Venezuela's, as well as control shipping in that area. That results in China and Europe (and others) facing a U.S. that has much more leverage than before.
If all of this smacks of piracy or mafia-like tactics, I won't argue with you. But that's reality; the media is getting the whole Iran thing very wrong. It will be interesting to see who cozies up to Russia.
Read More@Typo-MAGAshiv That's what I think too. I wasn't all that familiar with him before the shooting, but young people knew about him.
@Typo-MAGAshiv I don't think they are, and don't think there was any conspiracy from what I've seen. I'm just saying that the prevailing view of Israel being behind it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and that the GOP side of the uniparty has more of an interest in low turnout than Israel would. They spend their money on keeping people like Cornyn and Murkowski afloat, and it's better for them to be in the minority with Trump as president.
Israel's at no risk of its relatively modest funding being slashed no matter who is in charge. It's been known to back rabid anti-semites when it sees some strategic objective. Kirk wasn't on the radar of its lobbyists.
@MentORPHEUS We'll see what comes out at the trial. Israel's funding isn't all that large and wouldn't be affected by Kirk. A lot of anti-Israel dems are posturing and would keep the money flowing if push came to shove. That's why neither side will even attempt to do a budget. The GOP would have to explain why they are funding NGOs that start riots and want to destroy Western civilization, and Dems would have to explain why they are funding Israel.
