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by mdmf007 » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:10 pm
Theres no point to recall gold, our currency isnt tied to it - Copper on he other hand???? (we have used half of the easy copper to get at ore)
Things that will happen high on my probability list in 10-15 years?
How about, federalizing / ,militarizing of oil production?
with caps as to how much we are willing to pay for oil. I say 100 a barrel and there are riots, and we roll back oil prices to 85.00 and say thats all we will pay for it - What is opec to do? when their biggest client by far says "fuck off"? they will fold. we will place troops (more) in Saudi, to "Protect" oil supplies.
Picture this:
We invade Iran for whatever BS reason we can formulate -
they will make Iraq look like a weekend trip. 4000 US dead in 5 years? I bet we can do that every week in Iran.
Nothing would more polarize the region than invading Iran either, we lose bases in Saudi, and Qatar. Or we stay when they revoke lease and have a relationship like at Guantanamo, where we are unwanted squatters, by force.
Oil is embargoed on US(again), OPEC doesnt sell to us, leaving the Chinese to buy up all the cheap oil - as OPEC has to sell the low proced oil to someone. China likes the idea nad sells the TRILLIONS in us bonds they have been buying to prop up the dollar to increase Chinese - american sales, and our dollar drops like a stone. 4 USD to the Euro?
Gas in US hits 7 bucks a gallon, which makes beef, milk, fertilizer, diapers, medicines double in price as the cost to ship triples, Airfare from Seattle to LA normally 120 bucks hits 400.00 and a trip across country is in the thousands, power in the southeast (SO Cal, AZ, and every other state that relies on gas turbines for power brown out, or have rolling blackouts (2006?) to meet demand.
I can go on all day long - Iran is a nation it is better to get along with than against. Simply buy them off - its the american way. What do they want? give it to them. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Sound like a shitty policy or defeatism on my part? how about realism, and a clear picture of what is in store for us. We (the US ) IMHO have stretched any credibility eith the UN, and every head of state, as well as most citizens worldwide we will be doing Iran alone.
Everyone I talk to overseas is waiting for the next head of state in the US.
I truly believe that my parents generation (65+) is the first to leave the earth in worse shape than when they got it. I would like to see that trend reverse.
just four years ago, if you cut me in half I would gave bled GOP, and had red, white, and blue rings, in the shape of a "W" all the way around.
God, I think I am a liberal conservative now. My views have changed so much, it is mind boggoling to me too.
later .
One of the Meanie Greenies (Figjam 2013)
