Bragg's Doomometer

[BraggSurvivor]

As most of you know, my doomometer has gone more doomy over the last six months.

Why?

I think at a minimum we're guaranteed a spell of hyperinflation.
That alone is not going to be pretty.

Worse. I'm now pretty convinced that we're simply not going to be able to avoid a war with Iran. The powers that be want it so badly it's going to happen.

Quite frankly though, the US military could probably destroy Iran militarily that means our world as we know it comes to an end.
It likely means 4% of the world's oil (Iran) is offline for at least a decade and possibly as much as 25% of the world's oil will be offline during the conflict.

We will get to $10 a gallon soon enough but if we make war with Iran it will cause $6-$15 a gallon overnight.

THEN combine that shiitstorm with hyperinflation.

Can you imagine what that would be like?
I shudder to think.

Your thought? Possibility?

[rebel]

Yes. Good. In past confrontations only the ruthless won when they returned the brutality.

So, in my Machiavellian sense of right and wrong..."make grandma scream". Then it will end.

[Sam Reeves]

As most of you know, my doomometer has gone more doomy over the last six months.

Why?

I think at a minimum we're guaranteed a spell of hyperinflation.
That alone is not going to be pretty.

Not to mention Americans face being underbid by immigrant workers who will work for peanuts. Meanwhile they put a strain on our social services while they learn to adjust to our laws or we learn to assimilate to THEIR culture. Which ever comes first.

Worse. I'm now pretty convinced that we're simply not going to be able to avoid a war with Iran. The powers that be want it so badly it's going to happen.

Personally I believe alto of our problems would be solved if Israel and Iran just nuked each other. Israel is a nation of traitors and Iran is a nation of Idiots. We should just turn our backs and let the fur fly for awhile.

Quite frankly though, the US military could probably destroy Iran militarily that means our world as we know it comes to an end.

I'm not sure the U.S. can whip Iran without losing it's military superiority.

It likely means 4% of the world's oil (Iran) is offline for at least a decade and possibly as much as 25% of the world's oil will be offline during the conflict.

I'm not sure this conflict will ever have a happy ending. If the house to house fighting in Iraq is bad what will it be like in Iran?

We will get to $10 a gallon soon enough but if we make war with Iran it will cause $6-$15 a gallon overnight.

I think we will be paying $6-$7 for gas in a year or two anyway due to domestic issues. We got to have some way of getting the funds to feed the world's tired, cold and hungry.

[Chicago Dan]

Despite the high cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?

[dragonjimm]

youve got some good points but i wonder what china and north korea will be doing during all this.


you also have to remember that one reason for the hike in oil prices is third world countries now have a use for it as they try to increase their own industries. with that much oil outta of production, oil will go through the highest bidder so $10 a gallon may be cheap

[Sourdough]

Bragg, I have invested all my money in cheap TEQUILA, cheap BEER, expensive wives, and Rock River AR-15's; if the end is near.......I say bring it on.......I am ready to rock and roll. (Please hurry there are only six cases of Jose Cuervo left).

One life is enough, if you do it right..............

[Teotwawki]

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[Rick]

Early on, I questioned whether Iraq might be a staging for both Iran and Syria. Now, I'm convinced it is not.

1. The ability to sustain a third front just isn't there. We may have the desire but not the ability.

2. Politically, we could not take on Iran. Not with elections only months away.

[Teotwawki]

Agree with Rick.

Politically, a U. S. strike on Iran is probably not doable.

More likely would be an Israeli strike. If that happens it will happen in June. Iran's rainy season begins in July and lasts until September - makes an accurate strike more difficult from what I have read. I believe some intelligence estimates that September will be too late to prevent Iran from achieving their nuclear weapons goal. Plus, if this comes from Israel, U. S. politics plays in as well... right now they would probably get at least a back room nod... after the election who knows.

If something happens re Iran, I think it will be this month and the strike will come from Israel. Wouldn't be the first time.

[Beo]

Quite frankly though, the US military could probably destroy Iran militarily that means our world as we know it comes to an end.
It likely means 4% of the world's oil (Iran) is offline for at least a decade and possibly as much as 25% of the world's oil will be offline during the conflict.
We will get to $10 a gallon soon enough but if we make war with Iran it will cause $6-$15 a gallon overnight.

Not if we take the oil once we kick their azz, problem is we don't take the spoils of war, my frame of mind is "To the victor go the spoils" and then have the navy escort those tankers back here.

[Rick]

I thought it would have been a nice gesture if Iraq had supplied us with oil to offset the course of liberating the country. Then again, I'm an idealist.

[bulrush]

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Hilarious Teotwaki!

Exactly why do the "Powers What Is" want to go to war with Iran? Oh, that nuclear power station rumor? I thought the rumor about Iraq getting weapons-grade uranium was found to also be a (forged) rumor?

Isn't all of Iran's saber rattling just...saber rattling? It doesn't mean anything. Just how many times have they invaded a sovereign country or taken military action against another country. All the rumors of Iran support extremist groups in Iraq, aren't they just rumors?

[crashdive123]

So let me see if I understand. Let's say you've been out hiking in the woods. You decide to set up camp for a couple of days and do a little hunting. You grab your favorite rifle, and off you go. You run into a guy in the woods - he seems pleasant enough. You say hello. He says "I'm going to kill you and take all of your stuff." So that's what? Sabre rattling? Doesn't mean anything? Good luck with that. When somebody tells me they are or are not going to do something, I tend to believe them.

[trax]

Despite the high cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?

Well, in my case, I can't afford to die until I'm 108 years old, unless I want to leave my debtload to my grandchildren (smile kids, Poppa's got something for you in his will!)

[Teotwawki]

Hilarious Teotwaki!

Thanks

Exactly why do the "Powers What Is" want to go to war with Iran? Oh, that nuclear power station rumor? I thought the rumor about Iraq getting weapons-grade uranium was found to also be a (forged) rumor?

The nuclear power station is not a rumor - Iran does not deny that they have a nuclear enrichment program.

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The only thing in dispute - Iran maintains that it is for civil nuclear power. The "powers what is" I suppose must be worried that the enrichment is for production of nuclear bombs. Seems a legitimate concern to me.

"Israel is not going to wait until the first nuclear bomb is going to be dropped on Israel." - Avi Dichter, Israeli Minister for Public Security

Israel has said a strike on Iran will be "unavoidable" if the Islamic regime continues to press ahead with alleged plans for building an atom-bomb. June 6, 2008

Some statements of Ahmadinejad:

“I warn you to abandon the filthy Zionist entity, which has reached the end of the line.”

“The ones who still support the criminal Zionists should know that the occupiers’ days are numbered.”

I could gather more but Ahmadinejad has stated over and over his desire to wipe Israel from the face of the earth.

Isn't all of Iran's saber rattling just...saber rattling? It doesn't mean anything. Just how many times have they invaded a sovereign country or taken military action against another country.

Saber rattling? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.


Military action in which Iran has been involved.

State sponsored terrorism? Remember the hostage crisis?

All the rumors of Iran support extremist groups in Iraq, aren't they just rumors?

Don't know 'bout that one.

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I wasn't saying I was a proponent of a strike against Iran (wasn't saying I'm not either). Just giving an little input relevant to the thread.

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[Sam Reeves]

Meanwhile Israel has more nukes than the whole UK.

Why does Israel need to be the only Middle Eastern nation with freaking nukes?

[crashdive123]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say because every other Middle Eastern nation says they want to wipe them off the face of the earth. Don't know for sure, but that would be my guess.

[wareagle69]

personally i nominate you as the number one troll here.

[crashdive123]

Who me????

[wareagle69]

nope BS.....