| ▲ | mittensc 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
> Could be deliberate theater. The real plan is a containment and a slow economic collapse of Iran anyway. Doesn't seem like there's a coherent plan. What you are saying is the old plan from long before Trump, that was torpedoed. Going back to that is saying they've failed in whatever this was. Also that is iran's plan as well, survive while the US suffers and eventually gives up like Vietnam ... > If the EU and Japan pay higher energy costs, that is an added bonus for Trump. US also pays added costs... and Trump is hurting from that The only one profiting is China since they've mostly transitioned away from oil... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | elias_t 4 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> The only one profiting is China since they've mostly transitioned away from oil... They had to use their own oil reserves to regulate the market, where they win is in soft power | |||||||||||||||||
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