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KY_EnviroGuy

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12. There's a risk the big guys could start cutting loose the dollar.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2020, 11:52 PM

Jan 2020

If we piss off enough people, some big guys could start shedding dollar holdings big time.

One nation cannot go around whipping half the world with its big stick while offering few carrots for very long.....

Another international form of sanctions.....

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Trump Administration Drafts Sanctions Against Iraq [View all] RandySF Jan 2020 OP

Burning bridges with napalm Ferrets are Cool Jan 2020 #1

He's hoping the burning bridges light the way Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #5

OMG . . . Iliyah Jan 2020 #2

Insanity jberryhill Jan 2020 #3

Master negotiator at work. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #4

Was this another Vlad directive? Cuz nobody else would benefit from it. Girard442 Jan 2020 #6

This is a big mistake. berni_mccoy Jan 2020 #7

can the house pass any resolution to stop this? Takket Jan 2020 #8

The final fuck you to Iraq after all that has happened and our role in Iraq Pachamama Jan 2020 #9

I am horrified lunasun Jan 2020 #13

Iraq's response to Trump wanting to charge them for the Baghdad Airport etc. should be to hand him a Pachamama Jan 2020 #14

He is building a coalition safeinOhio Jan 2020 #10

I found this interesting website explaining the process for imposing sanctions. alwaysinasnit Jan 2020 #11

There's a risk the big guys could start cutting loose the dollar. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #12

Is this fucking FOR REAL? I should of stayed in bed. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR NT UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #15