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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 02:28 PM
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Pretty soon Iran no longer takes US dollars for oil. Is this the real reason
bushco wants to invade Iran ? I think it is.

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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 02:35 PM
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1. Excellent point!
This could hurt our beloved USA Investor Class who are invested in the Oil Markets.

They will use "The Euro."

I wonder what would be the financial ramifications for the USA?
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 02:37 PM
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2. Well to put it mildly
the dollar would take a major shit.
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april Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 02:38 PM
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3. Thank you
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 03:29 PM
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4. That and a question of routing for a gas pipeline
Or has Big Suck, err, Gas & Oil bagged that plan?
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Gryphons Eyre Donating Member (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 04:01 PM
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5. ***THIS IS BIG!***
Just like Saddam Hussein before them, Iran is attempting to do something which is one of the two primary events that will precipitate U.S. bankruptcy. This is a huge incentive for U.S. aggression toward Iran!

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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 06:21 PM
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6. Any country that can suck a hundred billion out of the US economy
by changing oil currency is going to be bombed or invaded by bushco. These greedy fucks would destroy half the earth to keep their money coming in.
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lastknowngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 11:35 PM
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7. They have been saying this for over 2 years it's just a ploy. It would
be a major blow to the dollar and remember saddam made the same mistake just before the neocons made up this war
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 11:47 PM
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8. A few countries are trading oil in Euros
There has been a gradual shift over the last year fron USD to Euros, so far amounting to a few percent... but this has pushed the US dollar down.
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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 01:05 AM
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9. Isn't this why we went into Iraq?
Didn't Saddam threaten to switch to the Euro?
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