If Iran went to the Euro right now

[Hardrada]

would Bush have to attack at once?? I wonder what validity this economic argument has.

[SmokingJacket]

1. I've been reading a lot on this, and no one is sure.

Iran is starting a bourse, which is a kind of alternative to the stock market, just for oil. They haven't yet started (will in march), but it's not clear if they really will use the euro or not.

And if they DO use the euro, economic people seem somewhat divided on how problematic it will be for the US. Personally, I'm more convinced that it will be a big problem. But I've never taken so much as an Intro to Econ class...

I believe it is true that Iraq threatened to trade oil in euros shortly before we attacked.

[havocmom]

2. Iran's Oil Brouse to start in March. Interesting that March is the time

the junta harps on re Iran's nuclear tests...

Makes one think Iran's 'Nuclear Option' as the junta trys to sell it has more to do with $$ than any real arms deadline.

Don't most international experts say Iran is a long way from weapons development? But there is all this March Madness going on with drum beating and doom scenerios.

Frankly, with the neocons and PNACers, more interest in protecting the $$ than any particular population noted.

[katty]

3. March is the 'deadline' per saber rattling...all about the dollar&oil

[tatertop]

7. Petro Euro here you come

China, Russia, Japan, Europe and others will be
able to unload dollars. They see the road we are on.
That's gonna hurt the American people.
Bush will clean up like a bandit.

What a ratfuck.

[FloridaPat]

4. Israel will do the invasion and bombing and then * will come to

the aid of Israel. We get in through the back door. No US. No congress. No authorization needed.

[tatertop]

6. God, how I hope that is not the case

[loudsue]

10. You hit that nail on the head! Israel has already signed on to be the

"bad guys" to start the thing, in case the bush cabal can't "sell it" to the American people in the nic of time.

These two countries will NOT allow the bourse to open, if there is ANY WAY IN HELL they can prevent it, and they're doing all they can to beat the war drums.

And they plan to use nukes. They've already told us that's what they're going to do.

It feels like the build-up to the Fallujah massacre a couple of years ago in Iraq....we KNEW it was coming, and there wasn't a damned thing we could do to stop them. They LEVELLED Fallujah, just because they could. It was not that strategic, but they needed the war game practice.

If Iran's Oil Bourse were to open in peace, it would be the beginning of the end of the dollar hegemony on the world stage.

:kick::kick::kick::kick:

[insanity]

5. Are you suggesting that economic interests have impact on our war policy?

Because any person with common sense would figure out there is no connection between the two. GOD GUYS, Halliburton's stock increasing by an order of almost 4000 % have nothing to do with Dick Cheney. :sarcasm:

[Hardrada]

8. I just wonder how closely intertwined they are?

And I am not very clear on the transition to the Euro by Iran. Would that hurt us?

[insanity]

9. Yes

It weakens the dollar.