As I watch us slowly go into war with Iran, I think about the dollar and its significance in our foreign policy. I always tell people that the war in Iraq was not about oil it was about the currency that oil is denominated in.
Today we are talking about bombing Iranian bomb factories (the irony is hilarious) over our currency - the dollar. Now I don't want to get into what is right and wrong, because honestly I am not sure. I know killing in the name of money is morally reprehensible, but at some point the dollar does become a matter of national security - because we have let it get to that point.
This point of this blog is to provide a viewpoint and news that is uncorrelated with the general public. That being said, I do NOT believe in invading Iran because of nuclear ambitions - quite frankly because I don't think they have them or are as capable as they are made out by our leaders. I do NOT believe in invading Iran because of IED's, for the pure fact that we shouldn't have our troops in Iraq to begin with. But I do believe that the debate should be based on reality. Our tax dollars go towards such a military pursuit and it is no coincidence that the Iran acceleration happened in line with news such as this. Please note that the events in Iraq came after news such as this. We won't attack those who are doing business with us like Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, but those who we benefit from just simply doing business - countries who have to deal in dollars and therefore pump them through our banks and into our financial system - Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Venezuela.
These are scary times where we are putting economic prosperity over national security and global geopolitical stability and unless we confront the truth we will forever be enslaved to our own rosy world view.
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