Wars & Rumors of Wars

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People profit from wars happening ------

OH NO NOT THAT PLEASE_ :LOL: ____another A EYE

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War profits primarily flow to
major defense contractors, private military companies, energy firms, and their shareholders through increased arms sales, military contracts, and resource control. Companies like Lockheed Martin, RTX (Raytheon), and Boeing see surging stock prices and immense profits during conflict.

  • Defense Contractors & Aerospace: Firms like Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman often see stock prices rise during conflicts, such as the 35% jump for Lockheed during the 2022 Ukraine invasion. Contracts are often issued for missiles and military equipment.
  • Private Military Companies (PMCs):Firms such as Wagner or Academi gain massive revenue from government contracts for protection and combat training.
    • Energy Corporations: Conflict often leads to higher oil prices and allows energy corporations to gain access to resources in war-torn regions.
    • Reconstruction Contractors: Companies hired to rebuild infrastructure after destruction, such as in Ukraine or the Middle East, receive significant government contracts.
    • Surveillance & Tech Firms: Cybersecurity and military technology companies, such as Palantir, see increased trading volume and profits as they provide data analysis tools to governments.
    • Financial Speculators & Investors: Major shareholders of defense and oil companies benefit from higher stock valuations, particularly when conflict is prolonged.
      Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Wars are rarely sustained just for strategic goals, but often by these economic interests who profit from instability, according to a Medium article by The Geopolitical Economist.
 
WhyCzar said:
and the taxpayers just keep on losing.

iran-cost-ticker.com

Iran War Cost Tracker — First Week Cost $11.3 Billion

The Pentagon told Congress the first week of the Iran war cost $11.3 billion. Track the running total in real time.
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It justifies tithing the bottom Li 'n ... Li being a Confucian creation from far east of here ... way around the tables ... and leaves the house bare at one point ...

Naked TU ths ... like seizers ... and we are pinched ...
 
WhyCzar said:
and the taxpayers just keep on losing.

iran-cost-ticker.com

Iran War Cost Tracker — First Week Cost $11.3 Billion

The Pentagon told Congress the first week of the Iran war cost $11.3 billion. Track the running total in real time.
iran-cost-ticker.com
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While Iran fights mostly with cheap (relatively) single use drones. As does Ukraine. There's a lesson that the US and other big powers continue to fail to learn, which is that determination and a cheap, sustainable war plan can beat an expensive, high tech operation over the long haul. Shock and awe only get you so far when your foe is determined to defend themselves and uses weapons that can be built in a garage from off the rack parts. Iran loses a drone, and they just build two more. The US loses a plane and you're looking at months to years to even get a replacement built.
 
Imagine in an underground war what can be produced out of sight. Consider some of the traps in Vietnam ... or even Canadian barrens ...

Can the heated stand the Kohl ... stuff remains unsaid ... stilled as ineffable ... things not spoken of ... and then?

Is that near sacred ... when the armies find themselves screwed like various armies encroaching on the colder domains of Europe ... Danes ... firepits and all ...
 
Military industrial complex stimulus cheques incoming.

Reported $200B Pentagon supplemental budget request for the US-Iran war.

President Trump's mixed rhetoric, emphasizing funding for munitions replenishment and daily operations amid claims of partial victories.
 
"Learn why ... !" It is why some people will learn nothing ... and the reason nothing does not change in their view. Under such double negatives some positive arrangements occur somewhere beyond us ... not here, as here all things are repaired and thus fixed! That's like stuck for good ... mental seizure!

You did know that thinking, knowledge and intellect is evil ... why ignorance, un knowing and emotions rage on this side of the red line ...

Is there a medium? Not likely because both extremes (radicalism) would terminate that ... in either case mediums wander and thus wrinkled surfaces everywhere in time ... Einstein's dippy gravity?

Do you suppose this pitted effect appears everywhere allowing matter to drop below horizons? Quite abstract if not an abnegation of what Is rael 'n space ...

Imagine spacy politicians in that chancy display ... add governing believers to such industry! That's inclusivity where the least of all are eliminated ... gold as ancient sinks heavily!

There's a projection that food will be worth more in a major chaos ... or leadership screw-up.
 
WhyCzar said:
When all else fails they will take you to war.
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This is significant.

And this is how the people who are really controlling this, pulling the strings—not just of Trump, but of Netanyahu as well, and all of the players at the table, Iran and Russia and China, all of them are pulled on the monetary level.

And if you can affect a changeover in the monetary paradigm itself, there is your new world order.

A new monetary order is coming into view,

A monetary order that may be commodity based for some time as needed.

Will it be a petroyuan world reserve?

Well, that’s certainly much up in the air.

I'll bet my bottom dollar, that it is going to be some form of digital currency tied to digital ID.

Connect the dots to everything else that is part of this agenda.

Through some stablecoin issuance, which is going to be the new replacement for the petrodollar?

Or something else entirely -- remains to be seen.

This is what the bottom line is IMO:

A changeover in world monetary paradigm that is going to have an effect on the entire global geopolitical calculus.
 
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The IEA published an overview of all demand-related policy measures that have been announced by governments
since the start of "the crisis".

Immediate actions to reduce demand:

1. Work from home where possible
Displaces oil use from commuting, particularly where jobs are suitable for remote work.

2. Reduce highway speed limits by at least 10 km/h
Lower speeds reduce fuel use for passenger cars, vans and trucks.

3. Encourage public transport
A shift from private cars to buses and trains can quickly reduce oil demand.

4. Alternate private car access to roads in large cities on different days
Number-plate rotation schemes can reduce congestion and fuel-intensive driving.

5. Increase car sharing and adopt efficient driving practices
Higher car occupancy and eco-driving can lower fuel consumption quickly.

6. Efficient driving for road commercial vehicles and delivery of goods
Better driving practices, vehicle maintenance and load optimisation can cut diesel use.

7. Divert LPG use from transport
Shifting bi-fuel and converted vehicles from LPG to gasoline can preserve LPG for cooking and other essential needs.

8. Avoid air travel where alternative options exist
Reducing business flights can quickly ease pressure on jet fuel markets.

9. Where possible, switch to other modern cooking solutions
Encouraging electric cooking and other modern options can reduce reliance on LPG.

10. Leverage flexibility with petrochemical feedstocks and implement short-term efficiency and maintenance measures
Industry can help free up LPG for essential uses while reducing oil consumption through quick operational improvements.
 
It is said that para troupers are being sent to the Middle East ... drop in solutions? Do not jump too quickly ... mad dashes are deadly ... yet some leaders dash about daily without a head ...

Myself ... I can't see it ... thus we move out ... thus one can look back on it!
 
Here are the list of demands reportedly being issued by the USA and Iran, according to multiple news outlets.

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Well, I see plenty of basis for an agreement there. This war should be over by Easter...



... 2099.

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Wars are rarely sustained just for strategic goals, but often by these economic interests who profit from instability
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Iran is organizing nationwide human chains of youth, athletes, and artists at every power plant in the country at 2 PM Tehran time, per Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth. The campaign is named "Human Chain of Iranian Youth for a Bright Future." Its slogan: "attacking public infrastructure is a war crime." International signage will be displayed for global media coverage. At least 2,000 NGO members are confirmed. The chains form 13 hours before Trump's 8 PM ET strike deadline. Iran is gathering civilians at the exact infrastructure the US has threatened, and televising it to the world.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041525498229014901

Note: The Dezful Bridge - If it is not technically the oldest usable bridge - is nevertheless a remarkable survivor of ancient Persian-Roman engineering and a symbol of resilience—fitting the context of the human chain in the original post. In terms of large historic arch bridges still somewhat functional, it’s among the elite few from antiquity.
 
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So they’re setting up their citizens as potentially direct martyrs in this war? That’s indicative of extreme religious fervour also.

Trump is unhinged. I don’t think this is the way to handle it. Also seems unhinged. I really hope they don’t get hit. It would be a war crime and devastating loss of and to Iranian people - and to the world. There’s so much ancient history there.
 
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WhyCzar said:
All citizens everywhere are potentially direct martyrs in every war as I see it.
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I was thinking that too, but for the government to organize these groups of civilians as human chains around potential bombing targets instead of prioritizing the safety of their people - I don’t think it’s okay. Symbolically or literally, it’s cruel to use them as human shields and if they believe it’s their religious duty it could be a dangerous escalation. Unless it makes Trump think twice and back off. That’s still possible.

If it was a grassroots effort that raises different concerns … but it isn’t. We don’t know what’s really going on. With Trump, or the Iranian regime, or what Israel’s next moves are. It’s a chaotic war and established rules are being broken. If the Iranian regime organizes a human chain around infrastructure that’s predicted to be hit, and if it happens, who has committed the war crime? (All of them? Who tries them for that?)
 
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Kimmio Laughterlove said:
it’s cruel to use them as human shields.
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Cruelty is not a one sided bargain.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that he hopes the outcome could still change if “different, smarter, and less radicalized” leaders of Iran prevail. “We will find out tonight,” he wrote, “one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned it would “deprive the United States and its allies of the region’s oil and gas for years” if Trump follows through on his threats. Officials called on young Iranians to form human chains around power plants.

Iran’s United Nations mission called Trump’s infrastructure threats “direct and public incitement to terrorize civilians and clear evidence of intent to commit war crime.” Human rights experts, including former Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth, said Trump was “openly threatening collective punishment, targeting not the Iranian military but the Iranian people,” which constitutes a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, NBC News reported.
 
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