Iran. Nuff said.
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Iran's economy in freefall. They've got some of the biggest oil and gas reserves in the world, but they're freezing this winter because the regime spent all their infrastructure money on Hezbollah.
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Iran’s energy crisis hits ‘dire’ point as industries are forced to shut down
Iran has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Iran's rial hits a record low, battered by regional tensions and an energy crisis
The Iranian rial has fallen to its lowest level in history, losing more than 10% of value since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election in November.
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It's all relative. Ask some of our Floridian posters how they feel about mid-50s (F) weather that wouldn't even make us northerners pull out more than maybe a light jacket.
Mid-50s weather causes more panic down here than a Category 3.
Deserts do tend to go below freezing at night.
Trump has moved at least six B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia, from which they could bomb Iran without needing to overfly any other country.
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There are typically Trumpy unconfirmed / contradictory claims of a major meeting with the Iranian regime in Oman this Saturday. It is a direct meeting between America and Iran, though maybe it's indirect through intermediaries, and it is meant to negotiate a new nuclear deal, unless it isn't and is just stage-setting.
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Satellite images show multiple US B-2 nuclear-capable bombers deployed to Indian Ocean
Satellite images show US B-2 nuclear-capable bombers deployed to the Indian Ocean.
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There are typically Trumpy unconfirmed / contradictory claims of a major meeting with the Iranian regime in Oman this Saturday. It is a direct meeting between America and Iran, though maybe it's indirect through intermediaries, and it is meant to negotiate a new nuclear deal, unless it isn't and is just stage-setting.
State Department says talks with Iran are not a negotiation, will be direct
Ahead of expected talks between the U.S. and Iran, the State Department pushed back on the idea that the discussion would be a negotiation over Tehran's nuclear program.
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Summary: Israel really wanted to strike Iran now, when it is at its weakest point in decades. Trump vetoed that and insisted on negotiating a "new nuclear deal" instead, with the plausible threat of a joint strike if talks fail. Any deal would need a global enforcement structure run by multiple countries that could not possibly trust Trump and certainly shouldn't trust Iran either.
So if I understand you correctly: a joint strike with many extra steps.