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The following article speculates on what the outcome of an Iranian invasion by the US might cost us, if our government were foolish enough to pursue it. It causes me great alarm that the neocons in power might actually think this is plausible.
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Oh no the liberals at truthout are predicting military outcomes again.
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In February of 2005, Iran and Syria agreed upon a mutual protection pact to combat "challenges and threats" in the region. This was a specific reaction to the American invasion of Iraq, and a reaction to America's condemnation of Syria after the death of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, which was widely seen as an assassination ordered from Damascus. An attack on Iran would trigger this mutual defense pact, and could conceivably bring Syria into direct conflict with American forces.
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Haha we could only be so lucky. That would leave only NK in the Axis.
Really Elphaba truthout clogs your mind. Why do you insist on using one of the most biased sorces of information you can find in order to start debate? You use an opinion piece at that, they don't even have to pretend to be objective.
This one was pretty funny though...
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Paul Craig Roberts, writing for The American Conservative, said in July of 2005 that "As a result of many years of persistent trade surpluses with the United States, the Japanese government holds dollar reserves of approximately $1 trillion. China's accumulation of dollars is approximately $600 billion. South Korea holds about $200 billion. These sums give these countries enormous leverage over the United States. By dumping some portion of their reserves, these countries could put the dollar under intense pressure and send U.S. interest rates skyrocketing. Washington would really have to anger Japan and Korea to provoke such action, but in a showdown with China - over Taiwan, for example - China holds the cards. China and Japan, and the world at large, have more dollar reserves than they require. They would have no problem teaching a hegemonic superpower a lesson if the need arose."
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He does know that #1, the GDP of the US is over 11 trillion, and two, China and Japan hate each other?