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WHEN WE ATTACK IRAN
Rumors of war abound on the Internet. And like most rumors they turn out to be unfounded. Like when I got all worked up over the Iranian Bourse a few years back ( or last year perhaps ). Iran was going to open an exchange for oil denominated in something other than dollars to cripple our economy. Of course it didn’t happen. What did happen was that several nations did take significant steps away from the dollar and into any other currency so as to hedge their bets. That didn’t get as much press. The abundant rumors of war are also likely to come of nothing. But what if they did unfold? There are several things you are going to want to do to be on the safe side.
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Why would we want to go to war with Iran? Who the heck knows. Why did we go to war with Iraq? Control of the oil? Keeping oil out of circulation to enrich the oil companies that elected Bush? A war time economy to keep us out of a Depression after the Tech Wreck? Logically there seems to be no good answer why we invaded Iraq. Afghanistan we can at least say harbored the Taliban, as convoluted as that logic is at least it is something. As far as Iraq goes only the powers jerking Bush’s strings know and they ain’t telling. I would imagine Iran would be more of the same reasoning. You might say we can’t get worked up about the possibility of invading Iran unless we can guess the reason, but if the inner workings of those enriching themselves off of our suffering are secret we can only guess at what is to come.
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There does seem to be a lot of naval activity directed towards Iran. And the Israelis have been a little too quiet. It is almost as if they are waiting for us to play our hand. Supposedly we were to have struck before Russia delivered their weapon system to Iran ( or Israel was anyway ). Perhaps for whatever reason we are waiting. Perhaps we are merely deploying most of our naval assets there to counter any threats from Iran into Iraq. Again, no one outside of the Beltway knows what is going on. I frankly don’t care at this point the ways or how’s. I just think if it does happen we are in for a lot more blowback than we got from Iraq.
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I think we can safely assume Iran already has nuclear weapons. That is probably not the real issue. And we know Russia has plenty to spare. If Russia is firmly on the side of Iran and doesn’t back down in a conflict we have the beginning of another Cold War with Russia. Perhaps neither of us can back down as Iran is the pivot point for deciding the future control of the remaining oil. This is a lot more deadly than attacking a two bit dictator with an old stockpile of mustard gas. But rather than getting upset over a possible nuclear war ( it has been possible for over fifty years ) let’s instead focus on the severe economic fallout of attacking Iran. Real fallout might be a threat, but I leave that for another day.
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The Iranians know we might attack them. They are prepared to block the oil shipping lanes in that event. It is going to be a lot easier to sink a few supertankers than a few battleships. And even though the oil not reaching our country would be only a fraction of what we use every day it would be enough to upset the whole applecart. We are a Just In Time Inventory economy. We see disruptions and shortages as soon as the smallest fraction of goods stops flowing. Remember, it only took less than 5% of oil imports being disrupted to give us the gas shortages in the 70’s ( we’ll leave out the government intervention making matters worse to simplify things ).
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The first thing after an attack expect the gas shortages to start and/or the prices to skyrocket. It would not be the worst idea to always keep a full gas tank and a few spare cans in the garage. At a minimum, do both those things as soon as you hear of an attack. Next would be food. I would assume coming food shortages if oil supplies are disrupted and do a lot of grocery shopping right after filling up my tank. The gas and the food will not go to waste, regardless of how much extra you get. You can’t lose even if nothing comes of it. If you were ultra-paranoid and serious about the emergency preparations you could do such things as stockpile more ammunition and other supplies such as bottled water. The important thing is to pencil it all out now.
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Get a piece of paper and make a list of how much money you get spare all at once. Then make a priority list of everything you will buy. If you can bike around town don’t even bother with the gas unless it will be for barter. If you have a lot of food stored just concentrate of gasoline. Whatever works for you. Perhaps you need to focus on filling up your propane bottles instead, for emergency heat. This is your “ I normally wouldn’t buy this crap all at once and strain my budget except if oil shortages are coming “ list. For now it is just a mental exercise. It won’t cost anything but your time. Waiting until after an attack occurs guarantees that you will run around in circles and stress and forget something vital. Don’t wait.
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