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Posted on 03/09/2026 7:04:51 AM PDT by RandFan
President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the only available passage for ships to transport oil from the Persian Gulf
The increased costs will do more than raise prices at the pump. An increase in gas prices brings increased transportation costs that will be passed along to consumers. Prices of a variety of goods, including food, will increase.
No wonder Energy Secretary Chris Wright, White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, and other Trump administration officials are frantically working to develop policies to lower gas prices. One possibility under consideration is deploying US troops to try to ensure ships can pass through the Strait of Hormuz. This could turn into a permanent deployment of US troops.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the US government is spending about 891.4 million dollars a day on the Iran War. These costs are likely to increase as the war drags on and the US increases its military presence, possibly even putting boots on the ground in Iran.
According to numerous media reports, the Trump administration is preparing a 50 billion dollars “supplemental” funding request for the Iran War. This request will soon be sent to Congress. This funding would be added on top of the defense budget.
The supplemental bill is likely to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. The Trump administration’s 50 billion dollars price tag is a floor, not a ceiling. Senators and Representatives will seek to add their spending priorities to this “must pass” legislation, while corporate lobbyists are no doubt already preparing “wish lists” to present to lawmakers.
The costs of the Iran War will further increase the already over 38 trillion dollars and rising national debt. The rate of increases will be greater as long as the government is spending almost a billion dollars a day, or more, on a regime change war in Iran.
The costs of this war will put added pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low and increase its purchase of Treasury bonds in order to monetize the federal debt. The pressure on the Fed will also increase as other countries reduce their purchase of US debt. These reductions will be motivated by concerns over the economic instability caused by the US government’s out of control spending and by resentment over the US government’s hyperinterventionist foreign policy. These factors could also accelerate the increasing rejection of the dollar’s world reserve currency status. A loss of the reserve currency status will cause a dollar crisis, leading to an economic crash worse than the Great Depression.
This crash will likely result in the end of the welfare-warfare-fiat money system. Whether this system is replaced by an even more authoritarian one or by a system of limited government and much more freedom depends on whether those of us who know the truth do our best to spread the message that the key to peace and prosperity is a system of free markets, limited government, individual liberty, and peaceful relations and free trade with all nations.
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What did Iran have to do with 9/11, for example? How did a radical Islamic regime in Saudi Arabia ever survive U.S. retribution after THAT disaster?
“Ron Paul has devolved into an opportunistic ankle-biter.
The Dollar has risen considerably since the start of this operation in Iran.”
Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative!
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What did Iran have to do with 9/11
Lets see. How many terrorist attacks did the US suffer from Muslims before the Ayatollah’s took power? How about Oklahoma City, did you ever wonder why the Bomb design was an exact match of the bomb the Iranians used in South America. What about Al Queda, why were they always hanging out in Iran? So my answer is that they had everything to do with 9/11. I would go further and say they exported that to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, and everywhere. I think the world leaders all know it, they just thought maybe it was ‘easier’ to let it go. Al Queda linked to Iran’s mullahs, in my opinion absolutely. Did Wahhabism get help and support and cooperation from Iran, I believe so.
My primary complaint about the Bush’s is that they never managed to take care of the real problem, and that was definitely Iran in my Humble Opinion. To be balanced, I must admit that it would have triggered a Russian response. That response may have killed more than not responding. Russia has much going on now and they aren’t in a position to really help Iran’s Mullahs right now.
Saudi Arabia was responsible for 9/11.
No, the Taliban in Afghanistan were responsible for 911.
No, it was actually Saddam Hussein who was responsible for 9/11.
Oh, my goodness -- I was wrong all this time. It was Iran who was responsible for 9/11.
I have a neighbor who is a real jerk. Can you please reach out to your contacts in the Trump administration and tell them that he was responsible for 9/11? Thank you.
9/11 I knew it was Bin Laden when the first plane hit. People around me didn’t even know who he was when I said it. He had already been linked to many attacks in Africa. He was known to be in Iran frequently. No, Saddam Hussein didn’t support Bin Laden, I never saw evidence of that. Bin Laden was linked to the Saudi’s, and Wahhabism, but keep in mind that really wasn’t a worldwide ‘terrorist’ thing until after 1978 and Iran influence. The Taliban harbored Bin Laden, probably with coordination from Pakistan and help from Iran. Our own CIA probably had connections to Bin Laden. IF you research that you might understand why Bill Clinton refused to take Bin Laden from the Saudi’s when they offered.
Funny thing, none of these ‘terrorists’ things happened all over the world before Iran. Bombs didn’t blow up in South America, ect. ect ect.
“President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran...”
Stopped reading before the first sentence was finished.
The problem with your post is you don’t actually have a solution. What is one to do with a terminally rabid dog (Iran, in this metaphor) that has the means and desire to attack you and kill you?
Iran was going to build a nuclear bomb. Then what? People like you and others are always quick to say this is a disastrous action.
No one offers an alternative. You are one of the “no ones” in this context.
Left undisturbed, Iran would have nukes. Then what? Wait for the mushroom clouds over Tel Aviv and Manhattan? Followed by mushroom clouds over Iran and perhaps elsewhere.
People like you would then be shaking their heads sadly as you opined: “If only Trump had followed through on his promise that Iran must not ever have a nuclear weapon”
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