U.S. weighs lifting Iranian oil sanctions to keep price in check
34 points by dgrin91
by b3ing
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So we pay for oil from our “enemy” and fund them while fighting a war w them. I think they were thinking of doing this w Russia also. Basically paying to kill our troops while spending lots of money to send our troops there in the first place.
by hampowder
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It certainly appears like the short term impacts of this war have been:
- martyrdom of the previous ayatollah
- increase in energy price globally
- increased ability for the west's adversaries to sell their oil at higher prices through reducing sanctions
by tonyedgecombe
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Next Iran will start bombing its own facilities in order to keep the oil price high and inflict pain on the invaders.
by TheOpenSourcer
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Damn this tells me that the shortage is much worst then I thought.
Time to short oil stocks?
by bediger4000
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It's not exactly "US" so much as it is Trump and Bessent if you read the article. The obvious conclusion is that Trump will do anything to stay popular and avoid a Blue Wave at midterms. Other presidents, who at least tried to gin up public support for their wars, could ask the public to bravely make sacrifices. Trump can't do that. He painted himself into a corner.
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