@biral_r I generally look at th price of oil and where large money is positioned, which always tells me someone knows something I dont.
Most likely th original deal Fars posted yday is still in play. Evrything else ws Trumps attempt to make it look like Iran had capitulated under pressure
@AlaliQasem Loving your work here, But... as the SPR is an exchange "oil for oil+%" additional bbls, no money is changing hands.
So how is the US a forced buyer?
Its getting inventory back, plus additional that, theoretically, it could sell at presumably higher prices if tank bottoms, no?
@tomtalleyrand@biral_r I was being facetious, but thinking more along the lines of a Western friendly leader like Pahlavi. No worries, I'll start learning the Koran lol
@biral_r Doesn't look good though does it, not for the US global standing, reliability, or for Israel, or for whoever gave Iran a nuke (if true), because if used they will be held accountable.
@biral_r More likely because he's a money guy, not a warlord. He's got the get his crypto project off the ground and can only achieve that with a stable thriving investable economy.
@biral_r I just posted it after seeing it. But as with everything, take it with a pinch of salt. In case you haven't realised, I'm a natural sceptic lol.
@yarbatman Iran is clearly not interested in a win-win scenario, because if, and thats a big IF, Trump was to pass all these tests... What's in it for the US, apart from complete humiliation? Sounds good to Iran on paper, in reality, a pipe dream!
@biral_r My thinking was they are under so much economic pressure right now from the blockade, and many Iranians make their living via the internet, that they partially turned it on so people could generate some revenue, money to eat, before hyper inflation kicks in.
@biral_r Difficult to use time as a factor why they haven't done it. After the first lot of assassinations thy all went underground so probably hard to find, waiting for them to pop up n give away their locations. If thy have got a Nuke, Israel are gonna do cartwheels, & not the good kind
@biral_r Just to play devils advocate; what about if while all this deal/no deal is going on, the US is doing recon. locating fresh targets to take out more top Iranian officials - Have you met Lindsey Graham? This guy is Trumps puppet master when it comes to conflicts.
@biral_r Everything Trump said after his China visit was taken with a pinch of salt, I didn't believe any of it, and expected nothing less from China, the perceived enemy. But the market moves on future expectations.
@biral_r What does a US defeat look like to you, how do you see this ending? I would lean towards stalemate personally, with both sides declaring victory.