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Originally Posted by Pandemos
All-out war with Iran would collpase the US economy, no doubt about that whatsoever. It will not happen.
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Totally agree!! The current problem is massive already without more crap and it sure is not in the interests of the US - tho neither was Iraq.
Currently the US is consuming 25% of world oil production (plus around 25% of other resources) - that is simply not sustainable when you consider this services only 5% of world population and where the net "outgoings" in trade balances are only in wheat and arms trading.
Other countries have already started a shift away from oil and using altenatives - that alone is a massive aid to having a trade surplus. Who knows, but smell the days of "constant consumption", lack of internal manufacting capability and reliance on other countries to provide products may be reaching a watershed.
PS Next is China who are prob gonna blow the hell out of oil requirements in the next few generations.