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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrue or False: The war with Iran will end once Trump bankrupts the country
I say TRUE
and you?
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True or False: The war with Iran will end once Trump bankrupts the country (Original Post)
AStern
15 hrs ago
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yourout
(8,799 posts)1. Or whenever Putin says it's ok to stop.
canetoad
(20,714 posts)2. Which Country?
Iran or the US?
Fiendish Thingy
(23,021 posts)3. How can he bankrupt the US?
The treasury can always print more money.
Dan
(5,133 posts)5. That will guarantee the
Bankruptcy of the country.
Fiendish Thingy
(23,021 posts)6. No it would only guarantee Hyperinflation
America could still pay its debts with devalued dollars, but no bankruptcy.
Dan
(5,133 posts)10. Hyperinflation
Sort of like Germany in the 1930s....where a wheel-barrow of money might buy a loaf of bread in the morning but not in the afternoon.
I understand what you are saying, but a part of me asks this - what is the difference?
War is profitable. Money can be printed. Opportunists can volunteer assets.
It will end when Iran is in hand, or out of the way.
ProfessorGAC
(76,575 posts)7. False
This war isn't going to bankrupt the country.
He's a monumental screw-up, but he can't do the impossible.
Faux pas
(16,326 posts)8. Bankrupting it
by STEALING ALL THE MONEY
JBTaurus83
(1,286 posts)9. I'm curious how Iran is staying afloat
Financially. I cant imagine the economic anxiety the poor civilians are going through.