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A Weekend Thought Experiment I was mooning around a hospital in the sunny Shi’a south of Iraq when a young doctor flagged me down and politely asked why were we - meaning Americans – there. He’d watched us invade his country twice before toppling the government and dismantling all the systems that ran the country. As far as he could tell, he gently explained, there had been no plan for after we’d blown the place up. The poor guy wasn’t even mad, he was just baffled on a cosm

Oil is up over $100 p/b, stocks are plunging and Iran’s new Supreme Leader bears a striking resemblance to the last guy.

“Iran doesn’t give into pressure – only a lot of pressure.”

What is a "Black Box"? and why you should care.

This will not be a surgical operation from the A Night in Caracas playbook. From the build up, the US the option for a weeks long siege, should it come to that.

Treasuries are down, don't worry

Greenland upstages Davos. Military force is off the table, expect a trade war.

Why the White House really wants Greenland, and what is will cost you

The Oil Weapon has been fired, it didn't work...