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A Dubai based hedge-fund executive has said to the FT:
No one knew 'you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai. It was not a consideration. People have moved families. This element of concern is new'!
Given the Hedgies are supposed to be the smart guys, how did they miss the Middle East is suffused with global oil politics, and that it has been unstable politically for generations....
Oh that's right; low taxes, folks... it'll all be fine
#Trump told CNN in a 9-minute phone interview Monday morning that the #US #military is “knocking the crap” out of #Iran — but that tthe “big wave” is yet to come.
“We’re knocking the crap out of them,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful. We’ve got the greatest military in the world & we’re using it.”
#war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
Q. is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dead?
When the fog of war clears & if his body (really) has been found, the next Q. is: who now leads Iran, and what will be their response to the US/Israeli attacks?
Will they seek to negotiate a peace (or semi-peace), or will they assess to avenge the death of the country's leader & other victims of the air strikes?
As always in war, the decisions of leaders can shape the lives of normal people on both sides; now we wait to see what's next.
Over 600 Killed In #Gaza By #Israel Since So-Called #Ceasefire Began
nytimes.com/2026/02/19/world/m… #SharedLink #NYTimes #MiddleEast
