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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by close04 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:05AM (#48109413)
> For the US, the only pain is inflation

That and its trust and geopolitical influence even among allies being quickly eroded to the benefit of countries like China.

Inflation and ammo stockpiles are easier to fix.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mgfist on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:11AM (#48109494)
> That and its trust and geopolitical influence even among allies

Yeah but all of that is orthogonal to the war itself. It's not like Trump needed to threaten to invade Greenland to go to war with Iran.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by close04 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @01:10PM (#48124639)
Orthogonal? Every ally saw the US jumping into a war at a single country's calling, and only for their benefit, failing to protect its Gulf allies, and causing hardships for everyone in the world hanging on those oil prices. I have no idea how you could interpret this as unrelated to the war.
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