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Bottom line ,I don't agree with all their wars . Many are about extracting resources.
Some are fighting terrorism.
Some are defeating communism.

It's up to you to decide which is just.
I won't generalized and demonize all their wars, I'll go case by case

Kingsnairaland:

Just war means you ended up achieving some thing
Because it was just


You have not told us the reason for the just wars

Next
you need to also tell us what USA achieved in the just war because they still ran out of those places

Usually Trump calls me. This is what he told me. Sssh this is top secret stuff

Two heavy transport aircraft
MC-130J planes landed on a disused airstrip . Each carried 2 MH-6 Littlebird helicopters plus fuel and special forces teams . It had recently rained and the desert Sandy soil was moist. The planes got stuck.

They couldn't get a generator to heat the sand so that the sand could be dry because of time. There was also no firewood nearby that could be used to dry the runway. This is the only part I didn't believe.

The Littlebirds don't have the range to get to the nearest base from that spot.

Lighter planes to extract the crew were sent , and the two transport planes plus their cargo the 4 Littlebirds were destroyed.The inferno was seen from space .Big beautiful inferno.

Happy?

nateevs:
Ah! The Fake Story Mantra. We will get back to this.

Tell me which story do you believe about the airplanes? That they bombed their own planes?

Let's start from there.

Kingsnairaland:
If there are people who hate Islamic doctrine am one of them but to hate a human being for being a Muslim that I can't do.

You must differentiate between this two things

Their teachings are wrong and leads to death
But as a human that they are we must like them as we like ourselves

Before 1945, the USA engaged in bombing,

This nations below
, the Mexican-American War,
the Spanish-American War, Wars
. Key locations targeted included
Mexico,
Cuba,
the Philippines,
Nicaragua,
China,.
Germany,
and Japan

Are this nations also Islamic

Your complete list had Islamic terrorist countries.
This other lists has wars from the East West cold war eras.
Especially in South America and the islands around there.
I'd say some wars the American fought were just wars ,others were imperialistic in nature

I'd avoid putting Alqaeda wars together with Vietnam. No correlation

DeepSight:
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What's the point. You turned out to be the normal Trumpist. You will not see reason.

You probably defended Noem and Bondi until they were fired.

I don't take everything at face value , you might call that a problem. Especially when it comes from sources sworn to destroy Trump.
Kristie Noem, I quickly pointed out she had awarded a week old company millions of dollars to run the ad.
Pam Bondi. I've been accusing her of slow walking many times wondering why Biden could arrest over 1000 J6 protesters within a year , yet she could not charge a single person for treason.
I don't trust Todd Blanche, the acting AG who actually runs DOJ to do anything.

The one person whose done a lot is Tuski Gabbard.
I have reservations over John Ratcliffe at CIA. Kash Patel .. I don't think he has the cojones to drain the swamp.

This week a Miami Federal proswcir was removed from John Brennan the traitor case because she has been stonewalling.

So go ahead and tell me why Hegseth is incompetent.

I've been posting a lot a lot of late about Islam here. Reason is that I want to record what Muslims say and write with regards to matters happening today.
I asked Grok to search memri.org on views about the Vatican by Muslims.


From memri.org (which translates and reports on statements from Muslim media, clerics, scholars, preachers, and jihadist groups):Muslim sources on the site frequently describe the Vatican/Pope in highly negative terms, viewing it as promoting polytheism/idolatry, arrogance, a conspiracy to destroy or weaken Islam, or a target for eventual Islamic conquest..
Specific examples include:Pro-ISIS Telegram channel "'Ikrimah bin Wa'el" called the Pope "the head of the polytheist Christians" and condemned eulogizing him as "denying explicit verses of the Quran and rejecting the Sunnah which forbids praying and seeking forgiveness for polytheists."

Jihadi clerics (via "Min Idlib" Telegram channel quoting Saudi cleric 'Abd Al-'Aziz Al-Tarifi) stated that extending condolences to the Pope (as an "unbeliever" is forbidden if it makes Muslims appear weak.

Syrian jihadi cleric Abu Yahya Al-Sham (quoting Saudi scholar Ibn 'Uthaymin) said eulogizing an "unbeliever" like the Pope is forbidden if it glorifies him.

Gaza-based Islamist preacher Nabil Al-Halabi condemned the Pope's visit to Bahrain, calling interfaith dialogues part of a U.S. campaign against Islam "aimed at softening Islam, stripping Muslims of their religion, [and] identity."

Egyptian historian Zaynab Abd Al-Aziz (on Saudi Iqra TV) stated: "The decision to impose one religion over the entire world was made in the Second Vatican Council in 1965" and described the Vatican's mission of destroying Islam as having been "delegated" to the U.S.

Miami Imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi referred to the Pope and Catholics as "idol worshipers."

Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb said the Pope "is not bothered when millions of Muslims are killed."

Canadian Imam Abdullah Hakim Quick (in a 2025 sermon) described the Vatican as showing "arrogance and splendor," said Christians "have no modesty [and] use pagan symbols," and cited the Prophet Muhammad saying Jesus would return "to break the crosses [and] slay all pigs."


[/b]Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi (head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars) objected to Muslim-Christian interfaith dialogue and noted: "No Pope has ever apologized to the Muslims for what happened to them in the Crusader Wars."

[b]Dr. Subhi Al-Yaziji (Dean of Koranic Studies, Islamic University of Gaza ) said: "We hope to conquer Andalusia and the Vatican."

Colorado Islamic scholar Karim Abu Zayd cited a hadith predicting that "Islam will conquer Europe" and "the Mahdi will lead Muslims to conquer the Vatican."

ISIS and pro-ISIS outlets (e.g., in their weekly editorial and posters after Pope Francis's death) slammed Muslim eulogies of the Pope as "betrayal of monotheism," part of a "global effort to redefine Islam as part of human fraternity," and an alliance against tawhid (monotheism) and jihad.



So you can see the views on Islam are not what they tell you. These are diverse scholars of modern day spread in every corner of the world Islam all echoing the same thing.

Someone please DM this post to the Pope to know whom he is dealing with.

Caveat. Most Muslims don't know this. They are good people happily going on with their day to day lives .

The one quote I couldn't get was a Shia cleric praying for the day the Muslims capture the Vatican and convert St Peters Basilica into a mosque.
I'm just posting what's out there , what highly respected scholars of Islam say .
Foolishboy417 ,None of this is of my origination.
Deepsight, the only thing I know about Islam is what their scholars say ( in Arabic) when the infidels are not listening.

Enrich yourself with this fact.
Vatican wall was built after Muslims attacked Rome and sacked the Basilica.

The wall was constructed for several critical reasons:
Protection from Pirate Raids: In 846 AD, Saracen (Arab) pirates raided Rome and sacked Old St. Peter's Basilica, which at the time sat undefended outside the city's ancient Aurelian Walls.

Creating a "Leonine City": To prevent future looting, Pope Leo IV fortified the entire Vatican Hill, creating a secure enclave for the Christian community.

Security for the Pope: Later additions, including an elevated passage called the Passetto di Borgo, were built to provide an escape route for popes to flee to the nearby fortress of Castel Sant'Angelo during political violence or sieges.

Sovereign Boundary:
Today, the wall largely marks the international border between the sovereign Vatican City State and Italy, as established by the 1929 Lateran Treat

Majority seems to be countries with an Islamic terrorism problem..
You have a problem when Islamic terrorists are stopped?

Kingsnairaland:
Countries Bombed by the U.S. Post-1945
Afghanistan (1998, 2001–2021)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–1995)
Cambodia (1969–1973)
China (1945–1946, 1950–1953)
Congo, DR (1964)
Cuba (1959–1961)
El Salvador (1980s)
Grenada (1983)
Guatemala (1954, 1960, 1967–1969)
Indonesia (1958)
Iran (1987, 1988, 2020, 2025-2026)
Iraq (1991–2003, 2003–2015, 2014–present)
Japan (1945 - end of WWII)
Korea, North (1950–1953)
Kuwait (1991)
Laos (1964–1973)
Lebanon (1983–1984)
Libya (1986, 2011, 2015–2019)
Mali (recent drone strikes)
Nicaragua (1980s)
Pakistan (2004–2018)
Panama (1989)
Philippines (21st century - against militants)
Somalia (1993, 2007–present)
Sudan (1998)
Syria (2014–present)
Thailand (Vietnam War era)
Vietnam (1961–1975)
Yemen (2002–present)
Yugoslavia/Serbia (1999)

Cross Posted.

I prefer the views of those affected directly by the Iran war ,not the lords of doom here.

Message from Saudi Petroleum expert, Dr. Mansour Al-Malik, Energy consultant and Professor at KSA University

"Thank you, Your Excellency President Trump

The question today is not who started the confrontation… but who stopped the danger before it grew larger.

1- Thank you, Your Excellency President Trump… because you understood what many ignored for years, that the Iranian threat was not theoretical nor media-driven, but missiles being manufactured, drones being stockpiled, cells being planted, and an expansion project awaiting the moment to pounce.

2- Thank you because you were not deceived by the peace slogans raised by day, while weapons were being shipped at night to the Popular Mobilization Forces, Hezbollah, and the cross-border militias.

3- Thank you because you realized that every day of delay was not a day for de-escalation… but an additional day in missile factories, a new day in uranium enrichment, and another day in training proxies.

4- Thank you because you read the history of the region well, and knew that those who bombed embassies, hijacked planes, threatened navigation, and struck oil facilities are not deterred by a statement of condemnation or a diplomatic smile.

5- Thank you because you knew that the security of the Gulf is not merely a local matter, but a pillar of global economic stability, and that targeting Riyadh or Abu Dhabi or Kuwait or Manama or Doha is an attack on energy, trade, and markets around the world.

6- Thank you because you did not wait until Iran became a nuclear power imposing its conditions on everyone, making its deterrence more costly and more dangerous.

7- Thank you because you distinguished between the noble Iranian people, who deserve life and prosperity, and the regime that spent its wealth on militias instead of schools and hospitals.

8- Thank you because you exposed the falsehood of what is called the Axis of Resistance, which raised slogans for decades while its rifles were aimed at Arab capitals more than at its declared enemies.

9- Thank you because you proved that firmness is sometimes the shortest path to peace, and that prolonged hesitation may breed a greater war in the future.

10- Thank you because you gave the peoples of the region hope that the era of blackmail with missiles and drones is not an eternal fate.

11- Thank you because you said in the language of power what years of fruitless negotiations failed to achieve: that the security of allied nations and their sovereignty are red lines.

12- Thank you because you sent a clear message to all who think of threatening their neighbors, that the world may be patient… but it does not forget.

13- Thank you because you stood with your allies when they needed a stance, not just words.

14- Thank you because you understood that stability is not made by those who fund chaos, but by those who deter it.

15- And finally, thank you… because you made many review their calculations, and realize that the time of recklessness may be long… but it does not last.

As for us in the Gulf… we want real peace, the peace of nations not the peace of militias, the peace of development not the peace of fear, the peace of the future not the peace of slogans. "

I consider the views of those directly affected and knowledgeable in this Iran war more credible than the lords of doom here.

Message from Saudi Petroleum expert, Dr. Mansour Al-Malik ,An Energy Professor at KSA University.

"Thank you, Your Excellency President Trump

The question today is not who started the confrontation… but who stopped the danger before it grew larger.

1- Thank you, Your Excellency President Trump… because you understood what many ignored for years, that the Iranian threat was not theoretical nor media-driven, but missiles being manufactured, drones being stockpiled, cells being planted, and an expansion project awaiting the moment to pounce.

2- Thank you because you were not deceived by the peace slogans raised by day, while weapons were being shipped at night to the Popular Mobilization Forces, Hezbollah, and the cross-border militias.

3- Thank you because you realized that every day of delay was not a day for de-escalation… but an additional day in missile factories, a new day in uranium enrichment, and another day in training proxies.

4- Thank you because you read the history of the region well, and knew that those who bombed embassies, hijacked planes, threatened navigation, and struck oil facilities are not deterred by a statement of condemnation or a diplomatic smile.

5- Thank you because you knew that the security of the Gulf is not merely a local matter, but a pillar of global economic stability, and that targeting Riyadh or Abu Dhabi or Kuwait or Manama or Doha is an attack on energy, trade, and markets around the world.

6- Thank you because you did not wait until Iran became a nuclear power imposing its conditions on everyone, making its deterrence more costly and more dangerous.

7- Thank you because you distinguished between the noble Iranian people, who deserve life and prosperity, and the regime that spent its wealth on militias instead of schools and hospitals.

8- Thank you because you exposed the falsehood of what is called the Axis of Resistance, which raised slogans for decades while its rifles were aimed at Arab capitals more than at its declared enemies.

9- Thank you because you proved that firmness is sometimes the shortest path to peace, and that prolonged hesitation may breed a greater war in the future.

10- Thank you because you gave the peoples of the region hope that the era of blackmail with missiles and drones is not an eternal fate.

11- Thank you because you said in the language of power what years of fruitless negotiations failed to achieve: that the security of allied nations and their sovereignty are red lines.

12- Thank you because you sent a clear message to all who think of threatening their neighbors, that the world may be patient… but it does not forget.

13- Thank you because you stood with your allies when they needed a stance, not just words.

14- Thank you because you understood that stability is not made by those who fund chaos, but by those who deter it.

15- And finally, thank you… because you made many review their calculations, and realize that the time of recklessness may be long… but it does not last.

As for us in the Gulf… we want real peace, the peace of nations not the peace of militias, the peace of development not the peace of fear, the peace of the future not the peace of slogans. "

Fake story. They started by saying they are the ones who shot down 2 planes and helicopters that the do called Delta Force destroyed so they wouldn't know about the Direct Energy weapon.

In any case if it's true they would have posted photos of them surrendering.
Or they are so afraid of Trump , during Obama time they splashed these humiliating images of US sailors..

nateevs:
Iran is reporting the capture of minimum 50 Delta Force soldiers during the attempted (but failed) Isfahan mission, even published some names.

Hegseth and Centcom are denying this.

What happened with this weapon, it doesn't work on the Asian continent?

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DeepSight:
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Sabotage? Hate? The fella needs no sabotage from anyone else to destroy himself.

It's good to be specific on why he is a failure. I might have missed it by assuming it'all part of internal abd external sabotage.

bemeruca:
The post should joint Renee Good to protest ice in the streets. He is usaless

A pretty amazing response from President Trump to this reporter question:

REPORTER: Iran is going to execute four more protesters, including the first woman protester. What do you tell Iran?

TRUMP: Tell that to the Pope. pic.twitter.com/K3jTlaMVX0

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) April 16, 2026

Catholic priests take over 7 years to be ordained. Majoriry are educated to Masters level degrees in Theology and Philosophy, many are also PhD equivalent.
I've compared their preaching to these TV evangelists The Catholic Father has more depth and knowledge .
Let's just say , Catholic Father's are very well qualified for Priesthood.

DeepSight:
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He is a comedian.

The problem with his appointment is that retired generals think they are the only ones who should get that position. With their influence they have tried to sabotage him so some of the hate you read is an ongoing effort to remove him.

The IC has been going after Tulsi Gabbard too.

DeepSight:
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I mean Trump said he should be charged for the chant. Not for firing any rifle.

Oh yeah. He still has cases to that effect going on.

DeepSight:
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And so?

Hegseth is doing a fine job. Correcting injustices is one way of improving troop morale.

Now it's being said the US has a new weapon they used in Venezuela and possibly in this latest pilot rescue. Directed Energy Weapon. Beam it like a torch from low flying plane or helicopter from above and those caught up become zombies not knowing where their right hands are.
I expect you to say without this weapon , Hegseth missions would have had casualties and so he is a failure
Was you born with hate or did it grow over the years?
(Hint: I know a lot about military weapons). You can save yourself grief if you learn to tell when I'm serious.

DeepSight:
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Not for firing the rifle.
For the chant "kill the boer"

The Charges: He was convicted of the illegal possession and public discharge of a firearm, stemming from a 2018 incident where he fired a semi-automatic rifle during the EFF's fifth-anniversary celebrations
Malema gives Africans a bad name
This case was filed in 2018. Sentencing was yesterday.

You know I have to insert Trump😉😉😉

There is no fake news there. To avoid wasting money and being punished by Fani Willis, Sidney pled guilty in Georgia RICO case ,while Eastman in the same case pled not guilty.
Then the Texas bar used that to ban her from ever doing a case in Texas
Which was rejected.

Eastman has been disbarred by California over the Georgia case. One court found barring Sidney Powell frivolous while the California Supreme Court sided with it's activist bar against Eastman.

Same case, different outcomes. Both cases dismissed in Georgia.

A demonstration of how Democrats went after every Republican they could ruin .
Winds of change are blowing.Tik Tok Tik Tok.

LordReed:
Fake news. She was not exonerated whatsoever. She is still guilty of the charges brought against her. The judgement by the Texas BODA says her offense for which she has received probation do not rise to the bar for compulsory disciplinary action, ostensibly because they are misdemeanours. The BODA didn't say she was exonerated so stop your fake news. Besides this judgement was last year, be for freaking real.

Corruption flows in democrats veins. The Democrat front runner campaign PAC bought 2/3 of his own memoir

Gov. Newsom used donor funds from his PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his book prompting critics to accuse the Democrat of money laundering

Gov. Gavin Newsom used his political action committee to purchase 67,000 copies of his own new memoir - which is about two-thirds of all the print copies sold, according to federal records

Newsom’s PAC, called the Campaign for Democracy Committee, paid $1,561,875 to buy and ship the books

About 67,000 people who gave any amount, even just a few bucks, to the PAC received a free copy of the book.

97,400 print copies sold since the book launched, according to Circana BookScan

That means the PAC’s purchases made up about two-thirds of every copy sold.

In both his 2023 and 2024 personal financial disclosure reports, Newsom reported receiving $10,000 to $100,000 from his publishing agent, Elyse Cheney Literary Associates specifically listed as a "book advance"

Which critics say was an advanced payment with the guarantee that Newsom's PAC would be purchasing $1.5 million in books.

The book is titled Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery. Newsom - and the claim is that it's a 'best seller'

South Africa Justus Malema sentenced to 5 years for illegally firing a rifle in 2018.

Sounds like South Africa structures and systems still work .
Trump had asked Ramaphosa at the WH why Malema had not been charged

Trump signals he might jet to Pakistan to sign the deal with Iran this weekend.
No unfreezing funds , no pathway to the A bomb, Straits of Hormuz to open unconditionally,
The worst thing is that Ayatollahs are still in power. I hate that ,I am so invested in them being removed

DeepSight:
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This is a joke not worthy of a response.

She would agree with me that the Lord worked through Hegseth

budaatum:
There is still some sanity somewhere.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/lawyer-john-eastman-disbarred-2020-election-trump?CMP=share_btn_url

I hope this ruins your day in a good way.
Sidney Powell vindicated.
....in a 24-page ruling by the Texas Court of Appeals, the court rules Texas Bar miserably failed to prove Sidney Powell acted in “dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation” in the four lawsuits she filed against the overthrow of the United States government on Nov 3, 2020.

California Supreme Court upholding Eastman's disbarment is political witch hunt ,typically found in third world shit holes..

Must be very painful for you to read this .....
D: “You have to be a damn fool, and abjectly stupid not to see what happened here.” The opinion added

🚨🚨And here it is,

Sidney Katherine Powell VINDICATED on all accounts by the Texas Court of Appeals.

After three fucken years of litigation, in a 24-page ruling by the Texas Court of Appeals, the court rules Texas Bar miserably failed to prove Sidney Powell acted in… pic.twitter.com/GUdBmROldt

— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) April 17, 2026

DeepSight:
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You are still calling China a developing economy? Okay oh.
It cant be more than two decades at the very most before China will replace the US as the world's largest economy.

Yes China is a developing economy according to WTO. It's exports qualify for lower tariffs within the WTO framework.
Currently China exports more manufactured goods than America, America GDP is heavily dependent on services.

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DeepSight:
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I don't think a return to the gold standard is possible, the world has moved way too far off that way of doing things to return. The strength of your currency will today be determined by the strength of your economy. And by your regulations.

In terms of what currency can futuristically challenge the dollar, it will have to be a currency supported by a substantial grouping of countries which is the reason the USA detests BRICS as it is the only current viable grouping that may come up with a globally acceptable currency of trade other than the dollar.

The minute the dollar has a replacement or alternative, that is the end of US dominance of the world. In fact anyone who knows what's up knows that is the real way to break US hegemony and not any military way. This is why the US will go to war to protect the dollar's position.

The EU is more trustworthy than anything Putin , Xi Jinpin could ever come up with. In the first case those are developing economies

Congress is moving to expunge the First Sham impeachment of Trump.Long overdue,Eric Ciaramela teamed up with the deep state to remove a sitting president.

HOUSE MOVES TO EXPUNGE TRUMP’S FIRST IMPEACHMENT

The House is officially advancing efforts to expunge President Trump’s 2019 impeachment over the Ukraine phone call from the congressional record.

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan confirmed the push is underway, aiming to wipe away one… pic.twitter.com/VzfWGE3i3q

— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) April 17, 2026

In addition,the IG Atkinson changed the rules on whistleblower on anonymity, he must have been a first party to the call and must have not been in touch with congress or others before making the claim.

basilico:
Tulsi Gabbard has sent a criminal referral to DOJ for Eric Ciaramela and the IC Atkinson.

They conspired,broke the rules of whistleblowing and fast tracked the impeachment.

Time for them to lawyer up.

The impeachment should have people jailed.

basilico:
Finally .. Prosecutors fired for their part in jailing those who protested outside Planned Parenthood baby murder clinics.They stretched the FACE Act

The Justice Department has fired at least four prosecutors who were involved in prosecutions under the FACE Act during the Biden administration, a government official familiar with the firings told CBS News.

Among those fired Monday is Sanjay Patel, a longtime federal prosecutor in the Civil Rights Division’s criminal section who was placed on administrative leave last month, sources told CBS News at the time. The terminations occurred at about the same time a report on the FACE Act and the Biden Justice Department was being finalized.

Congress passed the FACE Act in 1994 to address rising concerns about threats and intimidation that women were facing at reproductive health clinics. Nonviolent and first-time offenses of the law are misdemeanors, while repeat offenses or violations that result in bodily injury or death can be treated as felonies.

The FACE Act report is being drafted by the Justice Department’s “weaponization working group,” established in the first days of former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s tenure.

A Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement that the department “has terminated the employment of personnel responsible for weaponizing the FACE Act who still remained at the department.”
The judges should also be impeached and removed from office.

Here is a video of the protest this poor woman is going to prison for. pic.twitter.com/xDcchPfQ7R

— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) June 3, 2024

Well explained, you know I have to bring in my twist and insert someone's name.

Nixon eliminated the gold standard,I didn't get your thoughts on whether it was good or not .I do know that was at the height of the oil embargo caused by OPEC refusing to sell oil to America because she supported Israel during their war with the Arabs
Trump has stated he wants to bring back the gold standard. What you think of that?


Secondly I'd rather and most people use the dollar because it's largely subject to a transparent process . I don't know of anyone crazy enough to carry roubles or the Yuan when visiting another country like Tunisia for instance. We are stuck with the dollar and we are more safer with it than the Yuan .The Yuan is artificially pegged every now and then by China to make it's exports cheaper.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

DeepSight:
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Alright, let me address the matter a little.
Benalvino3, you too, pay attention oh. I don't want to repeat myself too often.

Now, here goes.

Once upon a time humans traded by barter. You have one thing, I have another, we exchange. But barter could not handle all trade across the spectrum of different needs.

This led to the development of the practice of sale by standard items of value, such as gold, silver or other precious metals or stones, or rare objects. In some places in Africa cowries have been used at a point.

Gold through history became the most accepted standard of trade. However it is not practical to carry gold about especially in large quantities.

Paper money (incidentally first used in China) became what was used to represent gold. So you had X gold stored away and you could have signed paper money backed by that gold. And so you had the gold standard. In short, the value of the money was backed by gold reserves.

However in 1971 President Richard Nixon ended the gold standard. The US dollar from that time was no longer backed by gold but by the authority of its own issuance by government. Enter fiat currency.

You see, since 1944, the international financial system had been based on the Bretton Woods Agreement, which pegged other currencies to the U.S. dollar, while the dollar itself was backed by gold at $35 per ounce. Nixon ending the gold standard effectively ended this system and birthed the era of fiat currency. From that point, money was valuable not because it was backed by gold but because the government declared it to be money. The value of money is now determined by international foreign exchange markets and not by gold reserves.

Now, the US Dollar is the international reserve currency and international trading currency. What this means is that every other country requires the dollar to effectively participate in the global economy. If a random country such as Nigeria excessively prints it's currency, it will lose scarcity and quickly become weak and devalued against the dollar. This does not mean that we don't engage in currency printing - in fact we have done so alot and many countries do, it's just that it has to be watched and you have to be careful so that it does not lose its scarcity which will lead to hyper inflation and loss of value in the Forex market.

But things are different with the country that owns the dollar. This is because every other country is constantly seeking the dollar as global reserve and trading currency. This creates a permanent and ceaseless demand for the dollar and by the laws of economics this will mean that the dollar will remain strong.

It also means something else as a corollary. It gives the US government more latitude to create dollars out of thin air because those dollars will still be highly sought after being the international currency of trade and international reserve currency. The dollar therefore simply will not depreciate the same way other currencies will, currencies which don't have that supervening advantage.

Thus the US Government has special advantage when it comes to Quantitative Easing (which is not the same thing as printing cash) and cash printing. In both events the threshold for it to lose value is much higher and thus it can invent money out of thin air to a greater degree than other countries can and with less inflationary risk. This does not mean that it risks no inflation to be clear, but that risk is reduced compared to other currencies acting the same way.

What is Quantitative Easing? It is a basically a form of monetary policy on which a Central Bank increases the money supply by creating digital money and adding it to its own reserves. It then uses such to buy assets and thereby reflates the economy with liquidity. In this way wealth can be created by fiat and this is not cash printing. Governments do it to help the economy when needed, and the USA is in the strongest position to do it when we needed because of the position of the dollar as explained above.

The summary of all of this is that the USA can indeed take many different steps and options in terms of infusing and injecting funds for social programs into its system without suffering the kind of shocks other economies would. If well managed, consequences can be minimal and achieve the intended results quite easily.

I hope I have helped.

cc: basilico since you said you dont really understand fiat money, I hope this helps.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said he welcomed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the Lebanon ceasefire, as the US and Iran declared the key waterway open. His comments came as European leaders discuss a post-war Hormuz maritime force. pic.twitter.com/9z7M9UfLBi

— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) April 17, 2026

NATO allies have been proven to be spineless barking dogs that don't bite.

DeepSight:
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You inferred it, you know you did and you went further to suggest that both crypto and gold derive from fiat money.
Pure unvarnished illiteracy.

I'm. short of knowledge about FIAT too.. The exact value of physical dollars in circulation is about $12 Trillion.
How does the US owe $38 Trillion?

benalvino3:
They should keep shooting themselves in the foot

Budaatum's blue print

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQtfRs7M2QU

I read somewhere that EU has only about 6 weeks of jet fuel. Their sources in the ME have gone off air so they are buying from Russia helping Putin finance his war😉😉😉
The globalists won't buy from America if it's obtained from fracking. (I'll talk about how EU scuttled some big project we was trying to pull off in another thread)

Meanwhile the Gulf of America is full of empty oil tankers lining up to buy oil and gas.

The real story about Ketanji. Here's the real story . Sort of a Manchurian candidate,groomed and elevated by Obama and James Clayburn.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/02/25/joe-biden-nominates-dc-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-associate-justice-of-the-u-s-supreme-court-here-is-the-backstory/

In the link there is also this one too.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/01/06/biden-picks-merrick-garland-for-attorney-general-tips-hand-at-next-radical-scotus-nominee/

You can summarize it as change we can believe in

raumdeuter:
Ketanji was sold short by Biden. Biden said he would be picking a BLACK WOMAN. There was nothing stopping Biden from saying I will pick the BEST AMERICAN. So it didnt matter to Biden that Ketanji could have been the best in her class or have excellent work records, He chose her for being a BLACK WOMAN

when they choose you based on that criteria, why act surprised when people treat you like a DEI and quota system hire

If you are at work and your MD wants to pick a Manager and said I will pick the best person for manager, versus, I will pick a person whose name start with D.

Don't be shocked when people start questioning if you are fit for the job or just a product of quota selection since your name starts with D

That is why black and minorities should reject quotas because like Ben Carson said
It hurts the very people it’s supposed to help by promoting negative stereotypes about their competency and professionalism

I also know Obama didn't have grades to take him to any Ivy school.He leveraged his skin colour to transfer from occidental? to Harvard . A virulent critic of his Wayne Allen Root was his classmate and says he never saw him.
Mitchell Obama thesis. The grammar was like a third grader and was of course about how black students in Princeton were oppressed or something like that.
Here's her thesis.Id posted the link several years ago.
https://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/michelle_obama_thesis.pdf

Download it for yourself.

DeepSight:
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Charlie said Ketanji Brown, Mitchele Obama and other high flying black women have no brains. And that they stole their positions from white people. His exact words.

He said they had no brains. He only said that because they were black.

Do you agree with him?