Snapshot · The Rest Is Politics: US
Countries like South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia may now conclude they need their own nuclear deterrent, since North Korea (which has nukes) was not attacked while Iran (which didn't) was.
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Scaramucci insists on fairness and presents the White House's strongest argument: the Strait reopens, oil prices have already responded, and the $300–$400 billion in frozen Iranian assets create mutual incentive for a final deal [1] — Anthony Scaramucci "Scaramucci steelmans the White House position: the strait reopens, oil prices fall, and $300–$400 billion in frozen Iranian assets give bot…" 07:34 . The administration will claim the ongoing nuclear talks are the holy grail and that they still plan to achieve Iranian denuclearisation — at a price. But Scaramucci can't sustain the steelman for long. He estimates the war cost a couple of hundred billion dollars directly and around $700 billion in global economic disruption, all while leaving America's Gulf-state alliances destabilised and China — and possibly Russia — meaningfully stronger. The central question he poses: has the United States just reduced itself to a Western hemispheric power?
America bombed Iran but left nuclear-armed North Korea untouched. Every country watching — South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia — just learned the same lesson: the only guarantee against American military action is a nuclear weapon of your own.
Scaramucci estimated the Iran war caused roughly a couple hundred billion dollars in direct costs and a $700 billion disruption to the global economy.
A total of 8 states have filed lawsuits against social media platforms, including an ongoing case in Tennessee, using product liability and public nuisance theories to seek accountability.
France built 56 nuclear plants in the 1970s and now has the cheapest energy in Europe, making it independent of Russian or Middle Eastern energy geopolitics.
Estonia has a single tax form, a law preventing the government from asking citizens for the same information twice, and a flat rate of tax — enabling competitive taxation.
Portugal's Lisbon, once a city with a major heroin problem, legalised drugs and redirected enforcement spending into rehabilitation and housing, dramatically reducing crime.
The first Boland Amendment banning CIA and Defense Department funds for the Contras passed the House unanimously — yet the Reagan administration ignored it.
Over just two years, Saudi Arabia alone donated $32 million to the Contra rebels, giving loosely affiliated factions millions they had no way to spend on arms.
The National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty raised $6.3 million for the Contras but only $3.3 million reached them — a shockingly low 52% program expense rate.
Richard Secord and Albert Hakim marked up their arms shipments to the Contras by as much as 300%, making enormous personal profits from the covert operation.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, tapped to run the entire covert Contra support operation, had no prior experience in covert operations whatsoever — he was learning as he went.
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