Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades - Political Ravings Forum

WiseOne · #1 05.01.2008

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top Oil Ministry official said Wednesday, in a concerted attempt to reduce reliance on Washington at a time of tension over Tehran's nuclear program and suspected involvement in Iraq.

Iran has dramatically reduced dependence on the dollar over the past year in the face of increasing U.S. pressure on its financial system and the fall in the value of the American currency.

Oil is priced in dollars on the world market, and the currency's depreciation has concerned producers because it has contributed to rising crude prices and eroded the value of their dollar reserves.

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WiseOne's Comments, I tell ya...Iran is a very serious threat to this world and most importantly to America. This is fascinating to watch the world watch another Hitler (one much worse) build up and do the same things Hitler did. Hitler tested the world's resolve SLOWLY, at first, and when the world did nothing he just went hog wild until he hit Poland of course. Will Israel be the Poland of this World War III?

crazy canuk · #2 05.15.2008

No Israel is not another Poland and Iran is not another Germany. Poland was defenceless against the Nazi attack Israel is not. Iran is just a paper tiger Germany at the time was the biggest military power in the world. Instead of thinking of attacking them contain them. Isolate them from the community of nations. Use the UN against them and most importantly if the USA really believes all it's retoric it should sign a treaty of non aggression with Israel whereby anyone attacking Israel is declaring war upon the USA. It won,t happen though because of America's dependence on Arab oil.

freightmaster · #3 05.15.2008

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WiseOne's Comments, I tell ya...Iran is a very serious threat to this world and most importantly to America. This is fascinating to watch the world watch another Hitler (one much worse) build up and do the same things Hitler did. Hitler tested the world's resolve SLOWLY, at first, and when the world did nothing he just went hog wild until he hit Poland of course. Will Israel be the Poland of this World War III?

I cant believe you would refer to anyone else as Hitler when you have him sitting in the highest office of your own land!

WARFARE THEOLOGY AND THE COMING 4TH REICH 2 (April 2006)

A LONG OVERDUE UPDATE!

Well, a lot has happened since December of 2003, when the first Warfare Theology and the Coming 4TH Reich article got posted! I think it is way past time for an update. If Politics

you haven’t read that article yet, I would have to say that reading this one will leave you wondering what I am referring to on some points, so I would recommend that you read that article first here…
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but its up to you, I think you'll get the point!
In the original article I offended a lot of folks by comparing the current American leadership to what the average American would like to remember as the most heinous and brutal dictatorship that the world has ever known; The German 3rd Reich, under Adolph Hitler. A lot of folks really didn’t like that. I understand why that is offensive to the average American, but at the time, similarities were raging ominous, and today they are screaming for acknowledgement!
One of the things I found out that making these comparisons did, and why some folks got so upset, (and this was not a planned effect), one of the things it did was a big surprise to me… Apparently, a lot of American Christians, while trying to justify the war in Iraq launched by the George Bush administration, was they often made the same comparison in their own minds! Yes, they made the same comparison! Sound unbelievable?
The problem was they did it from the standpoint that Germany was so bad under Hitler, that what the current administration is doing was not to be considered all that terrible. Well, they obviously didn’t like the fact that I was making comparisons that actually showed, and warned, that what was happening now is not any different, and would in fact turn out to be even worse. I am sure that pictures like this one really disturbed those who were trying so desperately to make what the current leadership was doing “ok” in their minds. They would rather carry the status quo of being comfortable in their thinking about their beloved country. It really is a very sad and distressing thing to watch.

THE STUMBLING BLOCK IS LAID?

This act of "Patriotism" although understandable, has become, and will turn out to be, the downfall of many of the world’s people’s view of the Christian faith, as well as the very faith of some. Why? One thing American Christians are right about is that America is a leader on the world stage, and in the past has even taken a leadership role in terms of some real solid Christian principles like humanitarian aid, human rights and such things. I would even venture to say, that some folks in the world have taken on Christianity as their religion based on these powerful examples of what Christianity stands for. Many countries in the world spend a great deal of time copying American styles, trends, lifestyle types and recreational activities. It stands to reason Politics

that they would also have the same tendency with respect to America’s beliefs regarding religion.
The reason I think what is happening today will be the death of some people’s faith, is that they now see America taking on an unrealistic, self assigned, imperial view of the world, and along with that has come a tremendous display of hypocrisy in so many areas… naturally. That the world’s people are being trampled under foot by the new American “revolution in military affairs” and the “New World Order” is definitely going to kill the faith of some people in the religion that this country stands for.

Like the Muslim faith, this will inevitably turn many away from the Christian faith, a faith that now seems to empower people to kill rather than a faith that inspires people to look toward eternal life.

Patriotism, and support for your country is ok to a point for a servant of Christ, but it can become a horrendous stumbling block when compromises in spiritual principles are made to maintain our support for a leader. Please see our article, [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Political Forum Link. for more info.

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Kalamity Jane · #4 05.15.2008

Well it's obvious isn't it? We have to bomb them, attack and occupy....what the heck did you neocons THINK was going to happen?

KJ

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