As a totally unrelated side note, can anyone show me where to trade oil options?
Are there any books on the subject?
I am interested in how to do it from my computer.
[quote]orion wrote:
As a totally unrelated side note, can anyone show me where to trade oil options?
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You cheeky bastard. 
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
I don’t think it will matter one way or the other whether we bomb Iran or not. If we took out it’s nuclear capability what’s the big deal? There are no plans of sending in ground troops.
No harm to us.
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Sure, because they will just lay back and quietly except the destruction of nuclear reactors and research facilities.
Other than the Iraqi insurgents they do have the means to follow you home.
In fact I am pretty sure they are already there.
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
I don’t think it will matter one way or the other whether we bomb Iran or not. If we took out it’s nuclear capability what’s the big deal? [/quote]
Unbelievable!
You don’t see the big deal in bombing civil nuclear reactors? How about trying it in your country to show us how it’s not big a deal.
Yeah, it’s not like the Iranian Revolutionary Guards can harm you in any way. It’s not like they declared having plans to bomb the shit out of America if you attack them. They will just cheer at the bombs and probably send you flowers. Give me a break!
Not to mention that it could be the final straw leading to a global uprising against America. There is a good reason the amount of violence against your country was limited after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: Nobody liked Saddam. Attack Iran, and people who only demonstrated their outrage pacifically - up to now - might start to get violent. Terrorism will increase, acts of civil disobedience will become the norm, etc…
Indeed, a Reuters/Zogby poll from a couple of weeks ago showed 70% of Americans opposing military action.
http://elections.us.reuters.com/top/news/usnN27288539.html
Interestingly, it’s the exact opposite in Israel where 71% of people want the US to attack Iran.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/860903.html
Makes you wonder who the White House really represents…
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
orion wrote:
Mick28 wrote:
I don’t think it will matter one way or the other whether we bomb Iran or not. If we took out it’s nuclear capability what’s the big deal? There are no plans of sending in ground troops.
No harm to us.
Sure, because they will just lay back and quietly except the destruction of nuclear reactors and research facilities.
Other than the Iraqi insurgents they do have the means to follow you home.
In fact I am pretty sure they are already there.
Mick wrote:When I want to hear from a skank austrian whore I’ll let you know.
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Let me know when you have mastered the “quote” function, Inbred Boy.
Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, an Australian biologist has increased the fatality rate of the smallpox virus to 60% by turning on a genetic switch that is found in an lot of viruses.
Costs to do so: around 30000$.
The cost to mass produce them: probably less than 100000$.
The cost of killing a few hundred thousand Iranians: probably a few million Americans and an ensuing police state.
Chances of preventing such an attack: Virtually none, given that 40 billion a year cannot prevent thousands of tons of drugs from being smuggled into your country .
But, yeah, no harm to you.
Interesting dilemma. If they are religious fanatics that do not care for their lives they can terribly hurt you no matter what you do, if not, bombing their reactors is hardly the best option.
And Mck28 one day you will have to fill us in why you think a “skank, Austrian whore” is the worst thing you can think of-
What is the most disgusting thing about it?
Female sexuality?
Uncontrolled female sexuality?
How does that fit in with you attacking female members of this site that they would “follow you around” to “attack you” ?
http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=1745395
Predatory females, out to hurt your precious ego?
Deeper rooted problems maybe?
Does “vagina dentata” ring a bell?
I hope 28 is not your age, but such unresolved issues at that age would explain the anger…
So would you consider the possession of weaponized Smallpox worthy of military action? An outbreak of a vaccine resistant smallpox in the United States would hardly be contained in the United States. Austria would get its taste, as well as most of Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and any other major air route out of North America.
Retalitory terrorism isn’t an effective tactic, unless you are Spanish. The Palestinians have been trying it for years, and all it does is set them back further in their attempts to form a palestinian state.
We can strike the Iranian reactors with impunity, destroy their air defenses and airforce, and sink their navy and all they will do is lob a few missles at Isreal and maybe Iraq, attack some ships in the strait of Hormuz, and dig themselves out of the rubble.
We will hurt them more by destroying the 9 or so gas refineries they have. Iran can’t produce enough gasoline domestically. The loss of those refineries and an embargo on gas imports will crush Iran.
Countries in that area of the world are terrible at warfare, they really suck at it. There isn’t a piece of military equipment in Iran that the US doesn’t already own (the Russians will sell to anyone). They don’t have any advantage over the US at all.
You sound like those folks who sat gleefully by in 1991 waiting for the superior Iraqi Army to crush the inexperienced US Military.
[quote]BH6 wrote:
We can strike the Iranian reactors with impunity [/quote]
Impunity? Don’t delude yourself.
Bring it on bitches!
[quote]lixy wrote:
BH6 wrote:
We can strike the Iranian reactors with impunity
Impunity? Don’t delude yourself.
Bring it on bitches![/quote]
You know Lixy, I’m really taken back. See, most of the time when you post something I don’t agree with I just kind of let it go. I agree with you occasionally, but I figure that you’re just stuck in your ways and I’m not going to change your mind. I also tend to not try to argue with you because I want to think that deep down you’re not a bad guy either, but really…“Bring it on bitches!”? I have really lost respect for you as a man of honor.
You recognize that means you have taken sides right? I’m not talking about taking an ideological stance, I’m talking about taking sides between the US and Iran. In other words, when either I, or my friends decide to take out Iranian nuclear capacity, you wish to see us dead. Not only do you wish to see us dead, your rhetoric is of one who would personally like to be standing there with an AK awaiting the challenge of facing down American might.
To that all I can say is that I am glad I can outshoot you.
mike
[quote]Mikeyali wrote:
You recognize that means you have taken sides right? [/quote]
Of course I do. But my position transcends the US-Iran issue.
I’ll side against the aggressor in any conflict. If some warmongering moron was to say the same thing about “attacking the US with impunity”, I’ll jump on America’s side just the same.
You are in the military, and that doesn’t leave any room for acting based on your own critical thinking. You do as you are told, and if you don’t, well, you’ll end up being court-martialed. I can’t blame you for that, but I can damn well smack down idiotic statements such as “We can strike the Iranian reactors with impunity”. If you don’t like the way I did it, tough luck. It was inflammatory, but it got attention.
I overlook the fact that Hedo couldn’t be bothered to read the NPT. Most of the time I don’t even respond to his lousy arguments. But when he tries to pass fantasies as fact, I have to put him back in his place.
Now, if I can see evidence that Iran is building nukes, or that they have attacked you, I’ll say “take the bitches down!”.
[quote]lixy wrote:
Mikeyali wrote:
You recognize that means you have taken sides right?
Of course I do. But my position transcends the US-Iran issue.
I’ll side against the aggressor in any conflict. If some warmongering moron was to say the same thing about “attacking the US with impunity”, I’ll jump on America’s side just the same.
You are in the military, and that doesn’t leave any room for acting based on your own critical thinking. You do as you are told, and if you don’t, well, you’ll end up being court-martialed. I can’t blame you for that, but I can damn well smack down idiotic statements such as “We can strike the Iranian reactors with impunity”. If you don’t like the way I did it, tough luck. It was inflammatory, but it got attention.
I overlook the fact that Hedo couldn’t be bothered to read the NPT. Most of the time I don’t even respond to his lousy arguments. But when he tries to pass fantasies as fact, I have to put him back in his place.
Now, if I can see evidence that Iran is building nukes, or that they have attacked you, I’ll say “take the bitches down!”.[/quote]
Tiny Moroccan Bitch,
You have never “put me in my place”. You live in la la land (Islamic version of course). Too fucking funny you have yet to make an argument that wasn’t pure bullshit or lies. It really is the reputation you have earned. You do realize that don’t you.
In fact I have never taken anything you have posted as anything more then a comical attempt at propaganda. You try to be Goebels but you sound more like Baghdad Bob. I am glad that you are obsessed with me. I like it when the radicals become unhinged. It’s always fun to watch.
You know less then nothing of military affairs. Iranian fixed targets will not last 48hrs. End of story. Not even your Iranian allies expect anything more. Iraq was much stronger in 91. The Iraqi military was decimated. We have advanced 16 years forward. Iran simply bought more outdated Russian crap. The results will be even more lopsided.
Perhaps you could become a human shield at one of the nuclear facilities? That way you could prove how committed you are. Inform your cell leader you need a new mission. You have failed at T-Nation.