Vitriol Espresso "I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." General James Mattis

Euro to replace dollar in Iran's Forex Reserve Fund

Which basically means (if you don't like clicking links) that Iran is now trading it's oil for Euros instead of the Dollar. Something they said they'd do by 2005, but put off because of what happened to Iraq. Iraq ALSO changed their oil fund option from the Dollar to the Euro. And as a consequence was attacked.

(At the same time Avigdor Lieberman is giving us all notice of impending Israeli air strikes on Iran. Hahahahahahah..suck it, Fox.)

See a pattern here anywhere? Iran believes the US to be weak with a weak leader. Obama is kissing the asses of all the wrong people, destroying the security of our allies, and taking away our ability to defend ourselves. Instead of actually finishing the conflict in Afghanistan by either pulling out or heaping on more assistance, he's leaving the men there to rot with new rules of engagement that so closely resemble the mire that was Vietnam that it's no longer an issue of politics. Hell, even the UK is willing to hop in and kick Iran's ass.

While Obama is destroying our credibility and pissing off our allies, keep in mind that Iran has developed over the years some pretty tight allies themselves. They already have a rather massive standing army, they have Syria as an ally, they have (still) the Iraqi shia army at their disposal, Venezuela, North Korea, Yemen, Pakistan and all the hoity toity jihad bands as well (Al Q, Hezbollah, the Taliban, etc.). Obama is sitting on top of a giant nuke that's about to go straight up his narrow bunghole.

In all fairness, however, you can't discount the fact that the Obama administration has made the Dollar worth less than a roll of toilet paper. Double ply. Everyone on the planet is nervous about their US investments and most are slowly pulling out. Unless Obama suddenly declares that we owe nobody anything and becomes isolationist (which is likely, surprisingly enough) we are clearly boned. Personally, I feel sorry for the poor schmuck that has to deal with the mess once he and his congressional cronies are finished screwing up our country.

So, how long until Iran becomes the next quagmire? Anyone want to start a pool?