The Syrian civil war is the messiest middle eastern conflict in centuries. Therefore, as a war-like people, we must dip out beaks into it. This reminds me of the movie, The Outsiders, when Matt Dillon came running onto the field of battle screaming ‘no one starts a rumble without me.’
I don’t know when America became the world police. And I find it sort of ironic that it happened under the leadership of a noble peace prize winner. One thing is for certain, it’s bullish for stocks; bearish for the life expectancy for the people in Syria.
Shippers, gold and silver are the play off this conflict. As much as I hate gold and silver, it’s back with a vengeance. As for the shippers, I don’t see how a Syrian war affects the oil trade. Nonetheless, GNK, FRO, SBLK and VLCCF are pressing higher.
AMBA and YELP are higher. Generally speaking, I am not having a terrible day.
Brace yourselves for more volatility and stress test your margins.
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We became the world police when we went into Iraq to get those WMD’s.
amen, Rick.
We became the world police prior to that.
Long, long before. Definitely post WWII, if not before.
That is some stellar historical commentary. You don’t think Teddy “Ruxpin’ Roosevelt might take issue with your post WWII comment?
Which were promptly shipped to…..wait for it……Syria
WHO the ‘good guys’ here? Asaad who we are attacking because he allegedly used WMD’s, or the “free Syrian Army” (also known as Al Qaeda terrorists) who mass murder priests and may have even been the ones to use the Chems in this case on their own people just to draw us in? Both sides are absolute evil and we have NO BUSINESS getting in this mess.
Terrible situation that our sons shouldn’t be a part of.
I think the only sons that are going to really participate are the gamers running the drones out of the Nevada desert…Who are the Drone manufacturers, that is where there might be some money to be made here…
You know what? I’m wrong. The “rebels” that Obama supports (you know the ‘good guys’), are WORSE.
“…NO BUSINESS getting in this mess.” Totally agree. Ironic how this Prez may end up doing the same as his predecessor.
Putin should offer Ed Snowden to Obama if he will stay out of Syria….
Would you accept $100 for a roll with your wife?
I didn’t think so.
Times are tough man, let’s not jump to conclusions
Every stock you own is getting destroyed except amba, some down huge including ras, pep, wm, fb, ddd, immr, powi, aapl, chd…yelp is flat….seems like u are lying about your performance again, what’s up with that?
The whole market is down, ass-clown
Why would he lie? When he has gotten his ass handed to him in the past, he has been very forthcoming about it.
Why come into his home and disrespect him with your stupid comment?
when is the devil going to relax his nasal septum and start blogging again?
How kick ass would it be if we just went over and gassed the fuck out of everyone there.
Stupid person.
No, at stupid person is one that gets involved with someone elses problem in the first place. We need to stay far far away and let them blow themselves up.
we should stay far awayfrom the mess indeed, dont gas them tho.. hope u get gased tho, world would be better id imagine
There’s the problem, thinking we have to do “anything”.
Trust me I want nothing to do with Syria, I am all for letting them blow themselves up, we have zero business being there or assisting or getting involved. We need to stay away from there.
“noble” peace prize or “nobel”?
Does it matter, since the “prize” is fraudulent anyway.
A apropos error
“An”
error after error.
Also, it’s capitalized (Nobel Peace Prize).
I believe I’ve picked my quota of nits this morning…
‘I have’ (contractions are technically improper)
There. How jou like dah, huh? (Heavy Tony Montana added)
“middle eastern”, should be “Middle Eastern”.
Thank you, as you were.
JCP…get it
I’m sure the law of unintended consequences will be on full display as this plays out.
Who started it? Woodrow Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt IMO. And any hints of isolationism in the 30’s probably died when Lindbergh fell out of public favor. And Lyndon Johnson made it continuing policy, not just ad hoc.
It’s part and parcel with being the world’s strongest superpower. Many of us would like to be Sweden or Switzerland or New Zealand. But we just aren’t that kind of country.
I don’t think the market is worried so much about Syria. Yes, Oil, Gold are moving up on War Talk done by talking heads. But, IMHO, I think that the Obama Leak of Summers as his guy and that he will be appointing him has a lot more to do with this action today. Yellen Could retire over this, or at least be a pain to work with after she was passed over for the job..FOMC regime is the bigger risk.
Trading Nymph, I admire your independent thinking. Also, I agree with Fly’s comment about the madness of sending our children to war in Syria.
Thank You!
The Deputy Premier of Russia just called Obama a “monkey with a hand grenade”. Good one.
I would never allow my son to go the middle east to fight. Fuck those stone aged people.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran’s democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran’s civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
Thank you. It needs to be said, again and again, lest we forget.
Stop whining.