Glyn MoodyMar 5
Trump’s War on #Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers - https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-war-on-iran-could-screw-over-us-farmers/ "The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s #fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season." almost as if they didn't think this through...
Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers

The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

WIRED
J.M. HillMar 5
Show threadCharlie Stross

@glynmoody I'm seeing reports that the Iranian leadership all got hit in that initial attack because they'd gathered to sign a peace treaty that was on the table. The war started because Netanyahu saw Iran backing down and couldn't resist the opportunity to drag the USA in.

TLDR: Trump got played.

Mar 5 at 8:08pmWeb
Show threadGlyn MoodyMar 5
@cstross whoa, that would be something...and certainly trump doesn't stand a chance against netanyahu
Show threadDźwiedziuMar 5

@cstross
I would call it a perfect Sith move, if it was in *fucking* fiction.

This is like telling “Never deal with 'murica" to people that already saw the US as “the great devil”.

That will leave literal scars.

@glynmoody

Show threadDavid PeningtonMar 6
@cstross @glynmoody
Simply untrue. Iranian generals don't sign treaties.
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 6
@DavidPenington @glynmoody *Political* leadership—Khamenei and all his plausible successors.