Originally Posted by holiday

A certain foreign government forced his hand. They want this war because knocking out Iran is the only way for them to become a super power and dominate the middle east. That’s what this is all about. There was never any real threat to the US, but we will suffer the consequences with inflation, recession, etc. We are particularly exposed being in the airline industry.

If he does not follow thru on his threat to bomb infrastructure and there is a ceasefire/talks, it’s probably not too late for things to go back to normal. If he actually goes thru with it, I believe any chance of a quick recovery is gone.