War with Iran?

[Dill]

(09-19-2019, 12:25 PM)Benton Wrote: Four of the top 10 world economies are in the EU. One ME country (SA) is in the top 20 (#19). Several of those are significant trade partners. I'm all for closing bases and reducing our NATO footprint, but not really a fan of shifting that money to a region constantly at war with not a lot of trading potential.

Not to mention that the EU, taken together, is an economy roughly the size of the US, and that our alliances--trade and military--with EU countries, make it, in combination with our economy, a tremendous lever to coordinate against Russia and China.

But if "they don't like us" that's another story.  The economic hit we take (e.g. unemployment) and the loss of political clout from ditching them would be worth it.  We'll build some Ford plants in Kuwait and Egypt and some of the 1% will be ok.

Wait . . . hold all that. . . I heard "they don't like us" in the ME either