World & BusinessCriticism of Iran war predictions, from $200 oil to a stock market crash
A post argues that people predicting severe military, economic and diplomatic fallout from the war with Iran were wrong “about quite literally everything.”
TLDR
One post rejects five predictions about the war with Iran: thousands of troop deaths, oil reaching $200 a barrel, Gulf allies abandoning the U.S., BRICS joining the war on Iran’s side and a stock market crash. The author claims all five forecasts were wrong.
Criticism of Iran war predictions, from $200 oil to a stock market crash
A post argues that people predicting severe military, economic and diplomatic fallout from the war with Iran were wrong “about quite literally everything.”
TLDR
One post rejects five predictions about the war with Iran: thousands of troop deaths, oil reaching $200 a barrel, Gulf allies abandoning the U.S., BRICS joining the war on Iran’s side and a stock market crash. The author claims all five forecasts were wrong.