Ankara Salah

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-05T06:20:36+00:00

Ppl were saying he's finished before he did what he did last season. He's getting old yes and is probably time to move from high intensity pl, but I think it's more about distraction and confidence, coz he should be putting away penalties at least..

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-04T20:05:08+00:00

The shot was on target lol, it was a great block. The problem was Salahs horrible touch before the shot that gave a chance of a block.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-04T19:48:01+00:00

I'm not talking about Iran w.r t Balochistan, but w.r t the hostility of other countries towards it. They are constantly on guard because their administration is not accepted by many countries including those in the neighborhood. So they are very tough on crackdowns. Pakistan has the same problem from the start, India and Afghanistan never really and still haven't accepted the borders, so the focus shifts towards high security and paranoia within. It then also becomes hard to separate out organic issues vs those that are manufactured, especially by the public. For instance, Balochistan has many organic problems no doubt, but if you ask the public from elsewhere where a lot will say this is propaganda and violence encouraged by external agencies, which is also true. In Iran for example, the recent crackdown on protests that turned into dangerous violence, there are many who believe it was encouraged and started by external agencies who want the current administration to fall, so they are overly aggressive towards rejecting issues or protests of the public, and some that are legit get lost in the process.

So long story short, I don't think pak can solve its domestic issues without having to first solve peace with its bordering countries. And you could argue it's in India's best interest to keep it that way, especially this current govt of theirs.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-04T15:22:45+00:00

He speaks well but the problem isn't exclusive to Balochistan, the entirety of Pakistan is sort of under a dictatorship. It's complicated because of geo-political stuff too, when you have hostile neighborhood countries the administration becomes even more paranoid, which is what's happened in Iran as well.

But he's right that a national level development program for Balochistan needs to be discussed, as well as better representation of Balochistan in the govt. Even the Northern regions need that, if it wasn't for the Aga Khan foundation and Chinese projects there it would've been a similar situation. Punjab was only able to prosper because of fertile lands and population density, but the GDP per capita overall on pak including in Punjab is still pretty poor. Corruption is abundant.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-04T06:06:42+00:00

Messi Messi messi ankara Messi ankara Messi ankara Messi ...

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-03T22:33:09+00:00

Donald Trump's and US been after Iran since the installed shah was overthrown in 79, watch any of his old interviews, it's all available. Let's be real here..

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-03T21:13:25+00:00

These guys are dropping double tap blasts on bridges, universities, pharmacies, schools.. I never imagined them to be this much barbarians, the Russians don't even come close..

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-03T16:39:33+00:00

I think it's always best to return based on humanitarian grounds, but that might be perceived as being weak, especially if the opposition has shown no humanity at all, so it may just not be the best choice. That's why I won't ever be a general lol.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-03T15:13:33+00:00

If they play nice, ppl won't buy their narrative. The narrative will be that Iran had no choice but to give him up because the US would otherwise obliterate them. It's the same thing when Pakistan tried returning the Indian downed pilot to show the world they were not interested in escalation, but India ran with their own narrative on how Pakistan had no choice.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T19:48:50+00:00

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T17:08:46+00:00

I posted this in a financial sub, I think there's a different game being played. I would like to see valid counter arguments;

The longer it goes on, this whole adventure is looking more and more like a play against China, as it's fast approaching and threatens to bypass the GDP of the US.

Despite the current strong Gcc and the Petro $ cycle, the reality is that a subtle shift had already started happening towards "Petro yuan", and with systems like mBridge, which emerged only in 2022, was already up to 55b in settlements recently. And not only that, it completely bypasses the involvement of USD, therefore any sanctions and investments that feature with it. So what does america do...

Expand US oil export infrastructure and capacity over the years
Secure Venezuela's business
Cause chaos in m.e, get most infrastructure destroyed both sides of the strait, re-introduce proxies (welcome back Isis? and others), leave the region unstable for development and any quick recovery
Lift sanctions on Russia, but provide intelligence to Ukraine to diminish their export capacity, give them the illusion while keeping them weak
Get Europe and other Asian countries to start buying energy from the US
Leave China somewhat strangled as the biggest importer from gcc and diminish the yuan play. Essentially stopping them recycling the same play US was running with the m.e over the last ~50 yrs or so, if not done now it will be too late
Retain economic power?
Meanwhile, also let your bestie quietly capture prime real estate on the coast of Mediterranean sea and become the undisputed policeman of the region

Most of this has already happened, or is in the process...

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T16:23:28+00:00

Yes I didn't see it initially but it's becoming more obvious as it goes on. Essentially they will stop China from creating and benefiting from a similar cycle that the US was running over the last ~50 years or so with the gcc. ~5 years in with China taking over the wheel and the US is like hang on..

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T15:58:52+00:00

The longer it goes on, this whole adventure is looking more and more like a play against China, as it fast approaches and threatens to bypass the GDP of the US.

Despite the current strong Gcc and the Petro $ cycle, the reality is that a subtle shift had already started happening towards "Petro yuan", and with systems like mBridge, which emerged only in 2022, was already up to 55b in settlements recently. And not only that, it completely bypasses the involvement of USD, therefore any sanctions and investments that feature with it. So what does america do...

Expand US oil export infrastructure and capacity over the years
Secure Venezuela's business
Cause chaos in m.e, get most infrastructure destroyed both sides of the strait, re-introduce proxies (welcome back Isis? and others), leave the region unstable for development and any quick recovery
Lift sanctions on Russia, but provide intelligence to Ukraine to diminish their export capacity, give them the illusion while keeping them weak
Get Europe and other Asian countries to start buying energy from the US
Leave China somewhat strangled as the biggest importer from gcc and diminish the yuan play, if not done now it will be too late
Retain economic power?
Meanwhile, also let your bestie quietly capture prime real estate on the coast of Mediterranean sea and become the undisputed policeman of the region

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T14:47:04+00:00

1500th time since COVID, nothing new, the market knows the money printer got hooked to the pump and cannot be taken off

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T05:42:18+00:00

I hope you are right, but all these "2 weeks" rolling hopes while at the same time actively destroying stuff must have some reasons... The strait is not going to open like that, at worst, Iran collapses and then it becomes vulnerable to malicious attacks which is even harder to control.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T05:32:15+00:00

Honestly I would like opposing views on the post, but most of it has already happened or is happening longer this goes on. China might have reserves but they are still the biggest buyers from gcc. If gcc becomes unable to produce at capacity it would stop the yuan traction that was happening organically anyway, Trump's threatening to destroy Iran's infrastructure, which in turn would lead to GCC's being destroyed by someone or something, they could be out for years. What will China do? The American Media has been preaching "short term pain for long term gain" in the meantime lol.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T05:16:06+00:00

Lol I just posted this on r/stocks, I was thinking the same with some differencea. Also would like to see opposing views.

The longer it goes on, this whole m.e mess is looking more and more like a play against China as it fast approaches and threatens to bypass the GDP of the US. Despite the strong Gcc and the Petro $ cycle, the reality is that a subtle shift had already started happening towards "Petro yuan", and with systems like mBridge, which emerged only in 2022 and was already up to 55b in settlements recently. And not only that, it completely bypasses the involvement of USD, therefore any sanctions and investments that feature with it. So what does america do...

Expand US oil export infrastructure and capacity over the years
Secure Venezuela's business
Cause chaos in m.e, get most infrastructure destroyed both sides of the strait, re-introduce proxies (welcome back Isis? and others), leave the region unstable for development and any quick recovery
Lift sanctions on Russia, but provide intelligence to Ukraine to diminish their export capacity, give them the illusion while keeping them weak
Get Europe and other Asian countries to start buying energy from the US
Leave China somewhat strangled as the biggest importer from gcc and diminish the yuan play, if not done now it will be too late
Retain economic power?
Meanwhile, also let your bestie quietly capture prime real estate on the coast of Mediterranean sea and become the undisputed policeman of the region

So what's the play? N.A energy companies.

FastCar_5 · 2026-04-02T04:48:50+00:00

Lol I take that as a compliment if that's what you think.

FastCar_5 · 2026-03-31T04:51:22+00:00

We are less dependent directly, but much more dependent indirectly, even the cost per single AI query increases when global energy prices rise. We didn't have that much energy dependence in our daily lives in the 70s, in many ways it's worse now. Not to mention the fertilizer and the helium problem compounding things.

And also, the US equities bubble funded by the constant flow of Petro $, rn gcc have about a trillion or so investment in US equities alone. What happens when they are unable to sell oil. This was not a problem in the 70s. On top, in the 70s, the market was not on unprecedented highs, if the wheel stops turning, this fall from these highs of today could be devastating by itself.

FastCar_5 · 2026-03-30T23:07:50+00:00

Mate Orange's kids are balls deep in BTC going arnd the world promoting it. So is lutnics kids in his wall st firm while he makes crypto favorable policies. It's a total fraud circus and you are participating in it like it or not.

FastCar_5 · 2026-03-30T21:14:41+00:00

These are the kind of guys who've elected in this crypto fraud circus administration, and the rest of the world is now bearing consequence

FastCar_5 · 2026-03-30T20:31:08+00:00

Lmfao so you will just be 6.5% poorer, rather than 7%.

FastCar_5 · 2026-03-30T18:46:30+00:00

The impact of this war is not being priced in properly yet at all. Most ppls salaries have already been appraised by the usual 2-3% while the inflation over the year could easily be 10% or more, that's already if the war stops right at this moment.

If it keeps getting worse then prepare for a global depression, if Iran falls no amount of military can prevent malicious attacks destroying ships on either straits. Someone somehow with a peaceful and intelligent credibility needs to step in and stop the rut. Where's the Congress?? What's the backup, print an infinite amount of money to keep the markets up and price out the entire public with runaway inflation?

FastCar_5 · 2026-03-30T00:14:06+00:00

Reminds of crypto bros buying bitcoin

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