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Ali Ettefagh

Tehran, Iran

Dr. Ali Ettefagh serves as a director of Highmore Global Corporation, an investment company in emerging markets of Eastern Europe, CIS, and the Middle East. He is the co-author of several books on trade conflict, resolution of international trade disputes, conflicts in letters of credit, trade-related banking transactions, sovereign debt, arbitration and dispute resolutions and publications specific to the oil and gas, communication, aviation and finance sectors. Dr. Ettefagh is a member of the executive committee and the board of directors of The Development Foundation, an advisor to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and an advisor to a number of European companies. Dr. Ettefagh speaks Persian (Farsi), English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Turkish. Close.

Ali Ettefagh

Tehran, Iran

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No Longer a Financial Superpower

Many friends of America politely abstained from the Iraqi adventures of Uncle Sam. But they are now extending more credit to an ally in need.

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deflag Author Profile Page:

Not only is this an ideological battle, it is also a military/paramilitary battle where we again need to cut off the flow of funds from the Gulf to those who actually are in arms against us.

The flow of funds needs a pull. If we can keep pushing oil down, the advantage is ours. We end up with more for less. They can cut production and play the price fixing game again. It won't help them because the flow of funds is cut off.

How we push: ''The art of war is simple enough. Find out where the enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and keep moving.'' Simple is best, just so it works. The islamic bonds are junk. We can sell war bonds and go World War Three and destroy most of the world in a rage. We still have plenty of combat capacity. It could go that way. It could soon go nuclear. Flying a jet full of American citizens into the Pentagon was a bad idea. Innocent children were murdered. We have no mercy for the enemy. Wall Street became the enemy and look at what happened to them and there's more to come. Oil at $20.00 a barrel sounds reasonable.

deflag Author Profile Page:

My guys fly into the danger zone. We're a supersonic power. Order more jets for the guys and bombs for the ladies. When things get bad, defense spending goes up along with U.S. production. It's a complex matter.

WantTheirSeats Author Profile Page:

Yes, it seems a world dictator stuffed itself up. Natural perhaps. But I bet the new president, whoever he is, will wage at least one more war in his first term.

hgcsato Author Profile Page:

Great insight.
Bad decisions are the root cause of all problems, wars, bankruptcies, divorces, murders, ......

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