Iran has launched ballistic missile strikes at US troop bases in Iraq.
Stocks dropped sharply, while gold briefly shot up to $1612.
The 'rescue mission' for equities is already underway.
Let's see how things go tomorrow.
Every empire in its official discourse has said it is not like the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest 'mission civilisatrice.' Edward W. Said