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6. Yes, but they aren't idiots. It is pure manipulation to try and sucker people into the market before knowing the

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 10:37 AM

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credibility of what is happening.

They do this bullshit all the time.

That being said, the market is still down significantly from where it was before the sociopath attacked Iran, and until the next few days determine what is actually happening, everything is just speculation as far as the market is concerned.

I don't think anyone knows what i really happening, but I do know that the war between Iran and Iraq, pushed by us under the Reagan administration, lasted for 8 years, which caused the deaths and destruction of over a million people.

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