War

Thousands killed in Iraq as political violence grows. Today 86 Iraqis were killed and 234 were wounded.

Syrian inflation hits 200 percent, and the government has stopped using the US dollar and instead is using rials, roubles and renminbi, the currencies of Iran, Russia and China, to conduct trade. That means the US will invade for sure. Protecting the status of the dollar as the world's reserve currency is the most important goal of US foreign policy. This article claims Syrian abandoned the dollar for the euro years ago, so that's why this war is happening now. It looks like Syria abandoned both the dollar and the euro a year ago, and that would explain why the US got so involved in arming the rebels then. This is why the US won't allow Assad to remain in power. Syrian rebels abandoned UN peace plan about the same time.