Salem’s Lot: Gulf War update; the Purge of senior US military officers; a US fossil fuel reliance fever dream

About this episode

The episode provides an update on the Gulf War and discusses various related topics including energy independence and military strategy.

Salem’s Lot: an update on the Gulf War. Topics include international commodity price pass-throughs to the US, the limits of energy independence, Gulf temperatures and their relevance to US military options, the proposed Iranian toll on the Strait of Hormuz, the cost per payload of asymmetric warfare and our commodity price tracker. Also: the history of Presidential firings of senior US military officers, and a US fossil fuel reliance fever dream. Watch the video

People in this episode

Host: Michael Cembalest

Topics covered

• Gulf War update
• energy independence
• military options
• asymmetric warfare
• commodity prices
• military officer firings
• fossil fuel reliance

Keywords

• Gulf War
• energy independence
• military strategy
• commodity prices
• asymmetric warfare
• fossil fuels
• military officers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US military

Places: Strait of Hormuz, US, Iranian

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