According to the Pentagon, our troops now carry silenced weaponry so they don't disturb the world's delicate, sleeping stock market.

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<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; As rising tensions in the Persian Gulf bring renewed fears of rising oil prices, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reassured the nation that all US soldiers deployed to the region will be equipped with state-of-the-art silencers to avoid waking sleeping markets.  “We went to Iran to do one thing: win,” [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/04/american-soldiers-equipped-with-silencers-to-avoid-waking-sleeping-stock-market/" rel="nofo...