wheels Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 US warns Iran over threat to block oil route Admiral Habibollah Sayari says Iran could easily close the Strait of Hormuz The US Navy has said it will not tolerate disruption to a vital oil-trade route, following an Iranian threat to close it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16348633 Playing into US hands? They get an excuse to attack and degrade the Iranian forces and Israel can take out the Iranian 'nuclear threat' at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The sooner we can reduce our reliance on oil the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 We're already in a war, only at the moment it's a currency war. The war at the moment isn't being waged with bullets and bombs, but with derivatives, credit default swaps and the like. Once we reach the end of this particular road and the respective currencies have been devalued to the max, then the big boys will get wheeled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAlan Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 US warns Iran over threat to block oil route Admiral Habibollah Sayari says Iran could easily close the Strait of Hormuz The US Navy has said it will not tolerate disruption to a vital oil-trade route, following an Iranian threat to close it. http://www.bbc.co.uk...e-east-16348633 Playing into US hands? They get an excuse to attack and degrade the Iranian forces and Israel can take out the Iranian 'nuclear threat' at the same time I can't see this turning into an armed conflict. It would only add a few dollars per barrel to ship the oil the long way round. And don't forget China would have something to say about a sea route being closed. And they are one of Iran's few friends. Actually, did anyone notice the home run China has scored recently..... oil exploration rights in Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_Kelly Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 US warns Iran over threat to block oil route Admiral Habibollah Sayari says Iran could easily close the Strait of Hormuz The US Navy has said it will not tolerate disruption to a vital oil-trade route, following an Iranian threat to close it. http://www.bbc.co.uk...e-east-16348633 Playing into US hands? They get an excuse to attack and degrade the Iranian forces and Israel can take out the Iranian 'nuclear threat' at the same time It would only add a few dollars per barrel to ship the oil the long way round. . Sorry ship it the long way round. If you had not noticed there is only one way in and out of where they say they will block!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 If you had not noticed there is only one way in and out of where they say they will block!!!! A monorail will end the reliance on the unwieldy shipping. I'm trying to type more but my kitten is snoring louder than I do and I'm losing all powers of concentration. The wierd git that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAlan Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 US warns Iran over threat to block oil route Admiral Habibollah Sayari says Iran could easily close the Strait of Hormuz The US Navy has said it will not tolerate disruption to a vital oil-trade route, following an Iranian threat to close it. http://www.bbc.co.uk...e-east-16348633 Playing into US hands? They get an excuse to attack and degrade the Iranian forces and Israel can take out the Iranian 'nuclear threat' at the same time It would only add a few dollars per barrel to ship the oil the long way round. . Sorry ship it the long way round. If you had not noticed there is only one way in and out of where they say they will block!!!! oops. Wrong Gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 A monorail will end the reliance on the unwieldy shipping. Perhaps we should suggest to the Government they make a start by building a monorail link to Liverpool - this would also assist us in pulling in thousands of visitors to the felt museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 the EU have agreed in principle to blocking imports of oil from Iran. Weather they do or not is a diffrent story. expect oil to go pop if it happins. we take about 450k barrels per day from iran. game of chess is in play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 ....with one end result, for Iran see Iraq. Although this time expect Iran to have some mates to bring to the gunshow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheels Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 It has all the elements required A rogue state on the verge of being nuke capable And a threat to Western oil supplies Looks like it's time for the worlds policeman USA to invade bring those poor oppressed people all the benefits of a capitalist democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Think of all those juicy billion dollar contracts for western oil companies, as well as those engineering and construction companies to rebuild Iran once they've bombed it back into the stone age. To say nothing of the arms corporations who can get rid of all those depleted uranium tipped bombs for megabucks, who cares if a few million kids get born with birth defects from it. You can just see the shareholders and CEO's salivating at their share prices going up while their representatives cosy up to the politicians telling them how much money they can get if they 'do a Libya' on Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Goblin Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Lxxx - you've obviously been reading Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Problem is Iran is not your libya or iraq. it has freinds and it has half a decent military. Not to mention it will have the people be hind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Lxxx - you've obviously been reading Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". I haven't actually, but will Google it. The reason for my scepticism is that I used to work for a multinational corporation who were involved in the rebuilding of Iraq, and we found out we had won a large contract to rebuild the utilites and power infrastructure (as a junior partner with a well known American firm) soon after the war/invasion had started, which didn't sit right with me. I then got offered a chance to go and work in the Green Zone in Baghdad as colleagues of mine went out there for 6 months at a time, at x3 salary tax-free and mortgage paid off, but it didn't come off in the end. The whole thing stank to high heaven and from working in that environment and speaking to people who had worked out there it was all about big business from the off, with deals struck to rebuild it before the first bomb had been dropped. 'War Is A Racket' I think the saying goes, and nothing could be more apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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