A few observations;
We (the US) do not purchase any oil from Iran.
Those that advocate the nuke and pave approach must be wiling to pay $8 a gallon or better at the pump I presume? Joe Consumer won't be too thrilled about that.
Iran's oil supply is under question and if the reports of it's decline in a realtively short term are true, we can see why they are becoming more and more desperate.
Iran taking those hostages shows the world that they can and will do such things, while the UN the US , the UK and all of the nuclear capable nations sit by and do exactly nothing. They are stepping across a line in the sand in defiance, and they are not being shoved back across. This makes them look like tough guys in their eyes and the eyes of the Arab world.
If Thatcher were still running things in the UK, the entire British Navy would likley be parked off the coast with an SAS team gettting ready to go in.
We (the US) do not purchase any oil from Iran.
Those that advocate the nuke and pave approach must be wiling to pay $8 a gallon or better at the pump I presume? Joe Consumer won't be too thrilled about that.
Iran's oil supply is under question and if the reports of it's decline in a realtively short term are true, we can see why they are becoming more and more desperate.
Iran taking those hostages shows the world that they can and will do such things, while the UN the US , the UK and all of the nuclear capable nations sit by and do exactly nothing. They are stepping across a line in the sand in defiance, and they are not being shoved back across. This makes them look like tough guys in their eyes and the eyes of the Arab world.
If Thatcher were still running things in the UK, the entire British Navy would likley be parked off the coast with an SAS team gettting ready to go in.