Iran Strike By US Scheduled For 6th April 2007

[fearless9]

Quote from TM1:

No, I don't see any confusion in my post. I used to be a Briton and I do not believe Thatcher would stand for this.

That being the case, then please tell me why the Commander of HMS Cornwall did not defend and protect his sailors.

These situations need always to be nipped in the bud before they get out of hand which is where we are now.

Can you not see that Las Malvinas and this current situation with Iran are indeed quite different.

One was preventable and one was not.

 

[romik]

Quote from Bullet:

WELL SAID!!! I second this idea.

And when I read posts like yours, not that you do not have the right to have an opinion, of course you do, it's the way that you oppose any possibility of you & I being brainwashed by government's propaganda. Russians print one thing, Americans another, Iranians another, Chinese another, British support Americans, etc. Where is the truth my man? It's one thing to be a patriot & completely the opposite being naive & single-minded.

 

[ByLoSellHi]

War with Iran would cause a severe global recession, if not a depression.

Iran has the tactical capability to close the Straits of Hormuz for a month or longer.

Oil would rise to well above $100 for a sustained period of time, and sink all boats (pun intended).

All you have to do is ask two basic questions: What would $5+ per gallon gas do the U.S. economy?

What about the effects that $100+ per barrel crude oil would have on the prices of chemicals, fertilizer, carpeting, chemicals, plastics, engineered materials, electronics, transportation, etc., etc.?

Inflation would rise to 16% in the U.S. alone, there would be gas lines a mile long as shortages set in, and food prices would soar.

That's why oil is the most potent weapon of all. Iran has 9% of the world's crude oil, and 22% of the world's crude oil is shipped through the Straits of Hormuz.

 

[Hydroblunt]

Quote from THE-BEAKER:

the reason is they probably believe it will happen at some point and so do most people around the world. its almost as if it is destined to happen.

Yeah, he is fanatical enough to go into a "Holy War". The Iran Bourse was somewhat clever, just figured he would keep calm, fight the financial war and force US & UK to really do something outrageous cause they would have no incident. Holding hostages does not exactly make you look like the innocent victim.

Let's get to it already, make that gold & silver move.

 

[biggerfish]

 

[THE-BEAKER]

Quote from biggerfish:

are these available on ebay?

 

[ByLoSellHi]

Markets disagree and chastise the hawks today.

Oil down.

 

[blast19]

Quote from ByLoSellHi:

War with Iran would cause a severe global recession, if not a depression.

Iran has the tactical capability to close the Straits of Hormuz for a month or longer.

Oil would rise to well above $100 for a sustained period of time, and sink all boats (pun intended).

All you have to do is ask two basic questions: What would $5+ per gallon gas do the U.S. economy?

What about the effects that $100+ per barrel crude oil would have on the prices of chemicals, fertilizer, carpeting, chemicals, plastics, engineered materials, electronics, transportation, etc., etc.?

Inflation would rise to 16% in the U.S. alone, there would be gas lines a mile long as shortages set in, and food prices would soar.

That's why oil is the most potent weapon of all. Iran has 9% of the world's crude oil, and 22% of the world's crude oil is shipped through the Straits of Hormuz.

Who wants to bet that if there were an invasion to free the soldiers "intelligence" would point straight to a bunker near the straits of Hormuz and it would quickly be secured from harm?

 

[TM1]

Quote from fearless9:

That being the case, then please tell me why the Commander of HMS Cornwall did not defend and protect his sailors.

These situations need always to be nipped in the bud before they get out of hand which is where we are now.

Can you not see that Las Malvinas and this current situation with Iran are indeed quite different.

One was preventable and one was not.

I don't believe I drew the similarity between Iran and the Falklands. You are drawing your own conclusions. I simply stated that Thatcher would not stand for this nonsense and would take military action.

If you want to debate the tactics of the Falklands, that's fine (I'm not interested) If you want to debate whether or not Thatcher had the balls to go into Iran to get her men out, we can certainly discuss that, but there's not much to say on my part...I believe she would have been quick, decisive and heavy handed in her response. If you disagree, so be it. Without asking her we won't really know anymore than we do now.

 

[ByLoSellHi]

Quote from blast19:

Who wants to bet that if there were an invasion to free the soldiers "intelligence" would point straight to a bunker near the straits of Hormuz and it would quickly be secured from harm?

If you really believe that, you don't understand how complicated securing narrow waterways are.

I don't understand it that well, either, but I know it's way more difficult than you imply.