Quote from smallfil:
Iran supplies a significant portion of our oil supplies----if they just reduce the amount of oil the US is able to buy from them or even stop it, it would be like a tsunami hitting the US economy!!!
Quote from smallfil:
Iran is a different animal from Iraq. Iran knows it has the US by the balls and it knows it!!! Iran supplies a significant portion of our oil supplies----if they just reduce the amount of oil the US is able to buy from them or even stop it, it would be like a tsunami hitting the US economy!!!
Any war can threaten the supplies of oil and drive prices sky high!!! Why do you think the US is trying to calm Iraq because a full out civil war in Iraq will draw in Iran on the shiite side and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc. on the sunnis side. If the oil facilities get damaged----oil prices would be sky high!!!
Quote from toc:
The prices of oil should only be a short term worry. US/West others are already heavy into Ethanol and have cranked up the programs to reduced its cost and make it a total substitute of oil. The real worry is a nation like Iran with a bomb, missiles and mullahs. Within 6 months, US missiles, stealth bombers and spec ops forces should wipe out the Iranian nuke program and similar defense research. It is imperative!