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2012-01-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz over EU oil sanctions

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Posted by tipper 2012-01-23 10:21|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Go ahead and try it guys. We'll see how much you can use that oil when you can't sell it to anyone.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-01-23 11:03|| 2012-01-23 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran's prob is keeping the Strait closed, espec iff the US Navy-DOD + NATO come around.

IMO Tehran must recognize they aren't ready at this time to seriously confront the US-NATO Navies, etc. in the Gulf, hence my belief that Tehran is indir/roundaboutly targeting + humiliating the SAUDI-led, mostly Sunni Arab League + OPEC-OIC.

The Arab League thus far isn't taking any sort of unilateral, non-US,NATO led Milaction agz Baby Assad's anti-Arab Spring bloody crackdown in Syruh - PRECISELY THE POINT???

Lastly, any serious Iranian closure of the Gulf makes the PIPELINE WARS in WEST, CENTRAL, + SOUTH ASIA that much more important.

[PIERCE BROSNAN, SOPHIE MARCEAU = JAMES BOND 007's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH here].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-23 19:18|| 2012-01-23 19:18|| Front Page Top

#3 TOPIX > [Daily Mail.UK] WAR WID IRAN COULD TIP US INTO BLOODIEST CONFLICT SINCE 1945.

ARTIC = Despite any negative feelings they may have towards the Tehran Govt-Regime, the 1980's Iran-Iraq War showed that the People of Iran as a class are fiercely patriotic/nationalistic, hence are more likely to unite behind the Mullahs, NOT the US-Israel-Allies, in response to any foreign attack or invasion of Iran.

YYYUUUUPPPP - I MIGHT ALSO ADD NOT JUST A VIOLENT OR "BLOODY" CONFLICT [casualty-intensive], BUT ALSO POTENS HIGHLY DAMAGING, IFF NOT DESTRUCTIVE OR CATASTROPHIC, TO US + UK GEOPOL STATUS IN THE WORLD.

THE CONVENTIONAL = LIMITED NUCLEAR? NUCLEAR? EXISTENTIAL "MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES" + "PEOPLE'S WAR" THAT SADDAMIST IRAQ WAS NOT.

Iff the Mullahs have their way, it will be a REGIONAL, TRANS-REGIONAL, + GLOBAL CONFLICT.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-23 22:58|| 2012-01-23 22:58|| Front Page Top

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