[kinghorse]

Until the Saudis say embargo.

[StriperSniper]

Yea, yea, then Venezuela can open the spigots wide, they deserve all the petrodollars they can get.

[agrace]

Maybe not, I heard a clip from a recent press thing with Condi Rice where she was talking about how embargos would hurt the oil producers more than us, that they need our bucks. The quote was something like "Think about it, it's not like they can eat the oil." The room howled in response.

[Doc On The Bay]

WELL, Now,---"The House of Saud!"

For the past 40-50 years, the "West" has Sincerely avoided ANY "interference" in the "Internal Affairs" of the "Dubious & Unsavory Monarchy" controlling "Saudi Arabia" because the "Saudis" kept the Oil Flowing! (with the substantial & critical Help of Western Technology!)

IF we "In the West" are now to be "Blackmailed" by the very "Primitives" we have enriched & "Civilized," Our Response to this Ignorant Betrayal can have NO "Civilized Moderation!"

Western Civilization is now in "Survival Mode!"

If Need Be, "The House of Saud" can go "Back to the Desert,"--Living on Dates & Banditry!!

& "The West" will "Go to the Stars" DESPITE them!

HOW SAD--that the "Alleged 'Cradle of Civilization'" is "occupied By" Those who place Their Personal "Authority" ahead of the Destiny of their Children!

"Omar Khayyam" would be HUMILIATED by the Current "Inheritors" of his Culture!

There will NEVER BE a Mosque on the Moon--or a Minaret on Mars--THANKS to the UTTER SOCIOPATHS who currently control "Islam!"

Doc