Posted on 01/05/2006 12:09:34 PM PST by EternalHope
No one will buy their oil because no one will have the fuel to deliver it anyway. Destruction of the oil fields is one of the worst scenarios imaginable. You can't even begin to realize the panic that could ensue if Saudi taps were shut off, or Iranian for that matter. What would China do? Russia? Every country for themselves? Imagine this clown in Iran holding the Saudi oil fields and a gun pointed at the head of Europe in the form of a nuclear weapon or two or three. What are you going to trade for Saudi Arabia? Rome? Paris? Berlin? London? What I don't think many people are appreciating is the fact that Mutually Assured Destruction does not apply here. They will sacrifice their own to destroy us. They DO NOT CARE.
You took the words right out of my mouth. This is exactly the scenario I envisioned.
Is it likely? I don't know. Is it possible? Absolutely. And I guarantee the Pentagon has war-gamed this over and over and over again. And frankly, I don't see how any of the outcomes are good if Iran has a nuclear weapon in its arsenal.
Bottom line: If Iran gets nukes we have big trouble. Exactly what they will choose to do I do not know, but you can bet the ranch they will do SOMETHING.
We really have no choice. We cannot let them get nukes. And it could get VERY ugly when we make our move.
still think our observations are funny
Interesting conversation we are having here.
I think Iran will attack Israel first, because they believe that will unify the Muslim world.
They are not afraid of Europe, because Europe is impotent.
They know that we have our own leftists problems here.
Just my opinion, but I am interested in what everyone else thinks here.
sorry we disagree
lets see, why would someone tell us the future? so we can prepare. why would someone give you a roadmap? to help you get to where you need to be. i doubt god wants us to collectively roast in nuclear hell. if he did, he would have allowed it to happen long ago.
god also had enemies as he pointed out. he talked of satan. others talked of the antichrist.... which I believe is the collective soul of islam. the ANTI Christ is personified in their actions.... and walks the earth with us.
guaranteed if we let them continue with their actions there will be a nuclear hell on earth
if god wanted us to collectively roast in hell he would have done it himself, along time ago (and we wouldn't be waiting for some 1,2,or3 thousand years) but he is not that kind of god.
but i believe he does have adversaries who would like to see a roaster of anthing realated to god or christ.
All that you say is true except for one problem. There is no reason at all for Iran to attack and try to destroy Saudi Arabia. That's why I think it is an autistic fantasy. Yes it could be done but it has no tie to the real world.
Exactly my point. To believe the US and the rest of the West by extension, would not retaliate and seize control of the situation is totally unrealistic. By launching at attack, Iran basically could take a giant leap into the abyss, but after that holds no cards at all.
We can clean up oil fields, as we showed in Kuwait, and since the whole world runs on oil, we will not be alone if Iran tries to derail the global economy. There may be an economic black hole out there somewhere, but this ain't it.
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