Assuming the West was suddenly and unexpectedly deprived of Saudi oil, the economy would crumble quickly.
Like I said, I'm just trying to think outside the box. It's almost as if "methinks the madman doth protest too much" when it comes to Israel. It almost seems scripted at this point.
Now, all that said, there would be a very high risk for Iran that we would summarily incinerate Tehran with a nuclear weapon if it looked like we were going to get tossed into an economic black hole. Especially if it became apparent that China would become a kind of "most favored trading partner" with Iran for their oil. OPEC, under these conditions, would also dissolve quickly because every oil producing nation would rush to price their own oil for economic survival.
still think our observations are funny