To: Paul Ross
I wonder of we have a good solution for the blocked Straits of Hormuz scenario....
8 posted on
07/14/2006 3:38:17 PM PDT by
TexanToTheCore
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To: TexanToTheCore
I wonder of we have a good solution for the blocked Straits of Hormuz scenario....No. Frankly, I think this is what finally moved W to push for alternative fuels...he realized that we had allowed ourselves to get into a real dependancy pickle that could seriously endanger our military capacity not just our lifestyle.
The Iranians are tracking our slow plodding response to this however, and are likely pushing for exploiting our vulnerability before we can switch to cars and trucks running on E-85 and planes which fly with hydrogen...
9 posted on
07/14/2006 3:42:49 PM PDT by
Paul Ross
(We cannot be for lawful ordinances and for an alien conspiracy at one and the same moment.-Cicero)
To: TexanToTheCore
Actually, I think the Staits should be blocked -- and the Iranian Oil fields "shut down"...
Who would hurt the most or last longer?
Iran and their Arab neighbors, without ANY income....from ANY source sufficient to sustain basic requirements, or the Western World for a few months?
Sooner or later, the Islamanazis will threaten the shutoff of oil.... Why delay the inevitable?
It is best we address while strong, rather than wait until the enemy is stronger and perhaps nuclear capable.
Semper Fi
20 posted on
07/14/2006 3:59:49 PM PDT by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: TexanToTheCore
I wonder of we have a good solution for the blocked Straits of Hormuz scenario....
Closing the straits of Hormuz would be an act of war and appropriate response would follow, if not from us, others.
At the very least it would backfire on Iran and prompt certain Intl action.
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