One thing--Iran doesn't export gasoline, it's an imported item for them.
Newt, in an interview, suggested that the British should inform Iran that their single gasoline refinery would be reduced to rubble in 48 hours if their soldiers were not back in their hands -- first privately, to give them an opportunity to save face, then publically, to elicit pressure from the citizens of Iran. That alone should bring the Iranian economy to a halt.
When the refinery was rubble, the British announce that they were imposing an embargo on gasoline entering Iran. Within 30 days, there would be no vehicle traffic, which would kill the Iranian economy.
The mullahs would not survive.
Correct. They have exactly one refinery, which we should bomb. Then we should blockade their coast adn mine thier harbors to keep oil from coming in -- or going out either.
Then bomb their nuke facilities and increse our military presence near the Iran-Iraq border.
This is a Reaganaut strategy, making their economy suffer and at the same time making them have to try to keep up militaryily. It should collapse them.
We should also arrest their entire UN mission as spies, ship them to Gitmo, and hold them until the Mad Mullahs cave. What a bunch of phony holy men!
What justification do we have to do these things, you might ask. After all, they're Briatain's military personnel.Well...
They committed an act of war against Britain, our ally.
Under the terms of the NATO treaty, to which we and the Brits are signatories, an attack on one is an attack on all. Thus, by attacking a British ship, they attacked the United States too.
Thus we hvae every justification to actas if the attack were on us directly.
Correct. They have exactly one refinery, which we should bomb. Then we should blockade their coast adn mine thier harbors to keep oil from coming in -- or going out either.
Then bomb their nuke facilities and increse our military presence near the Iran-Iraq border.
This is a Reaganaut strategy, making their economy suffer and at the same time making them have to try to keep up militaryily. It should collapse them.
We should also arrest their entire UN mission as spies, ship them to Gitmo, and hold them until the Mad Mullahs cave. What a bunch of phony holy men!
What justification do we have to do these things, you might ask. After all, they're Briatain's military personnel.Well...
They committed an act of war against Britain, our ally.
Under the terms of the NATO treaty, to which we and the Brits are signatories, an attack on one is an attack on all. Thus, by attacking a British ship, they attacked the United States too.
Thus we hvae every justification to act as if the attack were on us directly.