Posted on 12/28/2011 6:14:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Man, I wish we had an American for a president right now.
Sanctions never work, anyway. Glass parking lot time.
Note to Mr. Imanutjob. Just one US carrier battle group has more firepower than the entire navy of any other contry. Maybe he thinks he can get away with this with Obama in the White House. I wouldn’t count on that if I were him. Seems Obama leans Sunni over Shite to me.
They have ONE oil refinery in their entire nation. If they close the Straits, tell them (behind closed doors) that their refinery will be crippled permanently and their economy will grind to a sudden halt. Some of the Mullahs must have enough common sense to recognize that reality and call this stupidity off.
Go ahead and do it. Maybe it would finally get us to be serious about using our own oil, natural gas and coal. Screw Europe, Ivan already owns them anyway.
If Washington had any cajones (which everybody knows they don't), a message would be sent to the ragheads that any such action would be met with immediate, total, all-out, white hot war. Period. Turn their country (and I use the term loosely) into ashes and glass.
*Sigh* A lot of us feel the same way, crosshairs. :'(
Call their bluff.
Closing Hormuz would put half the world against them,even countries with no balls would have to rise up[.
Wait, we are one of those countries with no balls.
Nope-— No one will call their bluff.
Official: Gulf states ready to offset Iran oil
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/12/28/official-gulf-states-ready-to-offset-iran-oil/
December 28, 2011
Gulf Arab nations are prepared to offset any potential loss of Iranian oil in the world market, a senior Saudi oil official said as Iranian officials stepped up their rhetoric today about shutting off a key supply route.
The remarks from the worlds largest oil producer came after Irans vice president on Tuesday warned his country was ready to close the Strait of Hormuz a vital waterway through which a sixth of the worlds oil flows if Western nations impose sanctions on its oil shipments.
And on Wednesday, Iranian navy chief Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, added that Irans Navy can readily block the strait if need be. His comments to Irans English-language state Press TV came as Iran held a 10-day drill in international waters near the strategic chokepoint.
Western nations are growing increasingly impatient with Iran over its nuclear program, and worries abound that new sanctions on the country could target its oil exports.
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Within hours after the closing of the Straight, Bandar Shapur will be rubble.
The cost to Iran from closing the Straight will be exorbitant and more than Iran can afford.
Sounds like they picked a great place to strategically maneuver. Guess they figure the wreckage of their fleet will terminally block the Straits. Shooting fish.....
Certainly the Grand O won’t call their bluff. What? Do something that might impact his re-election? What’s really more important here? /s
———No one will call their bluff-——
Actually, the Iranian bluff has already been called.
Recall if you will recent events where major defense manufacturing capabilities were severely harmed if not destroyed. Recall if you will the stuxnet and other worms that ruined the enrichment production. Recall if you will the preeminent nuclear scientists that were exterminated.
The bluster in question is for domestic consumption to hide the most embarrassing losses of aggressive capability.
Thack - thank you for the correction. I was misinformed. Five of them look to be easily accessible by air. It could still do a lot of damage to their economy since, as you point out, they still need to import much of their refined petroleum.
OOps.....
There is no longer a Bandar Shapur. It was renamed Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
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