Comments on: A US Blockade of Iran Would Cause an Energy Crisis http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: daniel morris http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-10887 daniel morris Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:40:11 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-10887 Drilling for local US oil will take several years and a further several years until it is available to the US consumer; it should be implemented as a matter of urgency together with other forms of energy. However, in the meantime Iran is continuing nuclear enrichment development. If America does not stop Iran fairly immediately, it is a realistic possibility that Iran will become the number one world superpower, by virtue of it intimidating, and thereby controlling in this manner other oil producing states in the Middle East. Drilling for local US oil will take several years and a further several years until it is available to the US consumer; it should be implemented as a matter of urgency together with other forms of energy.

However, in the meantime Iran is continuing nuclear enrichment development. If America does not stop Iran fairly immediately, it is a realistic possibility that Iran will become the number one world superpower, by virtue of it intimidating, and thereby controlling in this manner other oil producing states in the Middle East.

]]> By: Patricia Orton http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Patricia Orton Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:43:18 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-5739 Reports of impending Iran blockade are false, US Dept. of Defense tells Post The url is long but you can read part of it if you copy and paste it into your browser window. <a href="http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1534152541.html?dids=1534152541:1534152541&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+14%2C+2008&author=YAAKOV+LAPPIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=2&desc=Reports+of+impending+Iran+blockade+are+false%2C+US+Dept.+of+Defense+tells+Post" rel="nofollow">http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/15341525...</a> Here is how it reads: --Also reported heading toward Iran is another nuclear- powered carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan and its Carrier Strike Group Seven; the USS Iwo Jima [amphibious assault ship], the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and a number of French warships, including the nuclear hunter- killer submarine Amethyste," the Middle East Times reported. The force will join two other American naval battle groups in the Gulf, the report added.-- You have to pay to read the rest of the article. Reports of impending Iran blockade are false, US Dept. of Defense tells Post

The url is long but you can read part of it if you copy and paste it into your browser window.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/15341525…

Here is how it reads:

–Also reported heading toward Iran is another nuclear- powered carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan and its Carrier Strike Group Seven; the USS Iwo Jima [amphibious assault ship], the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and a number of French warships, including the nuclear hunter- killer submarine Amethyste," the Middle East Times reported. The force will join two other American naval battle groups in the Gulf, the report added.–

You have to pay to read the rest of the article.

]]> By: A US Blockade of Iran Would Cause an Energy Crisis | MashTopic http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 A US Blockade of Iran Would Cause an Energy Crisis | MashTopic Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:38:33 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-5709 [...] Read the source » Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] Read the source » Share and Enjoy: [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-5224 Jeff Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:58:56 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-5224 The problem is we need to become an exporter. The US gets very little of it's oil from the middle east. Europe is the big consumer of middle east oil but it's a global economy. The price of a barrel of crude is set by investors on a daily basis. OPEC and such flame the increase in the price of a of barrel of oil by restricting production and increasing demand, also aggrevated by world events such as war, severe weather problems, etc. Take out or control the demand part of the equation and the price of oil stabalizes (globaly) because investors are not willing to pay alot for futures on a product that demand will probably not increase on. The price stays down (except for the huge taxes on each gallon). Start drilling and exporting without playing games and the daily oil scare goes into low gear. The scary thing about the Straights and all of the other activities going on right now (that is not being covered in the main stream media for some reason) is it is not about oil but in my uneducated and feable opinion a chance for a real world war. What if Russia or China wants to escort their commercial vessels through the blockade to Iran. Read the Debka Files articles over the past few weeks (because it's an easy place to get most the information in one spot) and you'll see it's all about power, economics and border security and there are a lot of players to blame. The US is making dangerous moves as well as the Russians, Iranians, Israel, Syria, Poland, Georgia, Ukraine, etc. Well worth watching unfold, but you won't find all the back ground noise through the main stream media. Maybe they're in denial. Russia has now sent a carrier group to Syria and are in talks with them about setting up nuke weapons there along with missile defense systems in Iran. Not about oil but in retaliation for missile defense system being put into Poland by the US. The Russians now control the Black Sea and the US the Mediterranean. Cold War tactics coming back fast. The problem is we need to become an exporter. The US gets very little of it's oil from the middle east. Europe is the big consumer of middle east oil but it's a global economy.

The price of a barrel of crude is set by investors on a daily basis. OPEC and such flame the increase in the price of a of barrel of oil by restricting production and increasing demand, also aggrevated by world events such as war, severe weather problems, etc.

Take out or control the demand part of the equation and the price of oil stabalizes (globaly) because investors are not willing to pay alot for futures on a product that demand will probably not increase on. The price stays down (except for the huge taxes on each gallon).

Start drilling and exporting without playing games and the daily oil scare goes into low gear.

The scary thing about the Straights and all of the other activities going on right now (that is not being covered in the main stream media for some reason) is it is not about oil but in my uneducated and feable opinion a chance for a real world war.

What if Russia or China wants to escort their commercial vessels through the blockade to Iran. Read the Debka Files articles over the past few weeks (because it's an easy place to get most the information in one spot) and you'll see it's all about power, economics and border security and there are a lot of players to blame. The US is making dangerous moves as well as the Russians, Iranians, Israel, Syria, Poland, Georgia, Ukraine, etc.

Well worth watching unfold, but you won't find all the back ground noise through the main stream media. Maybe they're in denial.

Russia has now sent a carrier group to Syria and are in talks with them about setting up nuke weapons there along with missile defense systems in Iran. Not about oil but in retaliation for missile defense system being put into Poland by the US. The Russians now control the Black Sea and the US the Mediterranean. Cold War tactics coming back fast.

]]> By: Dennis http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4973 Dennis Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:38:24 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-4973 The most fearsom re-action by Iran will probably be the release of Bio aand chemical WMD's in the USA etc.The Iranians paid huge salaries to Rusian scientists,unemployed by the meltdown of the Soviet Union,to develope a vast range of new world Bio weapone.One vial with a few drops would kill thousands,and there are no cures.There are fanatical Iranians in every country in the western world just waiting for the order to release.Just Google Iran bio warfare. Good Luck. The most fearsom re-action by Iran will probably be the release of Bio aand chemical WMD's in the USA etc.The Iranians paid huge salaries to Rusian scientists,unemployed by the meltdown of the Soviet Union,to develope a vast range of new world Bio weapone.One vial with a few drops would kill thousands,and there are no cures.There are fanatical Iranians in every country in the western world just waiting for the order to release.Just Google Iran bio warfare. Good Luck.

]]> By: JimD http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4837 JimD Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:40:13 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-4837 If I may put David Anderson's analogy in really stark terms: Trying to solve the energy crisis with cheaper oil is like trying to solve a crack addict's problems with cheaper crack. If I may put David Anderson's analogy in really stark terms:

Trying to solve the energy crisis with cheaper oil is like trying to solve a crack addict's problems with cheaper crack.

]]> By: JimD http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4836 JimD Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:33:05 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-4836 Are Bush and Cheney wacked-out enough to start another war, just so McCain looks like the man for the moment as November rolls around? I would not put it past those scumbags to kill US servicemen in order to win an election. Are Bush and Cheney wacked-out enough to start another war, just so McCain looks like the man for the moment as November rolls around? I would not put it past those scumbags to kill US servicemen in order to win an election.

]]> By: ct http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4825 ct Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:45:56 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-4825 2 billion to die in a nuclear war thats alot of people thats like 200000 ppl a day for like 25 years straight 2 billion to die in a nuclear war thats alot of people thats like 200000 ppl a day for like 25 years straight

]]> By: Daniel Abrahamson http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4824 Daniel Abrahamson Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:16:20 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-4824 It is very clear that you don't understand or care that the very survival of Israel is on the line. You cannot continue pandering to the Iranians, because they're simply utilizing your weakness and lack of action to make further progress in their pursuit of nuclear weapons. When faced with the prospect of massive military retaliation, most obstinate countries will reverse course....Libya being a fantastic example. It is very clear that you don't understand or care that the very survival of Israel is on the line. You cannot continue pandering to the Iranians, because they're simply utilizing your weakness and lack of action to make further progress in their pursuit of nuclear weapons. When faced with the prospect of massive military retaliation, most obstinate countries will reverse course….Libya being a fantastic example.

]]> By: Gary http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/13/a-us-blockade-of-iran-would-cause-an-energy-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-4823 Gary Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:49:18 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=682#comment-4823 I can't wait for most of these sheep to die. 12-21-2012 is so close. I can't wait for most of these sheep to die. 12-21-2012 is so close.

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