Ayatollah Khamenei Accuses OPEC Members Of Waving The Oil Weapon

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, accused unnamed OPEC members of using oil as a weapon to the benefit of the U.S. The accusations were leveled via Twitter, following Khamenei’s meeting with Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend.

In a series of tweets, Khamenei started by saying that the “drop in oil prices is a coercive measure against countries independent of the US,” then went on to remind his audience of the 1973 oil embargo from several Middle Eastern states that led to accusations from the West about “the political use of oil”, adding that “Today, same countries along with some OPEC members & regional states are using oil as a weapon in total compliance with US policies.”

The Khamenei-Maduro meeting was on the occasion of Venezuela taking over the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement from Iran. Before that, Maduro met with Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, who declared the country’s support for “any measure” that aims to restore the balance on the oil market, adding that it necessitated coordination and cooperation among not just OPEC members, but external producers as well.

Hey, there, Mr. Raghead! Haven’t you heard, the world’s changed quite a lot since 1973. First of all, the US auto and truck fleets get MUCH better mileage; our factories and houses are MUCH more fuel efficient. Oh, and here’s the biggie: US technological know-how has made the discovery of shale oil/gas reserves very easy, and the recovery of oil and gas relatively cheap. We have 8 times the Saudi reserves, and that’s without offshore or what’s in Alaska (and, reportedly, there is a YUUUUUGE shale deposit in Alaska that dwarfs everything in the lower 48 combined.

So you want to use oil as a weapon against us? Go ahead, make our day! We’ll bankrupt you savages - all that you’ll have to live on is the rest of the $150 billion that O’Traitor gave to you...and that won’t last forever.

P.S. President Trump isn’t going to take any more of your shiite - first time you fire on one of our ships, try to kidnap our sailors or just LOOK like you’re going to fire on our ships, then we’ll bust you up but good. It’ll only take a few dozen cruise missiles to totally destroy your refineries...good luck feeding your cars, trucks and aircraft after that, esp. since we’ll blockade your ports and NO ONE will risk sending any refined product to you.

Nice talking to you. Behave, or you’ll finally get what’s coming to you.

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