Posted on 09/20/2019 11:17:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Why? It’s not our problem to solve.
Saudi Arabia produces only 5% of the world’s oil. Half their structures were attacked. Half weren’t so they’re still able to produce 2.5% of the world’s oil. Talk about a drop in the bucket. Why should our sons and daughters be killed protecting drops in a bucket?
The president is deploying forces to Saudi Arabia the same as he did to Israel
The dying is being done by Iranian bankers
The sanctions are killing them
Ooooh, global oil markets. Oooh, critical petroleum infrastructures. Sorry, if it’s a global problem why are we always the ones called upon? Saudi’s petroleum infrastructures are not even remotely close to critical to any country. They produce 5% of the world’s oil. Right now, after the bombings, they’re still able to produce half that. They are a minor player in today’s market.
That would be bigoted hatred
IOW, enough people to show the Saudis how to unpack, deploy, and turn on the air defense systems they bought.
JMHo
Well then you’ve really set me straight on this issue. So here’s some cogent analysis for you to chew on. The US Navy’s mission is to keep the sea lanes of communication open and free. Further, considering that mission, it serves the vital national interests of the US that the free flow of oil be maintained throughout the world. The US military, now and when I served, is an instrument of US Foreign Policy. That’s why troops and equipment are being deployed. Again, is that cogent enough to understand. I’ve explained now, in the most simple of terms why we’re deploying some of our military to counter Iran’s threat to vital US national interests. I hope you understand it now.
Because we’re the only country militarily capable enough to do it and it serves our vital national interests.
Your post was irrelevant to the thread. It was the ordinary run of the mill anti Saudi drivel
If we try that, they had better work. We haven't actually tested a nuke since early in Slick Willie's regime. The mohammedans have a point of faith that "allah" will protect their "holy cities".
Oil production dropped from 12 million barrels per day to 2 million........
Americans are going to die if we don't take the threat Iran poses to our nation seriously.
Incorrect in this case. We're getting Saudi to fight a battle for us with our weapons and our guidance.
It's an absurd contention. Saudi is paying us for our weapons and, if there is a conflict, will be fighting Iran with our guidance. There is NO reason to believe our military will be involved in combat there.
Not a good idea, unless those troops are there for one reason and one reason alone - to run anti-missile defense equipment we do not want to give or sell to Saudi Arabia. Otherwise, if it is equipment we have already sold or given to Saudi Arabia, for them to use without us, then our “support” should only be in training more Saudis in using U.S. supplied equipment.
One the other hand, we have (stupidly in my view) placed the U.S. CENTCOM Middle East main center in Qatar (home of Al Jazeera and supplier of aid to many Islamist groups in Syria) and if things escalate with Iran our 40-50 thousand U.S. troops scattered around the region could become collateral targets, giving us a national interest in protecting against whomever is targeting the Saudi oil facilities.
Unless and until we are willing to leave the entire Middle East to “solve its own problems on its own” (**) (the largest military air base in the region is our air base in Qatar, hosting every kind of Air Force asset we have, including our long range bombers) we have assets in the region we will protect for our own interest.
(**) The first part of the above statement is a fantasy. There will always be powers within the Middle East contending for influence and/or dominance in the region. The absence in the region of one major outside power (like the U.S.) will not be an occasion that sees the absence of any outside major power. Instead the U.S. absence would be an occasion of other outside powers, chiefly Russia and China, extending their reach and influence in the region, and eventually at the expense of our own long term interests.
The geopolitical reality is not “global interventionist”, just global defense.
It’s not about production, but exports to the rest of the world. The Saudi’s are the world’s largest EXPORTER and account for over 15% of global exports, and the Persian Gulf countries account for 40% of the worlds exports. It should be pretty clear to anyone how important it is to avoid a regional war that interrupts this supply, or in the event of war, ending it as quickly as possible to avoid a global oil crisis and recession.
This means NOT encouraging KSA to retaliate, but avoiding retaliation, applying more financial and political pressure, building defenses, and hopefully avoiding war. So far it seems Trump is listening to the right people, but if Iran forces the issue, he will have to act.
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