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To: ken5050

Two things you can count on;

1. Egypt ceases to be a tourist destination.
2. Oil futures will skyrocket regardless of the Suez status.

BTW, the canal is pretty narrow and could easily be blocked.


5 posted on 01/29/2011 8:45:32 AM PST by umgud
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To: umgud

Forget about the Suez Canal. The majority of East-West trade doesn’t pass through it anyway. Oil, Minerals, Grains between the USA, South America and Asia use much larger Cape-size vessel that go around Africa. The Suez is primarily for Mid-East trade.

Let the Egyptians block it. They seem to do so every 20-30 years anyway. Yes, we will all see alarmist headlines and price spikes for a short time, but in 6 months no one will care, and it will only prove how feckless and weak the Arabs are.


10 posted on 01/29/2011 8:50:58 AM PST by PGR88
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