[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

I thought it was the opposite.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

A dark lining in every silver cloud.

[A CA Guy]

Well it will be a wake up call to nations getting income only on oil to maybe learn to do something else home grown that excludes terrorism and funding wars with Israel.

[nascarnation]

Despite the best efforts of the regime, a nice break for oil consumers.

Surely the MSM can find plenty of ways this is bad for us...

[Obadiah]

So, it was okay to financially rape the western world and basically transfer generations of wealth from us to the sand countries, but now we should be concerned about some “unrest” in these countries?

Pffft....

[PGR88]

Gotta keep prices high to support our dear, dear friends - the Saudis.

[moovova]

“Plunging oil prices may trigger unrest”

Might get a little hairy at the car lots this weekend as people scramble to buy those gas-guzzlers.

I’ve got my eye on a Tundra...13 MPG city.

[Pollster1]

Reduce revenue to the Arab countries, Venezuela, and other countries that hate us and use their money to destroy freedom? I’m okay with that.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Oil is essentially the ONLY export available to the Arabian gulf states. By it they enjoy first world material wealth while exhibiting third world proclivities. Furthermore they must import all food and building supplies. When the money dries up - and it will unless they find alternative means of income - unrest will be just the beginning of things.

[lormand]

I thought “global warming” caused wars and unrest.

[iontheball]

Here we go again. Another “Al Gore alert.” The world is going to end because oil is getting cheaper and cheaper. This _ss backwards logic is the work of liberals and environmentalist crazies. If it squeezes the Middle East and Russia, how sweet it is. America runs on oil, lots and lots of cheap oil. Let's get back to the days I remember, 30 cent a gal. gas.

[WayneS]

raising the risk of unrest in some producing countries

"some producing countries"

Okay. Assuming "some producing countries" is a euphemism for what I think it is a euphemism for, all I want to know is: what can I do to help ASSURE there will be unrest in these "some producing countries"?

[PoloSec]

I’ve already heard stories of democrats wanting to raise gas taxes as a result of lower fuel prices.

[ontap]

Unrest!!!! To who!!!!

[Zhang Fei]

Or it may trigger economic reform out of necessity. Many oil producers are run like fiefdoms, with sector (retail, telecom, power, water, et al) monopolies doled out to various factions. While this is superior to communist economies, where private property is banned, it’s the principal reason so many are one-industry countries.

[RinaseaofDs]

Someone has to stand up to the Russia/Syria/Iran axis. We won’t, so the Saudi/Egyptian/Jordanian/Israeli alliance is.

This is sunni v Shiite.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

How will we tell/

[Wyatt's Torch]

The bad news is that low oil prices will kill the US "shale revolution" as there are almost no shale plays that are profitable under $50/bbl. Great news for consumers though with more disposable income.

[lucky american]

This oil drop will tick of politicians who rely on the inflated oil taxes to fund their pet projects. See Democratic governors scrambling to find new “revenue” sources.

[Teacher317]

I doubt Russia will stand for this very long. They’ll be sending the Saudis a message pretty soon.