[Light Speed]

Critical Mass..mmmhh..intersting.

Where you aware that after the French Tanker got blitzed in Yemeni waters..that Insurance rates for Tankers jumped from $150,000-$450,000 ..for a one way trip.
Oil cargo is a seperate Insurance reality also.
Noticed the gas prices at the pump...noticed inflation appearing at your local store for commodities?
Terror/extortion is destabilizing the worlds economy.
Muslim govs are interdicting to thwart attempts on Pipelines,Tankers and Terminals.
Jihadi have Fatwahed them for relationship with the Satans.

The world is being held together by Americas resolve....if She draws back..its game set and match for terror Islam.

Fiscal extortion is a powerfull force....Islam understands this well..just ask Papal Rome.

Critical Mass.....how about Tanker Insurance premiums at a cool Million per trip.

[Alberta's Child]

Your assessment is completely incorrect. I pointed out on another thread that the price of oil was actually lower on March 31, 2004 than it had been on March 31, 2003. What has changed in the last year is that the value of the U.S. dollar has declined substantially over that period, resulting in a rise in the cost of imports. The decline of the U.S. dollar has almost nothing to do with terrorism -- it is primarily caused by our own idiotic fiscal policies.