God bless our allies too.
Posted on 07/17/2006 4:43:57 PM PDT by SandRat
We should destroy the Iranian oil industry. By Bombing all oil transportation facilities, pipelines, storage tanks, tanker trucks, refinery’s etc… we can cripple the funding of numerous terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, Hama’s, Sadr’s militia, Syria, as well as make it more difficult for Iran to buy missiles and such from North Korea, China, and Russia.
It would remove Iran’s threat that if we attack they will shut off the oil. Making the threat ridiculous and demonstrating that they are a single product state and without oil, and no other product that the world wants, they are nothing. Additionally, by declaring that we will destroy any reconstituting oil industry as long as the Mullacracy remains in charge, we can focus the Iranian’s blame for the situation, on the Theocracy and their support of Terrorism.
This will also bring home to all the other oil producing countries like Venezuela, Libya, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, etc… that they are very vulnerable to the same tactic.
In addition, this will gain us time for the Iraqi’s to stand on their own, and free up troops we would need if we have to go into Iran, North Korea or somewhere else.
Sure the price of gas will rise, but this will also demonstrate to the world that the USA is not in Iraq for the Oil, and the onus can be shifted on to the Democrats for not allowing more domestic production.
“It’s not the control of the spice but the power to destroy the spice that is the real power.”
It has recently been said that the nuclear production facilities in Iran are so deep that we can’t reach them with conventional weapons. Perhaps so, but maybe we can starve those facilities of funds. Nuclear weapons are terribly expensive to build, and if Iran now needs all its money to repair vital life supporting infrastructure, it may have to slow or stop its attempt to build an atomic bomb.
Finally, Iran is a state sponsor of Terrorists, it must be punished, and it must be seen to be punished. Iran’s continued sponsorship of terror is a slap in America’s and President Bush’s face, and it must be answered.
Fantastic.
God bless our allies too.
That's like jumping out of the outhouse into the sh1thole!
Good news, thanks for posting this!
Yeah, the Taliban are really hammering us with their summer offensives which came on the heels of their winter counter attack.
Next time the terrorists will have to bring thier own patients.
“It’s not the control of the spice but the power to destroy the spice that is the real power.”
Were those the words of Planetary Observer Liet-Kynes? Also your idea,dealing with the oil, sounds quite attractive.
Arrakis -- Dune -- Desert Planet
DUNE is one of my favorite novels. Lots of good ideas and insights in those books.
Just wish the US had a Thufir Hawat. A good Mentat is a great thing to have around!
Go Troops! Get Some!
Your right it is from the Novel Dune, but I think some other character said it after Liet was already dead. I also don’t think I have the Quote right but the strategic sense is still there. Also thanks for your support on this Idea, I have been posting it all over in hopes that it will become a meme that will move us in the right direction.
“It’s not the control of the spice but the power to destroy the spice that is the real power.”
Were those the words of Planetary Observer Liet-Kynes? Also your idea,dealing with the oil, sounds quite attractive.
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