[Joan Kerrey]

Al of these doomsdayers forget that the West has the nuclear option.

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Don't even need that. Total destruction of their oil fields would do the trick but first we better become energy independent. That should be our #1 priority throwing hundreds of billions at it to prepare for the inevitable war coming. It'll be cheaper in the long run and totally neutralize them without killing millions.

[uncbob]

Total destruction of their oil fields would do the trick but first we better become energy independent.

Back in 91 I told the people I worked with that we ought to SEIZE all the oil fields in the ME

We had sufficient military to do it then

We don't now

Israel may just wipe them out now and ask the rest of the world "You sold us out for oil how do you like things now ?"