To: TigerLikesRooster
It could also spur certain world powers (The United States, EU, China) to go in and seize the oil from the sheiks.
3 posted on
06/21/2008 9:42:14 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only the Marxist Obama can!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It would be the last resort, but it can be a realistic threat if the situation deteriorates further.
4 posted on
06/21/2008 9:44:27 PM PDT by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm sure we could find a competent property mgt firm somewhere in the ME.
21 posted on
06/21/2008 10:40:26 PM PDT by
Peelod
(I do renounce Hillary! and all her pomps and works.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; TigerLikesRooster
It could also spur certain world powers (The United States, EU, China) to go in and seize the oil from the sheiks. That makes very little sense. All it would take is a few IED's detonated at key infrastructure points to prevent oil from getting to market. Ever wonder why the middle eastern members of OPEC can't build pipelines to send natural gas to markets in Europe? They are after all connected to Europe by land.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“heads of state and relevant cabinet ministers of oil-producing countries and the biggest oil consumers, the heads of ExxonMobil, Shell and Gazprom, and bankers from Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers. The meeting, to be held at the Royal Palace”
sounds like a newer version of the “time-honored” Bilderberg yearly conference.
26 posted on
06/21/2008 11:28:21 PM PDT by
llandres
(I'd rather be alive and bankrupt than dead and solvent)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Neither the EU nor China presently has the ability to project power sufficient to seize the fields.
Certainly not if the US opposed them.
43 posted on
06/22/2008 5:04:12 AM PDT by
Sherman Logan
(Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
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