4,000 foot tall mountain range.
Some example pictures from the area:
Posted on 08/04/2008 1:41:18 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON—Two days after a diplomatic deadline has passed for Iran to enter negotiations with the world's great powers and end the reprocessing and enrichment of uranium, the chief of the country's Revolutionary Guard Corps is threatening to close down one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints, the Straits of Hormuz.
Speaking to Iranian reporters after testing a new anti-ship missile, Mohammad Ali Jafari said it could sink "enemy ships" at a range of more than 200 miles, and that shutting down the Straits of Hormuz would be easy.
"Enemies know that we are easily able to block the Straits of Hormuz for unlimited period," Iran's official news service quoted Mr. Jafari as saying.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
We are certainly capable, but are we ready, as a nation, to respond at all? WWOD? (What would Obama do?)
LMAO!!!
Big oil! Tax their windfalls!
Who needs a canal one you glass over the Northern shore?
4,000 foot tall mountain range.
Some example pictures from the area:
See post #45
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What I'd like to see reported: President Bush threatens to shut Iran
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Iran needs the gasoline inported through the Straits more than we need the oil. However, China and India might be more upset over the loss of oil more than we will. (And they are a lot closer.)
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Iran can try to shut down the Straits, but it won’t be just the US that will be gunning for them, if they do. Most if not ALL the oil that’s shipped out of the ME goes through the straits. Those other countries like that oil money more than they care about their co-religionists. The Arabs have never liked the Persians, anyway. ;o)
They tried to do this before. Big talk met the U. S. Navy.
Or an oil pipeline across UAE to Oman, straight across from Abu Dhabi, with a tanker loading port on the Oman side
The amount of time Iran could shut down Hormuz would be measured in hours and perhaps a few days. It would be considered an act of war and they would pay a terrible price. They don’t have the military capability to shut down the strait for any significant amount of time.
I see a perfect place for “The Dubai Canal and World Class Container Port”. Right Straight across 35 miles of desert. So, I agree. Let them build it with all those extra petro dollars.
And then I read the rest of the thread...
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