One thing most people don’t know: according to the D.O.E., the US’s only major source of oil from the Middle East is Saudi Arabia. Our five largest oil suppliers are 1. Canada, 2. Mexico, 3. Saudi Arabia, 4. Nigeria, and 5. Venezuela. We get zero barrels from Iran. Meanwhile, we must kowtow to the totalitarian regimes of Hugo Chavez and the Ibn Sauds and the ever-corrupt regimes of Mexico.
Which poses the greater threat to the US - the uncontrolled Mexican cartels or the Irani mullahs?
This may come as a shock, but many people believe the nations that do get their supplies from the mideast, Europe and Asia, might bid up the price of oil rather than do without. Which does affect us.
Which poses the greater threat to the US - the uncontrolled Mexican cartels or the Irani mullahs?
We arm the cartels, so it must be the Mullahs. Personally, I think they're both enemies.
I don’t dispute what you are saying. At all.
Iran does not interest me at all.
But, we are doing whatever we can to pick a fight with them.
now, whether or not you think that is a good idea might be a good discussion here. But I don’t think what we think matters.
They are going to lash out. And it will be against us. They KNOW they cannot win. But winning is not important to them. Taking us on is important.
My guess is they would not be acting like this unless they felt they could give us a black eye. That concerns me.