Posted on 07/16/2012 2:03:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Iran renewed threats on Sunday to close the Strait of Hormuz unless sanctions against it were revoked, though it remains unclear how Tehran could shut down the vital oil shipping channel given the significant American military presence there.
The Iranian parliament is considering a bill calling for the strait to be closed. The assembly has little control over national defense and foreign policy decisions and, while the bill would be largely symbolic, it would indicate the legislature's support behind any leadership decision to close the strait. …
Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, through which 40 percent of the world's seaborne oil exports passes, in retaliation for sanctions placed on its crude exports by Western powers. …
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He bombed Libya after Trump's BC fiasco.
Obama needs a war, wants a war, and will force a war. He has to to plunge America into the abyss before he leaves the White House
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We could put a stop to all of Iran’s bluff and bluster. If the US Navy closed the Straits of Hormuz Iran Could sell no oil and import no refined product.
Any threat to close the strait should be met with a threat to destroy Kharg Island.
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