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2006-01-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Creck Ulagum6581 2006-01-26 15:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Making Friends an Influencing People, MM / Ahmedjihadi style

Brilliant!

Posted by .com 2006-01-26 16:20|| 2006-01-26 16:20|| Front Page Top

#2 These threats are easy resolved.

The US should tell the world that Iranian oil and gas will be sold at cost for a year to help pay back the loss from shortage of oil and gas to the world during the time we have to beat them down.

That threat is a two way street. China and Russia even France are greed supported play to it and we may even get a UN mandate or some UN troops.

Posted by C-Low 2006-01-26 16:21|| 2006-01-26 16:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Including China, C-Low? Lol, not a chance. It's a good idea - for all the non-enablers. As for those who've helped these assholes for 2.5 years and more, let them pound sand.

Posted by .com 2006-01-26 16:23|| 2006-01-26 16:23|| Front Page Top

#4 A little internal sobotage would not be a bad thing here. Good SF project. Get the world slowly use to no Iranian Oil/Gas as it is the sudden changes in supply that freak the market out.

Posted by TomAnon 2006-01-26 16:50|| 2006-01-26 16:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Sabotage over the next few weeks could sharply reduce Iranian exports. "Technical problems" are seldom so.

Iran threatens to cut oil supplies. We cut theirs. What's their next move?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-01-26 17:35|| http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/]">[http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2006-01-26 17:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Iran's weakness, as described in an article I just submitted for posting, is that it has NO domestic gasoline refining capability and only a 45 day stock in reserve. I suggest we take out the tank farms first. Or just go for a gasoline import quaranteen.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-26 17:42|| 2006-01-26 17:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Contracts, why do we hate them?

Posted by 6 2006-01-26 17:44|| 2006-01-26 17:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Whoa, NS, that's a serious weakness, lol. Sheesh, talk about having their asses hangin out in the breeze! They'd be frozen in place if the reserve was nailed. Are they this wide open? How many other data points would have similar debilitating effects on any notion of a response? Rail? Won't be any air. Power grids. Ventilation. Etc.

And, of course, if we hear about such vulnerabilities, then they've been bullet-points in several Pentagon plans for some time... Hit 'em everywhere it hurts.

If there is evidence of dispersal among the Black Hats, Rev Council, Guard leadership, etc., then the gig is up. I hope we drop the hammer well before that.

Posted by .com 2006-01-26 17:56|| 2006-01-26 17:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Looks like I misread my own posting. They import 60% of their gas. It's up now.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-26 18:05|| 2006-01-26 18:05|| Front Page Top

#10 These MMs have screwed their own pooch. They are vulnerable in their own refined products supply. And if Iran is similar to other places in the ME and third world, they get their home cooking fuel from propane cylinders. They have been squandering huge amounts of funds on nuclear power, Shahab-3 missiles, weapons development far beyond their needs, and other crap, while not taking care of their infrastructure, INCLUDING domestic refining capacity. And they do not have squat for environmental regs.

All they really offer now in terms of threats are thousands of boom-belt suicide bombers. They will have more punch if we wait until they get enough U235 for some critical masses. Time is of the essance in dealing with these nutjobs.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-01-26 18:42|| 2006-01-26 18:42|| Front Page Top

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