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2019-10-01 Arabia
Saudi crown prince says war with Iran would gut world economy
[DAWN] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's crown prince said in an interview aired on Sunday that war with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
would devastate the global economy and he prefers a non-military solution to tensions with his regional rival.

"If the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter Iran, we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests," Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
─ known as MBS for short ─ told the CBS program "60 Minutes".

"Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we haven't seen in our lifetimes," the crown prince said.

MBS said a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran would be catastrophic for the world economy.
Posted by Fred 2019-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 Oil ticks running scared?
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2019-10-01 01:55||   2019-10-01 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems so.
Posted by Spanky Whuter1088 2019-10-01 03:40||   2019-10-01 03:40|| Front Page Top

#3 "All these billions we spend bribing Western politicians - what do we get for it?"
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-01 03:53||   2019-10-01 03:53|| Front Page Top

#4 ....apparently fancy equipment you can't use without them.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-10-01 10:58||   2019-10-01 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 The mighty Sauds, reduced to pitching war on 60 minutes.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-10-01 11:42||   2019-10-01 11:42|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 equipment <---> politicians?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-01 15:13||   2019-10-01 15:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Equipment <---> politicians?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru


Mostly real hardware, that never works because they can't figure out how to turn it on.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-10-01 17:24||   2019-10-01 17:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry Saudis, we're all out of Bushes and have zero fucks to give.
Posted by Regular joe 2019-10-01 19:23||   2019-10-01 19:23|| Front Page Top

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