Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Wed 09/19/2012 View Tue 09/18/2012 View Mon 09/17/2012 View Sun 09/16/2012 View Sat 09/15/2012 View Fri 09/14/2012 View Thu 09/13/2012
1
2012-09-19 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
All-Out Middle East War As Good As It Gets
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by  2012-09-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 I've been wondering the same thing....
Except I don't see Obama protecting the strait of Hormuz.
Posted by Water Modem 2012-09-19 02:59||   2012-09-19 02:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Islam is the fastest growing religion on the continent of Africa. Radical Islamic groups have been working quietly with the African National Congress (ANC) for decades. When you see the term "Iraeli Apartheid" that is where it originates.
Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-19 03:46||   2012-09-19 03:46|| Front Page Top

#3 An Egyptian war with Libya for oil

I think this is pretty likely, Egypt is dirt poor and will get poorer, but it does have a decent military, which Libya doesn't at the moment. Egypt could annex the southern oilfields in a week.
Posted by phil_b 2012-09-19 03:46||   2012-09-19 03:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The Soodies appear to be pumping oil rather vigorously of late. Appears to be no comment or challenge from OPEC.
Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-19 04:02||   2012-09-19 04:02|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't see Turkey imploding, I see Turkey taking advantage of the situation to gob-smack its Kurds, hold down the Syrian Kurds, and maybe even reestablish some de-facto hegemony over northern Syria.

Also recall that Algeria is none too stable and that radical elements are just barely controlled in Morocco.
Posted by Steve White 2012-09-19 08:56||   2012-09-19 08:56|| Front Page Top

#6 B. My understanding is that Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Africa. Though there is no doubt that radical muzzies are working with radical ANCers.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2012-09-19 09:46||   2012-09-19 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 A strike by Israel would likely draw the U.S. into the fray even if "O" does not want to protect the Straits of Hormuz. Iran said it would attack us and our interests if Israel attacks their nuke facilities. I'd worry that Obama might attack Israeli forces in an attempt to stop an attack on Iran.
Posted by JohnQC 2012-09-19 09:52||   2012-09-19 09:52|| Front Page Top

#8 The Soodies appear to be pumping oil rather vigorously of late.

They probably need the cash. After all they're going to have to buy a large slice of Manhattan to house those thousands of princes & princesses that will be bugging out just as the shooting starts.
Posted by AzCat 2012-09-19 10:12||   2012-09-19 10:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Speaking of those folks AzCat, has anyone heard anything about our friend Prince Bandar ?
Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-19 10:14||   2012-09-19 10:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Either Bandar has left the country to take up surfing on some remote beaches ... or as you say (Besoeker) he has failed to collect the company benefits.
Posted by Raider 2012-09-19 11:14||   2012-09-19 11:14|| Front Page Top

#11 Yes indeed. "Not getting killed, that's the key to the benifit programme".
Posted by Besoeker 2012-09-19 12:50||   2012-09-19 12:50|| Front Page Top

#12 An Egyptian war with Libya for oil

I think this is pretty likely, Egypt is dirt poor and will get poorer, but it does have a decent military, which Libya doesn't at the moment. Egypt could annex the southern oilfields in a week.

You don't know how lucky you are, boy...
Back! In the U.A.R.!
Posted by Shinter Javirong9154 2012-09-19 14:26||   2012-09-19 14:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Yes indeed. "Not getting killed, that's the key to the benifit programme".

Sepentine, Bandar! Serpentine!
Posted by Shinter Javirong9154 2012-09-19 14:28||   2012-09-19 14:28|| Front Page Top

#14 No! go back and do it again!
This time with serpentine motion!
Posted by Shipman 2012-09-19 17:12||   2012-09-19 17:12|| Front Page Top

#15 Bandar sips tea with Allen.
Posted by Secret Asian Man 2012-09-19 17:20||   2012-09-19 17:20|| Front Page Top

#16 It is the second best they wanted to film a new television series called Flip That Country since the housing market bust which was all fraud by the way they couldn't get Hildi and Jen to do the shows though! So all out slaughter will have to do!
Posted by Angiting Snore1647 2012-09-19 17:53||   2012-09-19 17:53|| Front Page Top

#17 We fergot our ASYMMETRIC, REGIONAL + GLOBAL
"NUCLEAR TERRORISM" [Nuke-WMDS] this AM, didn't we???

* FYI DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > LASHKAR-E-TOIBA TRAINING CHECHEN FIGHTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL TERROR OPERATIONS.

The Chechens are coming, the Chechens are coming.

and

* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN IN RECRUITMENT SPREE.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-09-19 19:37||   2012-09-19 19:37|| Front Page Top

#18 Anyone else notice that the Asia Times comments on this article are almost unanimous in their rabid anti-semitism?
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2012-09-19 19:49||   2012-09-19 19:49|| Front Page Top

00:08 JosephMendiola
23:47 JosephMendiola
23:43 rjschwarz
23:41 Zhang Fei
23:35 JosephMendiola
23:33 JosephMendiola
23:07 Gomez Claque7232
22:57 trailing wife
22:21 Iblis
22:02 Zhang Fei
21:53 Zhang Fei
21:18 Pappy
20:33 Barbara
20:07 Frank G
19:49 Scooter McGruder
19:42 Eric Jablow
19:37 JosephMendiola
19:29 JosephMendiola
19:21 Procopius2k
19:18 Mike Kozlowski
18:55 Ebbang Uluque6305
18:51 Barbara
18:49 Barbara
18:26 swksvolFF









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com