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post #51 of 64
2/16/12 at 10:53am
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Syria begins shelling second city:

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/20122169150227154.html

 

Artillery in place for other assaults:

 

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/imint/syria.htm

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post #52 of 64
2/22/12 at 11:19am
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Marie Colvin's death is brining greater focus on Syria:

 

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/02/postscript-marie-colvin-1957-2012.html

 

Her last report is truly heartbreaking.

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post #53 of 64
2/24/12 at 3:53am

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201222385252948572.html

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post #54 of 64
2/26/12 at 6:42pm
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Originally Posted by The Closer View Post

http://rt.com/news/iran-close-strait-hormuz-embargo-455/

 

A small part of me kind of hopes this happens.  As Ive mentioned on this forum once or twice in the past, realistically it will take something like this for us to get up off of our asses, combine military and civilian resources, and come up with a viable energy alternative.

 

The way exists, we just need the will.  $200/oil would probably nudge us in the right direction.


 

If this or nuclear war in the meddle east happens, Coming up with a come up with a viable energy alternative will be the least of our worries. The fist question can the US EC and Chine get the situation under control before their strategic oil supplies run out, and their citizens start dieing. Two weeks after a g7 country oil supply is gone between 50% and 90% of their population will be dead. Many third world counties will be able to handle it better then the rich countries, but even they will be affected.


 

 

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post #55 of 64
2/27/12 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by Robert Hill View Post


 

If this or nuclear war in the meddle east happens, Coming up with a come up with a viable energy alternative will be the least of our worries. The fist question can the US EC and Chine get the situation under control before their strategic oil supplies run out, and their citizens start dieing. Two weeks after a g7 country oil supply is gone between 50% and 90% of their population will be dead. Many third world counties will be able to handle it better then the rich countries, but even they will be affected.

 


 

True, incapacitating the Strait would severely curtail supply, though not cause Armageddon.  Europe still has native production, as does North America and Asia.

 

But yeah, if a conflict went nuclear, we would all have other things to worry about, at least until we were flash-fried.

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post #56 of 64
3/16/12 at 9:29am
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Sanctions will cut off all interbank trade with Iran tomorrow:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17390456

 

Three Carrier groups and a big Amphibious assault flotilla are now in the gulf.  There are more minesweepers en route.

 

That and the strong Israeli rhetoric about preventing Iran from getting the bomb?  I'll be surprised if there isn't another war this summer.

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post #57 of 64
3/16/12 at 10:29am

Yup. Sadly, we don't seem to be able to avoid that.

 

Our policy in the Middle East post-Ottoman collapse makes me so fucking angry. We just keep messing up, time and time again. There was literally no country more suited to be our ally in that region than Persia. With all this wealth of examples of failure, of what NOT to do, we ignore I can now safely assume we want to fuck up there. Plus as a Greek I carry a millenia old genetic disposition making me find Persian women super hot and stuff that make them opening up to the world more difficult make me angry.

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post #58 of 64
3/16/12 at 10:40am
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Yup. Sadly, we don't seem to be able to avoid that.

 

Our policy in the Middle East post-Ottoman collapse makes me so fucking angry. We just keep messing up, time and time again. There was literally no country more suited to be our ally in that region than Persia. With all this wealth of examples of failure, of what NOT to do, we ignore I can now safely assume we want to fuck up there. Plus as a Greek I carry a millenia old genetic disposition making me find Persian women super hot and stuff that make them opening up to the world more difficult make me angry.

 

+1

there was a good interview on the Daily Show with Trita Parsi...

(there's 2 parts)

National Iranian American Council President Trita Parsi explains how skepticism gets in the way of diplomatic negotiations between America and Iran.


 

 

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post #59 of 64
3/16/12 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post

Yup. Sadly, we don't seem to be able to avoid that.

 

Our policy in the Middle East post-Ottoman collapse makes me so fucking angry. We just keep messing up, time and time again. There was literally no country more suited to be our ally in that region than Persia. With all this wealth of examples of failure, of what NOT to do, we ignore I can now safely assume we want to fuck up there. Plus as a Greek I carry a millenia old genetic disposition making me find Persian women super hot and stuff that make them opening up to the world more difficult make me angry.

 



Cognitive dissonance.  Saudi Arabia is good, but Iran is evil.

 

Crude prices jumped on a hyperbolic headline that the Israeli cabinet had voted 8 to 6 for military action against Iran.  They didn't, it was an opinion poll.

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post #60 of 64
3/22/12 at 4:19pm

There was just a military coup in Mali. 

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post #61 of 64
3/22/12 at 4:24pm

No one gives a shit about Mali. Which is a shame, since this is the kind of upheavals we really don't want to be seeing over there.

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post #62 of 64
3/22/12 at 4:55pm
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Certainly bad news for the region, but not a peep from the usual news sources:

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/201232251320110970.html

 

No reports of casualties?

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post #63 of 64
3/22/12 at 5:22pm

Time to polish my resume! If things work out, I just may have a new job...President for Life!

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post #64 of 64
3/26/12 at 10:09am
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North Korea going head with a new Satellite launch:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/26/world/asia/korea-obama-visit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

 

Probably nothing going to happen, Norker Satellites don't have a great track record of making it out of the atmosphere, the fear is that stages will fall on South Korea.

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