IRAN: "Will Attack US Bases if They Are At War With Israel."

Sometimes. We need to EAT....and Free Markets, while , once again not "perfect", are th best thing humans have some up with yet...by FAR, as far as commerce.

 

Kharg island is where Iranian oil is stored.. The oil would still have to move thru the Straits of Hrmuz to be sold.

 

Clarify your question.

 

This should be interesting.. Please explain how backing Tryants like the Shah, Mubarek and Pol Pot helped us "eat".

 

You brought up their economy. I brought up the sanctions having an impact. What else would you like clarified?

 

To varying degrees.

Am I supposed to be shocked that our business interests figure into our foreign policy calculus? They always have figured into those calculations and always will...

 

WRONG AGAIN.

"Ever figure out where MALASIA is?"
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Insight: Iran parks oil off Malaysia to dodge Western sanctions

(Reuters) - Iran is using a little-known port off the East Malaysia coast to hide millions of barrels of oil from Western sanctions, according to shipping data, industry sources and officials.

A Reuters examination of shipping movements and interviews shows how Iranian crude is shipped to the area and loaded on to empty vessels at night to await potential Asian buyers. Storing the oil on hired tankers operating under the Panamanian flag in the calm waters off the tax-haven port of Labuan - an offshore financial centre about the size of Manhattan - means Iran can keep its own fleet active and ensure the flow of oil money into its struggling economy.

At least two large oil tankers have been unloaded this way in recent weeks and several more Iranian vessels were steaming towards Asia, according to Reuters Freight Fundamentals, which tracks the movement of the global tanker fleet. One was destined for a Chinese port, while three others, carrying as much as 6 million barrels of crude or fuel oil, were sailing to unknown destinations.

Iran would like to shift more oil to what is effectively a mobile storage depot off Malaysia's coast over the next few months, said an industry source familiar with Iran's planning who didn't want to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. But it is struggling to find shipowners willing to offer vessels for storage.



http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-iran-oil-sanctions-idUSBRE88B1IO20120912


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When did Malaysia move to the Straits of Hormuz? Duh....

Your insight into this subject is matched only by your Great Vision of what the "arab spring" was really all about.....der.....

 

Two Iranian tankers parked in Malaysia? LOLOL

Half the Iranian fleet is parked at Kharg..

 

Irrelevant to the actions of the current regime...

 

A revolution that Obama...I mean, president Sugar Daddy, gave nothing but tepid lip service to. In fact less than that as the State Department cut off funding (very modest funding, at that) for pro democracy forces within Iran and outside of it.

Let me repeat that: Sugar Daddy's State Department cut off pro democracy for Iran funding and in addition refused to meet with Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the representative of Iran's lead opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi. Contrast this to the many White House meeting with Muslim Brotherhood representitives. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574489772874564430.html
Sugar Daddy is a scumbag and whatever he does to the economy may be nothing compared to how he has surreptitiously aided and promoted pro jihadist forces in the Middle East.

 

But you're quite happy to do so when it suits your interests? Iran, 1953? There are several more. I'll get back to you when I have more time.

 

The coup against Iran in 1953 was certainly a mistake and a big one... but it was driven by two issues.. The Cold War fears of the USSR and the British desire to keep the Iranian oil revenue share at 13%..

 

This is of no matter. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh will be dead a few hours after an attack on US bases. My advise to the general is to keep away from his family and spare them a 2000 lb smart bomb.

 

I love how people say that the Iranians are hostages to their government out of one side of their mouths, but then find that it's okay for them to be nuked as collateral damage without any form of crisis diplomacy.

 

Like every other country, including your own, pommy.

I could make my own list with the UK's name on it, and guess what? Iran, 1953 would be on it along with several more. There's no need to get back to me with your sanctimonious hypocrisy when you have more time.

 

The sanctions are making life very hard.. They can't sell their oil and what they are selling to China is deeply discounted. Gasoline rationing has been in place since 2007..

I think that there is a change coming... This current regime may be on its way out. I hope so.

 

We should have helped the Iranian People three years ago; they'll NEVER try that again, as long as Obama is in the White House...

 

You should go to Iran and help them, Grok.

 

If the renegade regime was not trying ot develop nukes, their people would not be suffering. Their POWER is more important to them,and the destruction of Israel , than is the welfare of their own people...

 

Talking in circles? You cited "corporate interests", which , most definitely, help us "eat", and everything else. Trouble keeping track of your OWN bullcrap?

 

"In April, Iran’s national police intensified their patrols, with officers roaming the streets on motorcycles, impounding cars driven by women who had removed their headscarves. Fines and punishments, which sometimes include whipping, have been increased."

 

Oh stop.. Israel has been threatening them since 2002.

Have you ever heard of Atoms for Peace, circa 1951?

Iran has needed nuclear power generation for many decades.

 

"Oh Stop", Iran has been threatenig Israel since 1979.

In addition, they have provided IEDs to kill US troops...

If Iran needs "nuclear power", why are they making NUCLEAR WEAPONS, in DEEP underground facilities.

 

I hate to say it, but the Iranians I have spoken with are pessimistic about the prospects for change any time soon. Unless someone steps in and does something about it, get used to the idea of the mullahs having the Bomb and all the consequences (a nuclear arms race in the region, etc.) that come with it. The Iranian people aren't going to save the day.