Presidential Address, March 6th 2012

[MrPopo]

So Israel openly refuses to allow any inspections. Not only that, but they state that inspections of this kind just increase hostilities in the region. Kind of hypocritical that Israel is demanding Iran allow inspections and threatening war if they don't.

International politics is all about hypocracy.

[BoringSupreez]

So Israel openly refuses to allow any inspections. Not only that, but they state that inspections of this kind just increase hostilities in the region. Kind of hypocritical that Israel is demanding Iran allow inspections and threatening war if they don't.

International politics is all about hypocracy.

TBH, I'm a lot more comfortable with Israel having nukes and whatnot than Iran. The Israeli leadership has no desire to bring on the end of the world.

[Flake]

Your ability to 'bring about the end of the world' is negated by having nukes. Nuclear deterrence is why I do not lose any sleep over Iran nuclear or non-nuclear status.

The real damage Iran can do to us all is to strangle or saturate the global oil markets. They can do far more damage in that manner than they ever could with atomics.

[Stark]

Your ability to 'bring about the end of the world' is negated by having nukes. Nuclear deterrence is why I do not lose any sleep over Iran nuclear or non-nuclear status.

The real damage Iran can do to us all is to strangle or saturate the global oil markets. They can do far more damage in that manner than they ever could with atomics.

I thought we got approximately 3% of our oil from Iran, is that not true?

[flex wood]

Your ability to 'bring about the end of the world' is negated by having nukes. Nuclear deterrence is why I do not lose any sleep over Iran nuclear or non-nuclear status.

The real damage Iran can do to us all is to strangle or saturate the global oil markets. They can do far more damage in that manner than they ever could with atomics.

I thought we got approximately 3% of our oil from Iran, is that not true?

I'm not sure if that's true but I know Russia and China both by oil from Iran. If Iran were to stop selling oil to them chances are that Russia and China would start buying from somewhere we by oil and cause the prices to drastically rise pretty much immediately in a word we'd be pretty fucked pretty fast.

[jmbarnes101]

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[Luke]

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Insightful.

[Flake]

Currently, the US is set up to be an exporter of crude oil. What we do import comes almost exclusively from Canada. However, as oil is a global product, the price of supplies from and to other regions is still relevant. Hence, our interest in the Middle East when, by all rights, we really would not give a crap.

If you would like an example on why the US, despite being largely independent of Middle Eastern oil, cares so much about Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, etc, take a look at the energy crisis of the 70's and how it changed the US economy forever.