OPEC: "unlimited" oil prices if Iran is attacked

[Spytheweb]

"The prices would go unlimited," Badri said during the interview, referring to the effect of a military conflict. "I can't give you a number."

Analysts said the timing of Badri's remarks was noteworthy, given that the idea of an attack on Iran has been around for years. In addition, an attack on Iran would probably not specifically target oil facilities, said Johannes Benigni, managing director of JBC, an oil research and consulting firm in Vienna.

"Perhaps OPEC wants to say to the Americans in particular that there would be an economic price to be paid for an attack on Iran," said Daniel Gros, director of the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels. "Gulf leaders also know that if a war broke out, the situation of some Gulf states also would become more uncomfortable and could have political difficulties for them domestically," he said, noting that some have their own Shia minorities.

 

[nhoj]

I paid $10 a gallon to see them die!!!

 

[barman]

No one is going to Attack Iran. Nor is Iran going to send their military into any other countries.

Puffed Chest Sabre rattling from many quarters, but at the end of the day, no one is going to do anything so foolish.

 

[YUNGBUCK]

They should drop Jack Bauer over enemy lines and let HIM handle it!!

 

[DodgerFan1]

Add Chuck Norris to the formula and we are all set

 

[Legend-I-Aint]

No one is going to Attack Iran. Nor is Iran going to send their military into any other countries.

Puffed Chest Sabre rattling from many quarters, but at the end of the day, no one is going to do anything so foolish.

Have you not been following along closely the last 8 years? Anything is possible!

 

[JoeContrarian]

Have you not been following along closely the last 8 years? Anything is possible!

Centric-feeling individuals who :coke:don't think rationally, therefore it is unreasonable to expect any objective, analytical, rational response.

As long one of them doesn't get into office, I don't give a rat's ass what these hysterical Code Pinkos think.

Iran terror sponsor
+ Iran developing nukes
--------------------------
Threat

Therefore, Iran must be "wiped off the map."

 

[barman]

Have you not been following along closely the last 8 years? Anything is possible!

I've been following along closely since high school (1978) when Iran was defined as the Greatest Danger to Western Civilization by Ronald Reagan and other early NeoCons like Richard Cheney, Dick Wolfowitz et al

blah, blah, blah

The USA is not going to attack Iran because it will trigger a nuclear war.

Iran is not going to attack anyone else because that would lead to their own country being turned into a war torn battleground for decades.

Don't be fooled by people who say, "Iran must be wiped from the map!!!" when those people are anonymous, chickenhawk cyber goofs posting from a bunker somewhere in Texas. The day a guy like MarkL takes his 2000+ word essays and learns how to cull them down to 600 words for sale to a mainstream media outlet is the day we can take him seriously as a political pundit. Until then, he's just a cowardly cyberhack burning long hours in a Sports Handicapping web Forum.

 

[DodgerFan1]

Centric-feeling individuals who :coke:don't think rationally, therefore it is unreasonable to expect any objective, analytical, rational response.

As long one of them doesn't get into office, I don't give a rat's ass what these hysterical Code Pinkos think.

Iran terror sponsor
+ Iran developing nukes
--------------------------
Threat

Therefore, Iran must be "wiped off the map."

And you who were preaching about christianity and family values in the other thread, you agree on wiping off all of the iranians? Innocents included? As long as they stay peaceful let them be. Now if they do start war first thats another subject, but the crusades ended centuries ago pal, deal with it

 

[barman]

And you who were preaching about christianity and family values in the other thread, you agree on wiping off all of the iranians? Innocents included? As long as they stay peaceful let them be. Now if they do start war first thats another subject, but the crusades ended centuries ago pal, deal with it

Good eye, PT. Mark (joeC) is only a pretend Christian. As someone who has in fact been a practicing Christian for my entire life (48 years old now) here's what true Christians ask in lieu of "Kill All Iranians/Iraqis/IslamicPeople"

 

[JoeContrarian]

And you who were preaching about christianity and family values in the other thread, you agree on wiping off all of the iranians? Innocents included? As long as they stay peaceful let them be. Now if they do start war first thats another subject, but the crusades ended centuries ago pal, deal with it

"Peaceful" :lolBIG:

If Iran is sponsoring terrorists that are killing our troops in Iraq, then they are long overdue for a military reprisal. Wikipedia "casus belli"

I would have turned Tehran into a parking lot during the famous Iranian hostage crisis and we wouldn't even be having this tiresome, silly debate.

Unfortunately, Americans at the time had a brain fart and elected Jimmy Carter who replaced the benovolent Shah with the current malignancy the civilized world is being forced to confront.

Make no mistake, we are heading to war with Iran and no amount delusional "do-gooding" will stop it.

The sooner we get it over with, the more lives we will save. Get 'er done!

 

[Coldweather]

I think we should take over that their Country and toss the riffraff out. This way we accomplish a few things. We make the world safer; we get rid of an unnecessary aggravation; and we get the oil so the people only need to pay 99 cents plus tax for it. This is a win win situation in my opinion. This is my position on this here issue.

:toast: :cripwalk::cripwalk::cripwalk::cripwalk:

 

[DodgerFan1]

You are crazy, u would get nuked before you can finish taking all that oil... or you would need to nuke them and the oil to finish them off. Peace is the best answer for every conflict

 

[JoeContrarian]

You are crazy, u would get nuked before you can finish taking all that oil... or you would need to nuke them and the oil to finish them off. Peace is the best answer for every conflict

'Peace' is not a coherent policy. 'Peace' accomplishes NOTHING except lulling the good guys into a false sense of security.

Moment of clarity, folks:

Liberals are "anti-war"; conservatives are anti-evil.

Liberals believe war itself is evil -- hence the demagogic party lines that "Bush is Satan" and "Bush lied, kids died."

Chamberlain was "anti-war" and got more than he bargained for -- about 68 million dead at the conclusion of WW II.

Great job, libs -- outstanding! Way to be humble and study your history. Encore! Encore!

 

[Kornholio]

I've been following along closely since high school (1978) when Iran was defined as the Greatest Danger to Western Civilization by Ronald Reagan and other early NeoCons like Richard Cheney, Dick Wolfowitz et al

blah, blah, blah

The USA is not going to attack Iran because it will trigger a nuclear war.

Iran is not going to attack anyone else because that would lead to their own country being turned into a war torn battleground for decades.

Don't be fooled by people who say, "Iran must be wiped from the map!!!" when those people are anonymous, chickenhawk cyber goofs posting from a bunker somewhere in Texas. The day a guy like MarkL takes his 2000+ word essays and learns how to cull them down to 600 words for sale to a mainstream media outlet is the day we can take him seriously as a political pundit. Until then, he's just a cowardly cyberhack burning long hours in a Sports Handicapping web Forum.

I don't know. The last few weeks are getting crazy with the threat of war. Iran is posturing to defend itself from Israel almost daily now...and probably more so begging for the fight. And by Iran, I mean Ahmadinejad. Israel has held the position that they will take any means necessary to keep Iran from going nuclear, and they are preparing their air force as we speak for a strike with practice runs over the meditterranean, and Iraq .

Israel wants U.S. backing, but it is becomming apparant that they will strike with or without us. I think it is likely Israel strikes before Obama is elected, because they know that guy would give them no support, and believe Iran's going nuclear is immenent.


Ahmadinejad is a psychopath who fully believes he is called to bring on the muslim apocalypse by utter chaos and war. and he possibly only has a few years left as the Iranian president to accomplish this. Since he doesn't actually have control over the Iranian military, we will see how much power he has to actually accomplish his goal.

Israel, meanwhile has already decided it will attack when it feels Iran is close to enriching uraniam. Which is now. They don't mess around. Defense Minister Ehud Barak is coming to the pentagon monday to meet with intelligence officials. Why? U.S. will end out having no choice being a part of it no matter what...when Israel decides to act...which is also immenent.

 

[JoeContrarian]

As a special bonus, if we're at war with Iran, Obambi will lose for certain -- victory for the Good Guys in Nov!

And as for OPEC's veiled threat of "unlimited" oil prices if one of their members is attacked...well....FUCK THEM!

OPEC is an oil cartel. The more we chip away at that block, the cheaper the price of oil in the longterm -- for EVERYONE.

The list of members in OPEC reads like State Dept Terror Watch List...

Angola, Algeria, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela.

Does anyone see the problem? :think2:

Americans won't allow their energy supply to be held hostage by set of tinpot dictators and camel-herding Islamofascists who want to make a political statement. We own mankind's greatest military and the American Moment is far -- FAR -- from over.

C'mon, President Bush! Show'em who's boss by givin'em a taste of some of that John Wayne American cowboy diplomacy.

 

[DodgerFan1]

This guy is really nuts, are you on meth? You guys should read how this guy really has a twisted moral in the atheism thread. Luckily he's a nobody, just a Reagan wannabe who by all accounts is harmless :tongue2:

 

[Legend-I-Aint]

I've been following along closely since high school (1978) when Iran was defined as the Greatest Danger to Western Civilization by Ronald Reagan and other early NeoCons like Richard Cheney, Dick Wolfowitz et al

blah, blah, blah

The USA is not going to attack Iran because it will trigger a nuclear war.

Iran is not going to attack anyone else because that would lead to their own country being turned into a war torn battleground for decades.

Don't be fooled by people who say, "Iran must be wiped from the map!!!" when those people are anonymous, chickenhawk cyber goofs posting from a bunker somewhere in Texas. The day a guy like MarkL takes his 2000+ word essays and learns how to cull them down to 600 words for sale to a mainstream media outlet is the day we can take him seriously as a political pundit. Until then, he's just a cowardly cyberhack burning long hours in a Sports Handicapping web Forum.

If you don't think anything is possible then keep smoking your pot and believing in pie in the sky ideas.

The USA or Israel could certainly decide to take out Iran at any time.

Baabye!

 

[Spytheweb]

"Peaceful" :lolBIG:

If Iran is sponsoring terrorists that are killing our troops in Iraq, then they are long overdue for a military reprisal. Wikipedia "casus belli"

I would have turned Tehran into a parking lot during the famous Iranian hostage crisis and we wouldn't even be having this tiresome, silly debate.

Unfortunately, Americans at the time had a brain fart and elected Jimmy Carter who replaced the benovolent Shah with the current malignancy the civilized world is being forced to confront.

Make no mistake, we are heading to war with Iran and no amount delusional "do-gooding" will stop it.

The sooner we get it over with, the more lives we will save. Get 'er done!

Does that go for Saudi too? They are funding the fight against the US in Iraq. If Iran gave away their oil to the US, the US wouldn't have needed to overthrow their Gov. and put the puppet shah in power, there would not have been a hostage crisis.

If there is war, it will put a gun against the head of our economy, and fire.
Our money system is failing, all fiat money systems have. Oil could see $300.00 a barrel. Food prices, gas prices, the dollar not worth a damn. Be loser as world's default currency, the new champion, the euro.