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I saw on the news, that the guardian newspaper is reporting that, Iran warns the west not to ignore them.
According to Tim marshall of sky news, Iran fund hizbollah to the tune of £100M per year.
This is not just a middle eastern war as i see it, this is very global.
The war will only become global if key unsustainable energy supplies are put in jeopardy- there is no Middle Eastern country strong enough to take on America or invade any of the American Muslim allies (Kuwait, Saudi, Egypt etc) and hence it is unlikely essential oil producing nations will become unviable.
Iran risks too much to become involved in open conflict (hence its funding of Hizbollah- an indirect way of attacking Israel), as does Syria and Jordan. Each knows what the reaction will be if Israel were to be invaded (see Gulf War 3). Iran is still selling oil to the West, if it was so intent on causing a war, it would only have to stop selling oil, send the price per barrel of crude through the roof and cause global economic instability…but they don’t because they know the end result would mean they are in a worse strategic position than before.
Nah, we have no worries here about a “global” conflict but that doesnt mean we have no worries about the middle east
As an aside, it seems that Bin Laden’s number two, Al Zawihiri, is taking a higher profile. Hopefully this might work against A-Q.
Bin Laden had a sort of evil guile about him, smiling and serene. He appeared charismatic and was no doubt a heroic inspiration to those lured onto his path of wickedness.
Al Zawihiri, by what we see, is a different kettle of fish. Angry, unappealing and nasty, he might be a turn-off to potential recruits. Added to that is the fact that he has views somewhat more extreme than Bin Laden (difficult, I agree!) and belongs to a Takfir sect that actually tried to kill Bin Laden in Somalia some years back
And the man in the skirt in that photo? He looks like the only Irish Basque Jew in the world, let-tt alawwn the veel-age!!
George galloway has just agreed with a caller who stated that the current situation is a world war between the western world and Islam, WW3.
He also said he expected the americans to go after Iran next. He said that would seriously dent the future use of oil.
@emmalush wrote:
George galloway has just agreed with a caller who stated that the current situation is a world war between the western world and Islam, WW3.
He also said he expected the americans to go after Iran next. He said that would seriously dent the future use of oil.
If its on George’s programme n he agrees with it, it must be true. Iran is not Iraq- Iran is a much tougher cookie than Iraq- even Dubya can’t just invade countries willy nilly.
George Galloway is like the tabloid newspapers- sensationalist and 90% wrong
Good question, at least there was some sembleance of order in the cold war. I’d prefer the geographical layout of the world twenty five years ago than today, anytime.
It seems we did come quite close to nuclear war twice during the Cold War. Once in 1962 when Kennedy threatened the USSR over the Cuban missiles, and also around 1973, when Breschnev was considering a Soviet invasion of western Europe
Liberal ba stards.
Communists liberal???? Liberals were in love with a false image of communism that bore no relation to the real thing. And now they’re in love with a false image of radical islam.
Except me, of course, I’m a liberal with no illusions. :?
Back on topic.
It looks so much better, (to the gullible) if ‘Yo Blair’ reads Dubyas’ script. :roll:I fear it’s gone way beyond oil.
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