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 On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:19:06 -0700, "Vorlonagent"
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>>"Josh Hill"  wrote in message
>>news:snl6h2h8ujjje4ntjbokpomlqiffpepctf{at}4ax.com...
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>>> I can't think of a more effective way of putting pressure on the
>>> Iranians than reducing our oil consumption, since being such a large
>>> part of the oil market we could make the price plummet . . .
>>
>>Possibly effective in the short run but with India and China's expanding
>>appetite for oil, it wouldn't last.
>>
>>You want to pressure Iran, blockade its supply of gasoline.  Despite being
>>oil-rich, they import 40% of their gas.
>
> And, last I heard the majority of the oil we import comes from
> not-the-Middle-East...(think Hugo Chavez for a major player in that
> commodity)

OK so Chavez retaliates.  We buy elsewhere and he sells elsewhere.  Oil 
prices spike but come down as it sorts itself out.  The alternative is to 
give Chavez excessive power over US policy.  To be sure, prudence says we 
don't court such a confrontation casually.  An iranian nuke is not a casual 
matter.

Remember, his government owns Citgo.  Avoid filling up there.


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