Iran will respond if UN adopts sanctions: Mottaki

Originally posted by thedigirati
what could I ran do... Hmmm a few sunburn missiles in the straight of hormuz? Hit two or three tankers and the price of Oil will skyrocket, then sell Oil at the higher price, that would be prudent and effective as well.
If you think this can be prevented, it wont be, the UN is reactive, not proactive, would we go to war afterwards, yes, but by that point the damage would have been done, I can for see 10$ a gallon for gas, or more, it would destroy the US economy even in the short term, and it would/will happen if we go to war. Combine that with the subprime collapse in the real estate and the US would have a depression that would make the 30's seems like a cake walk. the rest of the world would also feel it but then, from the ashes the Muslims would rise up and take over. The world would be a totally different and less populace place.

this time, we really need to think before we act (we being the UN) No matter How the war will start this is what will happen

Ummm... that's a bit of a stretch to me... Sinking an oil tanker or two is not going to cause oil to go up to $10/gallon. Europe already pays nearly $10 a gallon anyway, and their society isn't exactly crumbling. If Iran hits these places, then they're not going to have the oil to sell anyway, as we're going to wipe all that stuff of the map in the first 24 hours. The price of oil didn't go up to $10 when Iraq's output was 0 either, so I just can't imagine it would with Iran either.

My point, is what can Iran do without hurting itself. Perhaps I'm not speaking clearly enough. Lobbing missles at oil tankers isn't the answer. They could simply refuse to fill the oil tankers and avoid a whole messy situation there. The countries that support it will not stand behind it if they start lobbing missles all over. Look at North Korea, test fire a few missles and all of a sudden your friends are calling you an idiot. Seeing as how it's the same group I can't imagine the results would be so different.

The US is not going to attack unless attacked first. They're not going to have to attack because the U.N., which includes all of Iran's friends, has been steadily increasing sanctions, where they wouldn't previously. Don't think that China or Russia are really keen on a nuke-armed Iran, maybe I'm wrong, but...

the straight of Hormuz is a choke point, they would only have to sink a few tankers before the insurance would skyrocket and it chokes off around 75% (guesstamite) of the oil that goes to the western world, not just the oil from Iran.

I don't see Russia as being quite so Pissed about it because it wouldn't affect their oil supplies as much and would strengthen them politically. The Nato counties would be hurt by it more then anyone else, Look at the Geography, they could use mines or missiles or small attack boats.

Calm down, there will not be another depression. The market is not the same as it was 40's. The economy is rebuilt after the 40's so the same event can not happen again. People are making a bigger deal than they should about the current market condition. Subprime is still doing good depending on which lenders.

I know because I'm in the business. The investors that in invest in the lender that are flexible are doing bad. However, there are still lots of investors doing well because the invest in the right lenders.

New Century, Resmae, Fremont, Argent are lenders know for funding fraudulent loans, that's why they do so bad. The borrower can't afford the loans in the first place.