What did Bush know and when did he know it?
What did Bush know when, during his last State of the Union Address, he called for a doubling of our Strategic Oil Reserves? Trouble with Iran was coming.
What did Bush Know when ordered a second Carrier Battle Group to the gulf? Trouble with Iran was coming.
Will the second Carrier Battle Group leave the gulf when a third group arrives in region to relive it or will we leave three groups in the area? Probably three.
One well placed bomb.
Anyone out there old enough to remember the oil embargo of the early 1970s? That OPEC led oil embargo created long lines to buy a few gallons of over-priced, rationed gas. Americans were furious and willing to go to war. While freedom and liberty for 50 million people in the Middle East seems abstract and not much worth effort right now for Americans, let gas get near $3 a gallon or restrict consumption with some odd-even day buying scheme and Americans will fight to the death.
What if we placed an oil embargo on Iran? Impossible Lex, that country floats on oil. Yes it does, but it has only two or three large refineries and a single refinery accounts for a high percentage of domestic oil production. Iran’s largest oil refinery at Abadan, 600,000 refined barrels per day, lies a mere 23 miles inland from the edge of the gulf; within an easy missile shot from a British ship or aircraft. During the Iraq-Iran War, Iraqis shot an incendiary bomb into the refinery’s cooling tower. That bomb destroyed the cooling tower which in turn effectively destroyed the refinery.
Hopefully, Tony Blair is studying Jimmy Carter’s non-response response to Iranian hostage taking and is preparing some measured but unmistakable response of strength. One bomb into Abadan would be measured enough not to raise too many eyebrows, but the consequences would bring an already flagging Iranian economy to its knees. One bomb coupled with a blockade of tankers taking Iranian oil to market, would be devastating. If reports of Iranian popular unrest with the Mullahtocracy are true, further economic ruin may be the impetus for a popular uprising. If not, it will weaken Iran immeasurably.
Bribes
It would seem that the only person allowed to bribe a congressman is another congressman. While Randy Duke Cunningham cools his heels in the slammer for taking couple million in bribes, DemoRAT congressmen send out news letters bragging about how they are bringing home the pork. That pork was nothing more than a bribe, with taxpayer money no less, from DemoRAT leaders to get an unprincipled vote from corrupt DemoRAT congressmen to quit a war.
Were I the president, after vetoing the bill, I’d pardon Duke Cunningham with the explanation that, while what he did was reprehensible, it doesn’t come close to the bribery, collusion and criminal conspiracy that took place among DemoRATS on Capitol Hill buying votes with public money to pass a purely political bill.
UPDATE
As an indication of just how dumb Senator Wedge really is (check post below for details), Rosie O’Donnell agreed with him yesterday. Is there any surer sign that you are complete idiot than Rosie O’Donnell or Sean Penn agreeing with your position on something political?
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The Iranian bandits that do not report to anyone other than themselves have taken some British military hostages and have set the stage for a show down. Tony Blair needs to give them 24 hours to return them or lose their ability to make gasoline and suffer a blockade until the soldiers are released. If the soldiers are killed formal charges for murder would be filed in world court against the Iranian leadership and they could not travel outside Iran. The blockade would remain in effect until the leadership is turned over to be Brits and significant reparations made to the families. The Griffin.
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