Reply #48: "Think He's A Dangerous Enemy"

[Strelnikov_]

More dangerous an enemy than Wen Jiabao? Vlad Putin?

IMHO a possible threat to be managed and coerced if possible, definitely. But he does not rise to a level of a Hitler, or even a Mussolini, or even an 'enemy'. A loose cannon? Who knows, but think about how some of the things the Chimp says are interpreted by other cultures.

The threat magnifier in his case is the Persian Gulf energy reserves. The thing is, only miscalculation by the US could place these reserves into danger.

Iran will not have the military strength to prevail in control of these resources for most of the remaining life of this resource (20-30 years). On the other hand, a regional war could destroy these resources, most permanently.

Containment, dialog, normalization.


Most of the current vitriol in the US is simply trying to prime the pumps for a petro-grab by the petro-oligarchs. 97% of the worlds remaining oil and gas reserves are in the hands of nation states, and the oligarchs are drooling at the wealth to be had as we slip into an era of energy scarcity.