Posted by
raymondr612001 on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:47:12 AM
07-22-08
Ever since the 1980s. Iran has threatened to blockade the Persian Gulf at the Strait of Hormuz as a means of destabilizing the region and send the price of oil through the roof to cripple western economies, The United States in particular. Their argument is that OPEC should use oil as a political and economic weapon against the west for supporting Israel and, in their view, corrupting Islamic values with western influences. That threat was also thrown around by Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Now that Saddam is dead and Iraq in the hands of more level-headed leaders, I'd like to suggest to OPEC a project that would eliminate Iran's continued threat to the region's oil reserves.
I propose that OPEC build a pipeline running south from Iraq along the coastline to the Gulf of Oman, bypassing the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. If an oil pipeline can be built in the harshest environs of Alaska, such a pipeline can be run through the Arabian peninsula. It wasn't easy in Alaska with the severe cold and hazardous terrain. It wouldn't be easy in an area where triple-digit temperatures and sandstorms are the norm, but it is possible. As for the monetary cost, whatever amount invested would return manifold. A pipeline that would secure the flow of oil from the middle east would be a major factor in maintaining stability in the region and shutting Iran down once and for all as a threat to that stability.
"Enough Said!"