September 15, 2019
Iran Shuts Down Half of Saudi Oil Production
Timothy Birdnow
Houthi rebels from Yemen claim responsibility for a coordinated series of drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that led the kingdom to shut down half of its oil production.
From CNN:
Houthi rebels from Yemen claim responsibility for a coordinated series of drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities that led the kingdom to shut down half of its oil production.
From CNN:
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday took responsibility for the attacks, saying 10 drones targeted state-owned Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah news agency.
Yet
key questions about the attacks remain unanswered. US Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo pinned the strikes directly on Iran, which backs the
Houthi rebels. But he said there was "no evidence the attacks came from
Yemen."
Preliminary indications
are that the attacks likely originated from Iraq, a source with
knowledge of the incident told CNN. Iran wields significant influence
in southern Iraq, which is situated much closer than Yemen to the
affected Saudi sites.
"Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply," Pompeo said in a Twitter post.
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Iran denied involvement.
There are a couple of lessons to be gleaned from this: first, thank God we have pushed forward with Fracking despite bitter opposition from the environmental lobby aka the Gang Green and our previous administration's hostility. Had Hillary Clinton been elected we likely would not be positioned to take up the slack. Now we have oil to sell.
Second, this is an act of war and if Iran is involved it must be punished severely. I know there are people who will say it's not our problem and we should ignore it, but it IS our problem, as this attack on Saudi Arabia was intended to hurt us, not anybody else. It was a proxy attack. We aren't the world's policeman but we do need to respond in some fashion. At minimum Trump should accelerate the boycott on buying Iranian oil; right now he has allowed numerous exemptions to American and European businesses. That needs to end; we need to squeeze Iran like grapes in a press.
Third, we really should consider the Contra solution - create and fund a counter-revolution in Iran. The Iranian People are friendly to America, just not the ruling junta. They wanted to rebel when the BHO was in office, but he offered no support. Now is the time.
I'm just glad I gassed up my Ford F150 before I came home from the Ozark Hilton.
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Iran denied involvement.
There are a couple of lessons to be gleaned from this: first, thank God we have pushed forward with Fracking despite bitter opposition from the environmental lobby aka the Gang Green and our previous administration's hostility. Had Hillary Clinton been elected we likely would not be positioned to take up the slack. Now we have oil to sell.
Second, this is an act of war and if Iran is involved it must be punished severely. I know there are people who will say it's not our problem and we should ignore it, but it IS our problem, as this attack on Saudi Arabia was intended to hurt us, not anybody else. It was a proxy attack. We aren't the world's policeman but we do need to respond in some fashion. At minimum Trump should accelerate the boycott on buying Iranian oil; right now he has allowed numerous exemptions to American and European businesses. That needs to end; we need to squeeze Iran like grapes in a press.
Third, we really should consider the Contra solution - create and fund a counter-revolution in Iran. The Iranian People are friendly to America, just not the ruling junta. They wanted to rebel when the BHO was in office, but he offered no support. Now is the time.
I'm just glad I gassed up my Ford F150 before I came home from the Ozark Hilton.
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