...let them eat sand

From here

By Peg Mackey - ANALYSIS

LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC power Iran wields a potent weapon -- oil -- which if fired to ward off international pressure over its nuclear programme could blast prices to record levels last seen during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Emboldened by strong prices and stretched global supplies, Tehran could retaliate by removing all or part of its daily crude sales of 2.4 million barrels from thirsty world markets.

As the United States and its European Union allies lose patience with the Islamic Republic, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has kept the world guessing as to whether the world's fourth biggest crude exporter will withhold supplies.

"We have the necessary tools to defend our rights," he told a news conference on Saturday. "Those who use harsh language against Iran need Iran 10 times more than we need them."

I'd say let them eat sand. Screw the enviro-whackos (and willing accomplices), drill in ANWR and any other domestic resource that we can lay our hands on, and let Iran starve. As I have said before, this is why ANWR and other domestic sources of oil are so important to our national security.

Alternative energies? Fine. But that doesn't feed the bulldog NOW, does it? And there is absolutely no reason why our national progress needs to be placed back to the stone age until these supposed alternative energy technologies are online and good to go.




(Filed under Energy Madness; Enviro-Whackism; world affairs)