I wouldn't be sure of that. If the Saudis see Iran gaining too much of a foot hold over Iraq (which will happen if we leave too early) then I think Saudi (the royals at least) would fully support military action against Iran. They DO NOT like the Iranians, and they don't want them on their border.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:29 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: A US war with Iran would plunge world into poverty. > > >> Depressing read, but probably describing the very likely outcome if > war > >> were > >> to happen. > >> > >> I think the US would be on it's own this time as well - there is no > way > >> the > >> UK would be a part of it, it would be political suicide for Gordon > >> Brown. > > > >I think that's possible - but if Iran really did start economic > warfare by > >attacking tankers it seems likely that the U.S. wouldn't be alone for > long. > > > >We may not find many ideological partners... but pick someone's pocket > and > >they have a tendency to fight. > > > > Hitting Oil tankers is not like hitting warships. If what happened > during the Iran-Iraq War is any indication, a bulk carrier can take > several hits by anit-shipping missiles and still remain afloat. More > likely the Iranians will block the the Strait of Hormuz by sinking > several tankers or bulk carriers in the middle of the strait. > > That said, I don't think that the Saudis would let the Iranians get > away with any such attempt. However I also think that they would not > want the US to get into any more adventurism in the Gulf region. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240913 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
