Reprinted from NewsMax.com

Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006 9:24 a.m. EST


Iran: We'll Shut Down Straits of Hormuz

A senior Iranian official is threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz using military force, which would effectively shut down the Persian Gulf oil supply - if European supports economic sanctions against Iran in a bid to halt Tehran's nuclear program.

"If Europe does not act wisely with the Iranian nuclear portfolio and it is referred to the U.N. Security Council and economic or air travel restrictions are imposed unjustly, we have the power to halt oil supply to the last drop from the shores of the Persian Gulf via the Straits of Hormuz," said Mohammed-Nabi Rudaki, deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

According to the Israeli News service Haaretz, which first reported the threat on Tuesday based on an Iranian news account - this is the first time an Iranian official has publicly issued a military threat.

Twenty-five percent of the world's oil production passes through the Straits of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean. If Iran were to carry out such a threat, other big oil producers in the region, such as the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, would be unable to export oil.

Raduki also warned that his country might resign its membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency and withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

"Anybody else think we should start drilling? "


Nope.

Here's what I would do.

Recommission a couple of Battleships and park them right across from Bandar Abbas. Soften up the landscape a little and then place 2 carrier groups, one on each side of the Strait of Hormuz.

Then I would put Bush into a flight suit, fly him onto the one of the carriers in sight of the Iranian shoreline, and have him say: Go ahead, feel lucky punk, well do ya! as 4 fighter groups fly over the horizon heading towards Tehran.

Forget drilling. We already know where the oil is and the pipes are already in the ground. We just need to go and get us some, [in the words of Hillary] "if you know what I mean".

"Anybody else think we should start drilling? "


Nope.

Here's what I would do.

Recommission a couple of Battleships and park them right across from Bandar Abbas. Soften up the landscape a little and then place 2 carrier groups, one on each side of the Strait of Hormuz.

Then I would put Bush into a flight suit, fly him onto the one of the carriers in sight of the Iranian shoreline, and have him say: Go ahead, feel lucky punk, well do ya! as 4 fighter groups fly over the horizon heading towards Tehran.

Forget drilling. We already know where the oil is and the pipes are already in the ground. We just need to go and get us some, [in the words of Hillary] "if you know what I mean".

LOL very good. I mean, the Fibs ALREADY accuse Bush of going after oil anyway, right? So what do we have to lose?