Iran lawmakers prepare to close the Strait of Hormuz

[DAVEVO9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByIjSH20dG8&fea...

Interesting.

[davepoth]

Not really, it's not like there's a door or anything.

[powerstroke]

davepoth said:

Not really, it's not like there's a door or anything.

Pity!! as it would be fun to see the yanks kick it down with a big warship!!
I think it would be dinerjackets last stand as most of the world would lose it
if he screwed with the oil supply..

[Esseesse]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/2...

Iran's MPs debate Strait of Hormuz closure
Iranian MPs sign a draft law aimed at blocking Europe-bound oil tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz.

[anonymous-user]

What do the people on the other side of the straight think about this I wonder?

[muffinmenace]

MonkeyMatt said:

What do the people on the other side of the straight think about this I wonder?

"Steady as she goes, Oil's going up"

[TheHeretic]

It's weird how we view sanctions on someone else as no big deal, but when the other way, it is arms in the air time!

[DieselGriff]

TheHeretic said:

It's weird how we view sanctions on someone else as no big deal, but when the other way, it is arms in the air time!

Correct in at least two contexts I think. Interesting times (again )

[Asterix]

The GCC wouldn't stand it for a minute, let alone their allies.

Iran is, has been, and will be full of hot air for plenty of time to come.

[DAVEVO9]

more here.

http://news.sky.com/story/955488/us-and-iran-rattl...

[roachcoach]

Probably simply feel that between the tax and the banks the little man over there feels a bit left out of the media.

There's an clear inverse relationship between current global media coverage and likelihood of making an utterly stupid public statement over there.

[Jimbeaux]

MonkeyMatt said:

What do the people on the other side of the straight think about this I wonder?

Obviously, those running Iran don't seem to care what they think.

[Mermaid]

TheHeretic said:

It's weird how we view sanctions on someone else as no big deal, but when the other way, it is arms in the air time!

Guys with the biggest guns are always right and have the high moral ground, didn't you know

[Jimbeaux]

Mermaid said:

TheHeretic said:

It's weird how we view sanctions on someone else as no big deal, but when the other way, it is arms in the air time!

Guys with the biggest guns are always right and have the high moral ground, didn't you know

That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.

[TheHeretic]

Jimbeaux said:

That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.

To ships heading to certain places as far as I know...

[Jimbeaux]

TheHeretic said:

Jimbeaux said:

That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.

To ships heading to certain places as far as I know...

Actually for ships coming and going many places, not just certain ones.

[Asterix]

I view the modern meaning of an embargo as the goods/arms/oil not even being loaded up on the transport to go to the country in question.

[Jimbeaux]

Asterix said:

I view the modern meaning of an embargo as the goods/arms/oil not even being loaded up on the transport to go to the country in question.

Spot on; closing an international highway is not; that just invites trouble in general.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 3rd July 14:39

[TheHeretic]

Jimbeaux said:

TheHeretic said:

Jimbeaux said:

That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.

To ships heading to certain places as far as I know...

Actually for ships coming and going many places, not just certain ones.

Article said:

Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has drafted a bill calling for Iran to try to stop oil tankers from shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz to countries that support sanctions against it.

"There is a bill prepared in the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Parliament that stresses the blocking of oil tanker traffic carrying oil to countries that have sanctioned Iran," Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying on Monday.

Sounds quite specific.

[Jimbeaux]

TheHeretic said:

Jimbeaux said:

TheHeretic said:

Jimbeaux said:

That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.

To ships heading to certain places as far as I know...

Actually for ships coming and going many places, not just certain ones.

Article said:

Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has drafted a bill calling for Iran to try to stop oil tankers from shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz to countries that support sanctions against it.

"There is a bill prepared in the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Parliament that stresses the blocking of oil tanker traffic carrying oil to countries that have sanctioned Iran," Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying on Monday.

Sounds quite specific.

Are you being serious? If they wish to halt oil to Europe, don't sell it to European nations or load it on their tankers. Closing an international waterway is an act of war, not sanctions.
There are other nations that sell oil and use the Strait.

Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 3rd July 14:53