tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post4166350878629367968..comments2024-03-18T02:14:50.959-07:00Comments on ADORED BY HORDES: MarcLordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-71148012464874334022011-03-21T16:51:19.779-07:002011-03-21T16:51:19.779-07:00Too little; much too late!!Too little; much too late!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-17289343369371521212011-02-07T11:34:33.073-08:002011-02-07T11:34:33.073-08:00Ahmadinejad just set his next year budget based on...Ahmadinejad just set his next year budget based on 80$/bl oil rev. Not unlike his other economic plans, this bewildered the economists in and out of Iran.<br /><br />Aggressions against Iran have intensified, behind the door and lost in egyptian news; but did you hear that Iran has threatened to close the Hormuz straight should military threats against it materialize?<br /><br />Iranians are not very much loved in Egypt, and Khamenei trying to appropriate them into his Islamist books didn't sit too well. Israel may gain a few friends if it attacks Iran!!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-72509568186282440682011-02-05T17:59:10.457-08:002011-02-05T17:59:10.457-08:00Good move, Phil! You're catching on. A natural...Good move, Phil! You're catching on. A natural gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel blew up today.<br /><br />Maybe the first round of a possible oil shock, at least for Israel, that few are talking about. Even without a true shock, the expectation of one is causing prices to go up, and it's hard to see the region suddenly stabilizing this year. <br /><br />Jim Rogers believes oil will go over $150/bbl this year, and the Saudis have abandoned any pretense of responding to calls to control prices by upping their production. Which they apparently can no longer do. <br /><br />In re-reading the post, though, it comes across like I'm personally against Islamist democracies in the region, and I'm really not. There are upsides for US policy, tricky as they may be, my focus was temporarily on it from Israel's perspective.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-78980756948014391972011-02-04T07:54:33.539-08:002011-02-04T07:54:33.539-08:00Thankfully, I fell asleep before I read this.Thankfully, I fell asleep before I read this.Philhttp://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.comnoreply@blogger.com