Nuclear Schmooklier .. it's OIL !!

Orizont Rig

As if we'd forgotten ... I did ... in all of this concern about Iran continuing its uranium enrichment program! Who is the world's third largest oil producer? Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? Who could sanction themselves (as regards oil production) even while we are threatening such sanctions? Weren't they the folks who embargoed us back in the late 1970s? They are as aware as we are that oil is a nonrenewable resource, and they could cut production the moment the UN (or the US) did anything.

And who was it that earlier today fired upon and boarded a Rumanian oil rig -- the Orizont Rig -- maybe to remind us that they can pose a much more immediate and dangerous economic threat? And what company was the Orizont Rig drilling for? How many of you might guess ... Haliburton! (Call "Lulu" in Dubai ... or any of my former American University in Dubai students.)

August 22 is slowly passing into history, but that "period" that follows August 22 only began on their side of the world ... today! And the key parameter from the beginning as regards our involvement in that general region has been ... oil!

Wake up, fellow Americans! This 'nuclear weapons development' threat is a diversion! At least as regards Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his minders are concerned. I wondered why Iran was making such a stink over weapons that can't even be manufactured for five to ten years ...

The Orizont Rig attack is a major clue. Let's keep our eyes open! Watch closely for a likely oil crisis brought on by ... God knows what -- but it will be Iran!!