tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1539842775647720343..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Madness: The U.S. Sanctions Firms in China, Singapore and UAE Over Iranian OilRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31772198833926648652012-01-13T12:18:50.673-05:002012-01-13T12:18:50.673-05:00Seems similar to FDR's policies towards Japan....Seems similar to FDR's policies towards Japan. Pretty common practice to make the other side take the first shot. BTW, why don't these oil producing nations build their own refineries? Nigeria is in the news suffering from the same problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46357037978197858652012-01-13T11:45:32.965-05:002012-01-13T11:45:32.965-05:00Sanctions are just another way to start a war as D...Sanctions are just another way to start a war as Dr. Paul explains. This is truly insane<br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul680.html<br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul664.htmlNY Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131625126863049626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58861613826848082132012-01-13T11:13:30.803-05:002012-01-13T11:13:30.803-05:00Notice the direction and products the announced sa...Notice the direction and products the announced sanctions represent. They all involve shipping refined petroleum products INTO Iran.<br /><br />Iran has limited refining capacity. The purpose of these sanctions is to cripple Iran's economy and to immobilize its people.<br /><br />It could well be that the war party considers it to be easier to goad Iran into a war by choking off its importsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70391786553860565322012-01-13T11:02:32.582-05:002012-01-13T11:02:32.582-05:00I bet you as I write this some entrepreneur out th...I bet you as I write this some entrepreneur out there is finding ways to get Iranian oils onboard ships headed to Europe and USA. <br /><br />After the sanctions are over he'll have made hundreds of millions just like Marc Rich did when the Arabs themselves impeded oil trade in the 70s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56646698068983732062012-01-13T10:17:42.152-05:002012-01-13T10:17:42.152-05:00Sounds like an act of war...the U.S. will keep put...Sounds like an act of war...the U.S. will keep putting more and more sanctions, until Iran (or China) strikes first. Then the U.S. will be "justified" into going to another endless, bankrupting war.<br /><br />We are screwed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26899655974286544532012-01-13T09:08:56.949-05:002012-01-13T09:08:56.949-05:00Bob,
Remember my review of King of Oil? Marc Rich...Bob,<br /><br />Remember my review of King of Oil? Marc Rich built part of his wealth on subverting previous economic sanctions and oil embargoes, establishing a trade network of Iranian oil w/ Israel and getting oil to the apartheid state of South Africa.<br /><br />The "embargo" and sanctions will be in name and official status only. Some willing entrepreneurs and connected operativesTaylor Conanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270678440957992085noreply@blogger.com