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Originally Posted by CC1
Good grief, it sounds like you are insinuating it will be the West's fault if Iran tries to close the Strait of Hormuz. That is ridiculous.
I am guessing you are probably a Ron Paul Isolationist wacko who believes if we just close our eyes and ears to the world and chant "La,la,la,la" loud enough all bad things will go away and the world will leave us alone.
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Nope. You are wrong and over the top on this one. Ron Paul lost credibility with me long ago. You also are wrong in insinuating [that I was insinuating] it will be the west's fault if they do close it. What part of my post is saying that I am accusing the west for the possibility of Iran closing off the Strait of Hormuz?
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Originally Posted by AreYouReady?
Right now, in the poorest state of the Union that has little to NO public transportation, it is $3.29/gallon.
If the saber-rattling against Iran continues, Iran threatens to close off the Strait of Hormuz. If that happens, expect gas prices to double, maybe triple.
If prices double/triple, the economy will tank because it will take everything a person makes to buy gas to get to work and back with little to none left over for gadgets, clothes or new cars.
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The Western countries aren't the only countries in this world saber-rattling against Iran. The fact is,
it is the United Nations that placed the sanctions on Iran. Iran will use whatever leverage they think they have ...that means they will close Strait of Hormuz if the U.N. places any more sanctions on them, should they decide to get even more hinky about their nuclear ambitions.
You are inferring that I am in favor of Iran's reaction to sanctions placed upon them by the United Nations and that simply is not true. You really should ask before you accuse.
Now about your Ron Paul statement. Although Mr. Paul lost his credibility with me long ago when he refused to address voter fraud in the 2008 caucuses, I have to ask: Is Congressman Paul any nuttier than the rest of the politicians making the laws currently?
Thomas Jefferson would be considered an "isolationist" by today's standards. He warned:"Our first and fundamental maxim should be never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs." --Thomas Jefferson to J. Monroe, 1823.
http://eyler.freeservers.com/JeffPers/jefpco30.htm
Thomas Jefferson had quite a few words of wisdom that people today would get on the bandwagon to call him an isolationist.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...jefferson.html
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