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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 01:51 PM Original message |
Senator seeks to stop gasoline exports to Iran |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. because sanctions worked so damn well in iraq.. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Actually, the sanctions did weaken Saddam, considerably. |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Insanity=Doing the same thing over and over again and |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. "To forestall the need for nuclear force" ???!!! |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. ". . . stop exporting gasoline to Iran . . ." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Iran |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. State-controlled economies can often pull off surprising things. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Such as, eg, building refineries. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. oh bullshit. They do not "really live in the middle ages" |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. You're so misinformed it's not funny. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. WTF where did you ever in the world get that idea? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They used to have a nice one |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. If they cut off their oil exports, we'll have another problem altogether. |
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mike923 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. We don't buy oil from Iran.... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oil is traded globally |
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mike923 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. US strategic reserves.... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The other OPEC nations are already pumping full-bore |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. US strategic reserves are not for "us", |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. It doesn't matter. Oil markets function off total global supply. |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. I thought this had to be wrong, but it's true. |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I suspect the imports are due to excess capacity in the west |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hmmm? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. coals to Newcastle... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Isn't banishment an old testament tribal technique? |
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Mithras61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. I know! |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. isn't that like threatening to stop ice shipments to alaska? |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. it rubs the embargo on its skin or else it gets the bomb again |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow, what a statement |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Make them build refineries and sell us gasoline, too. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. Where do we get these asswipes? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. The impact of Iranian oil on the US or on the global market isn't the |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. It seems this would be an enormous favour to the Iranian govenment. |
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