Originally Posted by Hyde
You mean a disruption that *isn't* ISIS liquidating their captured oil reserves?
In the petroworld, terrorist attacks on oil are considered the costs of doing business. It's a negligible disruption, comparatively.
Originally Posted by Hyde
The "doming" theory isn't physically feasible, and it was a joke. Containing them must be done through controlling immigration and "aid"/sanctions.
Yeah I know, I just used it as a byword for containment. Containment would fuck up Middle Eastern relations.
Originally Posted by Hyde
We do not rely on the (middle) east for resources as much as you'd think, and blocking immigration is not akin to severe trade restrictions a la Cuba.
Continuing on from my last sentence, how do you think countries that are being blocked will respond? The most common manifestation of power politics is economic sanctions.
US has ramped up domestic production in the past decade, which is great, but OPEC still has considerable influence on every energy market.
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