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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    Thank God President Trump has moved us towards energy independence. Under democrat rule,these events would roil oil markets. But, now it is no big deal

    Drilling for our own oil is a national defense imperative and will lead to less wars

    Democrats are too fucking stupid and worried about cutting their own dicks off to realize it
    Indeed.

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    https://www.ibtimes.com/saudi-races-...d-iran-2827108
    Saudi Arabia raced on Sunday to restart operations at oil plants hit by drone attacks which slashed its production by half, as Iran dismissed US claims it was behind the assault.

    The Tehran-backed Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is bogged down in a five-year war, have claimed Saturday's strikes on two plants owned by state giant Aramco.

    But United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pointed the finger squarely at Tehran, saying there was no evidence the "unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply" was launched from Yemen.

    "The United States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression," the top US diplomat added.

    That drew an angry response from Tehran, where foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said: "Such fruitless and blind accusations and remarks are incomprehensible and meaningless."

    The remarks were designed to damage Iran's reputation and provide a pretext for "future actions" against the Islamic republic, he said.

    Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose nation is pitted against Iran in a decades-old struggle for regional dominance, has said the kingdom is "willing and able" to respond to this "terrorist aggression".

    But a tit-for-tat strike on Iranian oil fields is "highly unlikely", Middle East expert James Dorsey told AFP.

    "The Saudis do not want an open conflict with Iran. The Saudis would like others to fight that war, and the others are reluctant," said Dorsey, from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.
    Markets nervous

    Instead, the kingdom focused on restoring production at the plants, as the Saudi bourse slumped three percent as the week's trading began on Sunday morning.

    Saturday's explosions set off fires that engulfed the Abqaiq plant, the world's largest oil processing facility, and nearby Khurais, which hosts a massive oil field.

    Saudi's energy infrastructure has been hit by the Huthis many times before, but this strike is of a different order, abruptly halting 5.7 million barrels per day (bpd) or about six percent of the world's oil supply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    You think we're energy independent?
    Well yes, cat person.

    As Of October 2018, The US Is Now Energy Independent
    www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-12/october-2018...

    The reason: as of October, the US is now energy independent for the first time, which is a seismic change considering that just 10 years ago, America was spending 3% of GDP buying foreign energy in 2008, but its energy trade balance is now positive

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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    Saudis meddling in Yemen will cost them dearly. This isn't the first attack, but a better one.

    Remember how much fun drones were when only we had them?
    I remember how much you lefties enjoyed drone strikes when B. Hussein Yobabymama was dropping indiscriminately on other countries. Yes. I do remember that.

    Do you now have an aversion to drone strikes?

    Can you provide us a chart of your changing positions, it is hard to keep up. You are for it. You are agin it. You are for it again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    I remember how much you lefties enjoyed drone strikes when B. Hussein Yobabymama was dropping indiscriminately on other countries. Yes. I do remember that.

    Do you now have an aversion to drone strikes?

    Can you provide us a chart of your changing positions, it is hard to keep up. You are for it. You are agin it. You are for it again.
    Remember when drones were so much fun when only we had them?
    Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    Remember when drones were so much fun when only we had them?
    Are you pleased that Iran provided them and the result is a catastrophic climate event and the loss of millions of barrels of oil?

    Of course you are.

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    The Saudis will not take this lying down.

    A response of Biblical proportions is on the horizon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    The Saudis will not take this lying down.

    A response of Biblical proportions is on the horizon.
    Yeah- about 8"x5"x3", you moronic drama-monger.
    " First they came for the journalists...
    We don't know what happened after that . "

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    "U.S. accuses Iran of launching drone strikes against Saudi Arabian oil plant."
    CBS News


    They probably funded this attack with the money given to Iran ( on the State Dept. list of state sponsors of terrorism) by Obama...in cash in the middle of the night.

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    Oh, no, they just got rid of Iran War guy, what will the do? Send Javanka?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Are you pleased that Iran provided them and the result is a catastrophic climate event and the loss of millions of barrels of oil?

    Of course you are.
    You're worried about fucking oil instead of the hundreds of thousands of dead Yemenis and the millions starving and displaced.
    Killed, maimed and displaced with Western weaponry, you lame-brained addlepate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    Oh, no, they just got rid of Iran War guy, what will the do? Send Javanka?
    Brilliant riposte, Super Moderator.

    Do you have any more gems?

    Are you pleased that Iran provided them and the result is a catastrophic climate event and the loss of millions of barrels of oil?

    Of course you are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Brilliant riposte, Super Moderator.

    Do you have any more gems?

    Are you pleased that Iran provided them and the result is a catastrophic climate event and the loss of millions of barrels of oil?

    Of course you are.
    How did the thousands of tonnes of munitions used against Yemeni civilians contribute to the climate catastrophe, you fucking prosemitic dunce.
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    Saudi oil attacks: Iran condemns US 'deceit' after accusation

    Iran has accused the US of "deceit" after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tehran was behind damaging drone attacks on two Saudi oil facilities.

    Mr Pompeo had rejected claims by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels that they had carried out the attacks.

    Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that "blaming Iran won't end the disaster" in Yemen.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49707303
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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    Remember when drones were so much fun when only we had them?
    Like I said, I remember how much fun you thought they were when Obama used them

    I don't care about the Middle East. We are energy independent now. We don't need to fight their wars any longer. You should be glad too

    Driil here and no more war for oil. ISn't that what you want?

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