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In the post right before this one, I noted:
Ahmadinejad wants to convince the world that, due to his control over a significant part of the world's oil supply, that position of affairs has already been reached -- Iran can use its oil to blackmail the world right now -- the world is already unable (so Ahmadinejad wants us to believe) to prevent Iran from forcing other nations to do its bidding.
Could this work? Could Ahmadinejad be right?
He's not right. First, the Arab nations want the money that they get from the U.S. They want those petrodollars. They have no intention of actually cutting off the only source of income to their otherwise bankrupt economies.
Second, the opposition of the U.S. Libs to war for oil, depends on the supply of oil not actually being threatened. If oil to the U.S. were cut off or severely restricted, all the Libs who are currently shouting, "No war for oil," would immediately start yelling, "War for oil!" so they could drive their S.U.V.'s.
Third of all, the Islamofascists do not actually have us in a situation with no options -- "over a barrel" so to speak. Within a few years we could have a domestic oil shale industry running that would make the U.S. energy independent. From the U.S. Department of Energy, April, 2005:
Gasoline via oil shale becomes financially viable at a price of $40 - $60 per barrel. Knowing all this should be enough to keep the Islamofascists from even trying to blackmail us. But if Iran gets the atomic bomb, they will use that for additional leverage. Iran must not be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons.
