Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[CoalTrain]

With the Chinese in the straits of Hormuz

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and the 6 billion dollar oil deals China made with with Iran and Moscows nuclear reactors in Iran, Bush would have to be as nutty as Hitler on Cocaine to attack Iran. Unless of course the Bushies want an all out war with China and Russia. With the Kerrycrats *STILL* in denial about Kerry being a Hawk the Dems have given the Bushies Carte Blanche to do their Bushie mad dog best. Wether the U.S attacks Iran may have more to do with how much the Bushies like sunshine as opposed to living in a Bunker. Dow 5000? Why not?

The strait of Hormuz ( I have been saying it would be since the start of the war in Iraq ) is a pretty clear line in the sand which would cut off a huge supply of oil as you suggested. The mountains around the strait give the tiny waterway an even greater strategic importance. The million troops the Chinese have placed on their border near Kyrgyzstan is another clear line in the sand to me.

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I expect Moscow to draw a line in Ukraine over the naval bases that give them the Black Sea. The long and forboding shadow looms larger every week.