Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just...

[Procrustes Stretched]

Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just blow up and leave the rest of us in peace? I mean really? As time has passed I am so sick of all the petty family squabbles over there.

Seriously? I am asking...

 

[White 6]

Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just blow up and leave the rest of us in peace? I mean really? As time has passed I am so sick of all the petty family squabbles over there.

Seriously? I am asking...

I never lost anything in the Middle-East except from friends and associates. I do not know that I have any over there now, so would not care if it happened, unless it was decide US Troop should be sent to minimize the destruction.

 

[Magnus]

Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just blow up and leave the rest of us in peace? I mean really? As time has passed I am so sick of all the petty family squabbles over there.

Seriously? I am asking...

Was there any time in history when we had total peace? If it isn't the ME, it would be somewhere else.

Human nature.

 

[DGS49]

There are few things more infuriating in this world than people committing evil in the name of "God," or "Allah," in this case.

I would not go so far as to claim that Islam is evil, but the brand of it that is sold in Iran certainly is. Fuck them and all their cousins.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The problems of the world aren't relegated to just the Middle East, this is for certain. The world hasn't changed, we are the same species, we just have better technology. This technology has narrowed the gap and made it easier for people to connect and learn about each other. However, the premise for the writing of the song "Imagine" by Lennon still resonates today.

Put aside the controversy, if the song is viewed as a person trying to describe Nirvana on earth, it is still valid. Without war, hate and excuses kill each other.

Teleport me to another planet. We all have an obligation to confront evil, the problem is, it is in such abundance that the task is impossible to solve.

 

[Batcat]

Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just blow up and leave the rest of us in peace? I mean really? As time has passed I am so sick of all the petty family squabbles over there.

Seriously? I am asking...

Lots of oil in that region. The world will hurt if for some reason the oil from the Middle East stops.

Where does the world's oil come from and what's the impact of an attack in the Middle East?

Why Saudi Arabia is so important to the supply of oil, and how the UK is exposed to geopolitical turbulence in the Middle East.

news.sky.com

Middle East Oil Imports, At 20% Of U.S. Supply 5 Years Ago, Now At 10%

Given the Middle East turmoil that has arisen since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent bombing of Gaza, U.S. "near-shoring" of its oil supply matters.

www.forbes.com

 

[MarathonMike]

Just like Africa and China, the Middle Eastern people are mostly good people. Now if we could somehow eradicate the Mullahs, Ayatollahs, the Taliban, the war lords, the CCP etc that would be awesome.

 

[surada]

Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just blow up and leave the rest of us in peace? I mean really? As time has passed I am so sick of all the petty family squabbles over there.

Seriously? I am asking...

It's not the whole Middle East.. it's Israel and Iran unless Israel is bugging Lebanon and Syria.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

I never lost anything in the Middle-East except from friends and associates. I do not know that I have any over there now, so would not care if it happened, unless it was decide US Troop should be sent to minimize the destruction.

I get it.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Was there any time in history when we had total peace? If it isn't the ME, it would be somewhere else.

Human nature.

Total peace?

No one is asking for that.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

The problems of the world aren't relegated to just the Middle East, this is for certain. The world hasn't changed, we are the same species, we just have better technology. This technology has narrowed the gap and made it easier for people to connect and learn about each other. However, the premise for the writing of the song "Imagine" by Lennon still resonates today.

Put aside the controversy, if the song is viewed as a person trying to describe Nirvana on earth, it is still valid. Without war, hate and excuses kill each other.

Teleport me to another planet. We all have an obligation to confront evil, the problem is, it is in such abundance that the task is impossible to solve.

This is about the Mideast taking us all into their familial fights.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Lots of oil in that region. The world will hurt if for some reason the oil from the Middle East stops.

Where does the world's oil come from and what's the impact of an attack in the Middle East?

Why Saudi Arabia is so important to the supply of oil, and how the UK is exposed to geopolitical turbulence in the Middle East.

news.sky.com

Middle East Oil Imports, At 20% Of U.S. Supply 5 Years Ago, Now At 10%

Given the Middle East turmoil that has arisen since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent bombing of Gaza, U.S. "near-shoring" of its oil supply matters.

www.forbes.com

You have no faith in us being able to get past that. Our allies? But we in the US are not dependent on mideast oil.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Just like Africa and China, the Middle Eastern people are mostly good people. Now if we could somehow eradicate the Mullahs, Ayatollahs, the Taliban, the war lords, the CCP etc that would be awesome.

fuk off trollboie

 

[22lcidw]

Just like Africa and China, the Middle Eastern people are mostly good people. Now if we could somehow eradicate the Mullahs, Ayatollahs, the Taliban, the war lords, the CCP etc that would be awesome.

They look at the United States and want the good life. It seems that region is in a long-term cycle of violence.

 

[BackAgain]

If the entire Mideast were to just “go,” wouldn’t it be humorous if The Dainty happened to be there at that time?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Am I the only on here who almost wishes the whole Mideast would just blow up and leave the rest of us in peace? I mean really? As time has passed I am so sick of all the petty family squabbles over there.

Seriously? I am asking...

Yes, you’re the only one

 

[skye]

The Middle East is beautiful.....like so many places on Earth...very lovely...

One wishes only....that crazy people over there.....would just go! or change their fundamental minds.... look for peace instead!

Yes?

 

[skye]

I just voted no of course.

 

[MarathonMike]

fuk off trollboie

How is that troll Dante? What's got your undies bunched?

 

[Batcat]

You have no faith in us being able to get past that. Our allies? But we in the US are not dependent on mideast oil.

If the rest of the world‘s oil supply is screwed up, it will have major consequences on our nation too. Fuel costs would rise significantly and that would fuel another round of inflation.

Biden sold off nearly half the U.S. oil reserve. Is it ready for a crisis?​

Biden sold off nearly half the U.S. oil reserve. Is it ready for a crisis?

Biden tapped the SPR last year when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent oil prices soaring. Now Republicans blame him for putting the nation’s energy security at risk.

www.politico.com

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On the other hand, global oil prices would most likely climb if the Israeli conflict spreads to include Iran and curtails its 3 million barrels per day of production. Iran exports about 2 million barrels a day — though political pressure on Biden to tighten enforcement of sanctions could lead to new efforts to restrict those flows.

And Tehran could respond to such pressure by impeding oil shipments from Saudi Arabia and Iraq, which together provided about 5 percent of the total U.S. oil consumption last year.

The U.S. wouldn’t run out of oil in that scenario, analysts said, but the cost consumers would pay to fuel their vehicles would rise significantly as the global market works to cover supply shortfalls in other countries.

Conflict in Middle East Could Bring ‘Dual Shock’ to Global Commodity Markets

Although the global economy is in a much better position than it was in the 1970s to cope with a major oil-price shock, an escalation of the latest conflict in the Middle East—which comes on top of disruptions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine—could push global commodity markets into...

www.worldbank.org