Author Topic: Iran says it has plans to close the straights of hormuz. (Read 1448 times)

powderman · « **on:** July 07, 2012, 03:41:57 PM »

Iran says it has plan to close Strait of Hormuz Iran will block the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, if its interests are seriously threatened, a senior Iranian military commander said Saturday.

"We do have a plan to close the Strait of Hormuz," state media quoted Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi as saying Saturday. "A Shiite nation (Iran) acts reasonably and would not approve interruption of a waterway … unless our interests are seriously threatened," Press TV quoted him as saying.

The comments by Firouzabadi, the chairman of Iran's Joint Chiefs of Staff, come days after the European Union enforced a total oil embargo against Iran for its refusal to halt its uranium enrichment program.

A halt in crude oil imports from Iran is intended to increase pressure on the Islamic Republic to stop enriching uranium to the 20 percent level, an issue at the center of an international dispute.

Western powers fear material produced at that level — well above the 3.5 percent enrichment needed for energy-producing reactors — can be turned into weapons-grade material in a matter of months. Iran insists its reactors are only for energy and research.

Iranian lawmakers have prepared a bill that would order the country's military to stop tankers headed to countries that have joined the oil ban.
But Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, was quoted by Iranian media on Saturday as saying that the proposed bill has not yet been studied by parliament.

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has warned in the past that Tehran would order the closure of the Strait of Hormuz if the country's oil exports are blocked.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/s...2/1?csp=34news

ironglow · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2012, 03:44:57 PM »

Seems like somebody tried that once before..

Dee · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2012, 02:27:40 AM »

AGAIN? I think Iran SHOULD close the straight. It's a great idea! Then WE as usual can do all the fighting for Britian, and France, and everyone can have another war.

ironglow · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2012, 02:31:04 AM »

Let 'em close the strait.. that way we can open the keystone pipeline, drill in the gulf, open ANWR..open coastal drilling and stop Russia from tapping our oil under the arctic.
That way we can pay off the national debt...providing the govt doesn't continue spending as the obama supporters are doing.

BBF · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2012, 02:46:25 AM »

Whether they can or can't remains to be seen.

What all that warmongering talk resulted in was up here is that our gasoline price rose 13.6 cents/US gal in one step.

powderman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2012, 04:24:51 AM »

Quote from: ironglow on July 10, 2012, 02:31:04 AM

Let 'em close the strait.. that way we can open the keystone pipeline, drill in the gulf, open ANWR..open coastal drilling and stop Russia from tapping our oil under the arctic.
That way we can pay off the national debt...providing the govt doesn't continue spending as the obama supporters are doing.

IG. Not necessarily, it would just be another way to help imam obama and his brothers destroy us. I think he'd still say NOOOO. POWDERMAN.

ironglow · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2012, 05:31:37 AM »

Quote from: powderman on July 10, 2012, 04:24:51 AM

Quote from: ironglow on July 10, 2012, 02:31:04 AM
Let 'em close the strait.. that way we can open the keystone pipeline, drill in the gulf, open ANWR..open coastal drilling and stop Russia from tapping our oil under the arctic.
That way we can pay off the national debt...providing the govt doesn't continue spending as the obama supporters are doing.

IG. Not necessarily, it would just be another way to help imam obama and his brothers destroy us. I think he'd still say NOOOO. POWDERMAN.

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That's exactly why we should say NOOOO.... to Obama in November !

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2012, 06:19:25 AM »

Let them close it ! Then we can close the ports that send food to these idoits . Then we will see who needs what the most .

BBF · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2012, 06:09:11 AM »

Close whose ports?? I bit more expanding the warmongering?

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:33:14 AM »

Quote from: BBF on July 11, 2012, 06:09:11 AM

Close whose ports?? I bit more expanding the warmongering?

The ports in the US ports our troops provide security for ,ports of allies etc.
Or just open the passage up with military power.

hunt-m-up · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:13:08 AM »

Iran threatening something? Is that really news?
Next thing you know they'll be tugging on Supermans cape, spitting into the wind and pulling the mask off the old Lone Ranger...

BBF · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:18:41 AM »

Quote from: TM7 on July 11, 2012, 09:03:59 AM

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Very interesting, not all that long ago China didn't have enough rice to feed their own and had mass starvations on a regular basis.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2012, 08:14:36 AM »

Quote from: BBF on July 12, 2012, 03:18:41 AM

Quote from: TM7 on July 11, 2012, 09:03:59 AM
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Very interesting, not all that long go China didn't have enough rice to feed their own and had mass starvations on a regular basis.

there is grain then there is high quality grain .

BBF · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2012, 04:23:06 AM »

Quote from: SHOOTALL on July 12, 2012, 08:14:36 AM

Quote from: BBF on July 12, 2012, 03:18:41 AM
Quote from: TM7 on July 11, 2012, 09:03:59 AM
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Very interesting, not all that long go China................

there is grain then there is high quality grain .

If you are starving you would eat straw or grass

Years ago there was a B&W movie called the "Good Earth" it deals with China years ago before the Reds took power. That is exactly what the peasants ate when drought reduced them to starvation.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2012, 04:43:23 AM »

do they have gras in Iran or just sand ?

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2012, 04:45:07 AM »

btw , the US is China's biggest trading partner . Doubt they would rock that boat

hunt-m-up · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2012, 01:46:30 PM »

Quote from: SHOOTALL on July 13, 2012, 04:45:07 AM

btw , the US is China's biggest trading partner . Doubt they would rock that boat

We export a lot of grain to China.

lakota · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2012, 02:45:36 PM »

If we would just use our own resources we could flip the bird to the Middle East and leave it to fester like the boil on the world's ass that it is.

BBF · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:34:23 AM »

I think it would stop festering if we leave it alone.

hunt-m-up · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:07:02 AM »

I appears China needs to worry about feeding their own population and not exporting anything to Iran.
http://grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-03-23-can-the-united-states-feed-china/
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-02-18-asiacommodities18_ST_N.htm

magooch · « **Reply #20 on:** July 15, 2012, 04:46:35 AM »

The USA might have trade sanctions on Iran, but a couple of weeks ago, I saw an enormous ship come up the Columbia River and if it wasn't an Iranian ship I'll eat my hat. The name on the ship was The Bherka (not sure about the spelling) and it had all kinds of middle east jiberish written on it; it looked brand new. I would guess that it was heading for one of our grain export docks. I don't know which flag it was flying, but what difference does that make? The ship could be contracted by anyone and the registry could be fiddled with just as easily.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #21 on:** July 16, 2012, 01:28:54 AM »

What a wonderful way to test drive our nen DRONE SUBS

but to destory all those Iranian mines

mcbammer · « **Reply #22 on:** July 16, 2012, 01:46:43 AM »

Quote from: SHOOTALL on July 10, 2012, 06:19:25 AM

Let them close it ! Then we can close the ports that send food to these idoits . Then we will see who needs what the most .

Yeah, When your belly button is touching your backbone it , takes the fight right out of you.

BBF · « **Reply #23 on:** July 16, 2012, 02:05:23 AM »

There are 20 countries that still have Obama blessings to trade with Iran.
Those micro-sub mine drones have a top speed of 6 knots geez how hard is it to sink or net those?

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #24 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:24:35 AM »

Quote from: BBF on July 16, 2012, 02:05:23 AM

There are 20 countries that still have Obama blessings to trade with Iran.
Those micro-sub mine drones have a top speed of 6 knots geez how hard is it to sink or net those?

I really don't know how hard it would be . But if the mother ship they came from was an American Sub or Carrier they might be da-- near impossible to hit standing dead still in the water

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They may get a few but the price they would pay ............... in life and hardware would be high.

BBF · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2012, 04:09:18 AM »

The technology with mines hasn't stopped after WWII.

The commonly seen large sphere with a bunch of "horns" sticking out tethered on a cable is not what new designed mines are all about. They have become much smarter and smaller.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2012, 04:17:51 AM »

Why of course they have and nither has anti mine warfare sit still since WW2 . I would think the drone sub is direct counter measure to mine development . I suspect the concept of a sailor sitting on the bow with a rifle trying to set off mines is not as wide spread as it once was . I would suggest with the aval. equipment the US navy probly can hear when mines are placed in the water most anywhere they need to be aware of. I would like to think they have ways to set off mines also and clear shipping lanes. And we haven't even mentioned the Dolfins yet.