It will further destabilise the region and has the potential to require deployment of thousands of troops to Iraq.
On Sat, 4 Jan 2020, 4:49 am Udhay Shankar N, <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:31 PM Peter Griffin <peter.grif...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What do you folks think will result from the Qassem Suleimani > assassination? > > How will this play out for the rest of the world, in terms of not just > > stability, but also wars, economies and so on? > > > > War has always been a reliable distraction. From impeachable offenses by > the bushel (or rather, barrel) > > That said, follow the money. > > - Iran has announced a major new untapped oil reserve [1] > - This particular conflict comes at a time when US oil businesses are > hurting, and the current spoke in prices helps them. [2] > - It will also (quelle surprise) help Russia, and also the Saudis - who > have their own strategic issues with a world where reserves are depleting > and prices are, funnily enough, going down [3] > > > [1] > https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/iran-crude-oil-discovery-namavaran/ > [2] > > https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/irandriven_oil_rally_boon_to_struggling_us_producers-03-jan-2020-160714-article?rss=true&yptr=yahoo > [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19300677 > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >
