Screw Rockall, the Gulf is where it's at...

knucklehead6

Apparently there have been two oil tankers damaged in an attack in the Gulf of Oman this morning

namloc1980

Trumpy just got his excuse to start bombing Iran.

TuringBot47

knucklehead6 wrote: »

Apparently there have been two oil tankers damaged in an attack in the Gulf of Oman this morning

Don't worry, there's lots more oil where that came from.

TheValeyard

Who is shooting at them. Rebels forces, terrorist forces, Iranians, pirates?

topper75

Didn't Iranians say - if our oil doesn't get past Straits, nobody's oil goes past.

Screw Brexit, fuel inflation is where it's at.

namloc1980

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Who owns the tankers?

namloc1980

namloc1980 wrote: »

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Here I am watching my waste, recycling everything, reducing my consumption... and these barbarians do that to the environment.

topper75

^^^^^^
and to top it all off, pissing in the wind is also actually a form of pollution.

Say my name

namloc1980 wrote: »

Trumpy just got his excuse to start bombing Iran.

Bombs planted by a covert U.S. military unit.
Trump will be on that aircraft carrier in the Gulf yet.

Most of the world going on about the climate emergency and boys with toys still interested in war games.

archer22

Wonder whose behind this version of ' gulf of Tonkin incident'.

...it's either CIA, Mossad or a Saudi unit or all of them collaborating together.

The west is run by Mafia style criminals now.

Allinall

Oh man.

Allinall

Allinall wrote: »

Oh man.

Oman, good shout. Never trusted those feckers.

Padraig Mor

Looks like the plot of the practically unknown, but really rather good, 80s TV movie Countdown to Looking Glass (full movie here on Youtube) is coming true! Suffice to say it doesn't end well in the movie........

Elmer Blooker

One of the tankers 'hit' is Japanese owned, the Japanese PM is in Tehran today.
Make your own minds up folks.

Grayson

Deleted User wrote: »

Oman, good shout. Never trusted those feckers.

Not since battlefield 3.


To be fair to this, I have my doubts about Iran doing it. They have a lot to lose.

Your Face

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

One of the tankers 'hit' is Japanese owned, the Japanese PM is in Tehran today.
Make your own minds up folks.

namloc1980

what a surprise

TheValeyard

Smells like Mossad to me. Iranians have nothing to gain from this attack.

The Satanist

#StandWithIran

_blaaz

You'd think the yanks would have their belly full of wars in the middle east by now

archer22

_blaaz wrote: »

You'd think the yanks would have their belly full of wars in the middle east by now

No not at all Uncle Scam is addicted to war..it's all they offer to the world.

vicwatson

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

One of the tankers 'hit' is Japanese owned, the Japanese PM is in Tehran today.
Make your own minds up folks.

Maybe it was Greenpeace to highlight Japans return to “commercial” whaling, though blowing up an oil tanker might not be very environmentally friendly :pac:

Say my name

It seems Trumpy's talks with Boris Johnson during the state visit were a success.

I'm saying the above because I well believe that the orchestrated recent events wouldn't have happened without it.
Trump will have his war with the backing of Britain.

Hypocrite honouring veterans of D Day. All the while the hawks were planning on starting a war of their own.
And the people of Doonbeg will kiss his ass while bombs are dropped on people in Iran.

odyssey06

Excellent this distraction is just what we need to send our fleet to Rockall.

Spanish Eyes

All I can say is Theresa May doesn't give a fig now. Bet she is glad to be gone from all this shyte. Timing is everything.

Boris can deal with it now. Assuming he will be the next pm. If it turns out to be anything dangerous, he can deal with it. Assuming he is the anointed one.

archer22

I think there is a strong possibility Iran is going to be attacked...all this bellicose talk and false flags look like the build up to it.
I expect Iran to put up a good show, but doubt it can hold out long term...unless some of the great powers come to it's aid.
Oil prices of course will skyrocket probably causing another world economic recession.

4068ac1elhodqr

There's a plague of locusts in the Med currently, and an actual plague (Ebola) spreading in afrika, if you see those 4 horsemen on the horizon, maybe bottle up the tap water.

Gatling

Using the russian playbook it wasn't us it's a conspiracy let's blame the CIA .


How original

corner of hells

Nash Loud Peroxide wrote: »

There's a plague of locusts in the Med currently, and an actual plague (Ebola) spreading in afrika, if you see those 4 horsemen on the horizon, maybe bottle up the tap water.

This dudes got a point , poxy weather lining us up for a zombie apocalypse too.

TheDiceMan2020

Gatling wrote: »

Using the russian playbook it wasn't us it's a conspiracy let's blame the CIA .


How original

If John Bolton has a boards account....

Say my name

Trump has being going on about a potential war with Iran for ages now.
Even before the U.S. imposed sanctions.
He's not exactly a complicated person.

The Express thinks it would be a stupid move.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1139971/Trump-latest-news-Iran-war-gulf-Oman-tanker-USA-military-conflict

As does the whole world I'd expect.

Too far out for a war election bump.... Yet.

archer22

It is possible though that Iran could give the great Satan a very bloody nose in a conflict.
Look at how Hezbollah stopped the Israeli invasion dead in its tracks in 2006...and Hezbollah is Iranian trained and supplied, so you can be certain when it comes to a ground war Iranian tactics will be similar to those successfully used by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah destroyed some 50 Israeli heavy tanks in that short conflict using the superb Kornet anti tank missiles.
Iran produces its version of those by the thousands plus a vast array of other missiles of every known type.
America and its poodles just may end up biting off more than they can chew.

A good hiding is what America and its vassals need now to halt their rampaging across the globe and restore peace.

Gatling

archer22 wrote: »

It is possible though that Iran could give the great Satan a very bloody nose in a conflict.

Look at how Hezbollah stopped the Israeli invasion dead in its tracks in 2006...and Hezbollah is Iranian trained and supplied,

Hezbollah destroyed some 50 Israeli heavy tanks in that short conflict using the superb Kornet anti tank missiles.
Iran produces

None of the above is true though ....

Atlantic Dawn

Good to see the ships still afloat.

Gatling

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Good to see the ships still afloat.

Considering a few middle East media outlets had claimed tankers had been sunk

Yeah, you kind of have to say 'cui bono'?..

So yeah..I reckon bono had something to do with it ..

jimmycrackcorm

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

One of the tankers 'hit' is Japanese owned, the Japanese PM is in Tehran today.
Make your own minds up folks.

Obviously the CIA middle East and Asia departments haven't been on the same email distribution list

jimmycrackcorm

namloc1980 wrote: »

Trumpy just got his excuse to start bombing Iran.

Iranian women are quite stunning looking. All they have to do is send a few of them to talk to trump.

Jimmy Garlic

archer22 wrote: »

It is possible though that Iran could give the great Satan a very bloody nose in a conflict.
Look at how Hezbollah stopped the Israeli invasion dead in its tracks in 2006...and Hezbollah is Iranian trained and supplied, so you can be certain when it comes to a ground war Iranian tactics will be similar to those successfully used by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah destroyed some 50 Israeli heavy tanks in that short conflict using the superb Kornet anti tank missiles.
Iran produces its version of those by the thousands plus a vast array of other missiles of every known type.
America and its poodles just may end up biting off more than they can chew.

A good hiding is what America and its vassals need now to halt their rampaging across the globe and restore peace.

It was funny watching g the Israelis run back over the border with their tails between their legs.

Gatling

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It was funny watching g the Israelis run back over the border with their tails between their legs.

Did you watch that on Sputnik news or some other makey uppey place

Ipso

archer22 wrote: »

It is possible though that Iran could give the great Satan a very bloody nose in a conflict.
Look at how Hezbollah stopped the Israeli invasion dead in its tracks in 2006...and Hezbollah is Iranian trained and supplied, so you can be certain when it comes to a ground war Iranian tactics will be similar to those successfully used by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah destroyed some 50 Israeli heavy tanks in that short conflict using the superb Kornet anti tank missiles.
Iran produces its version of those by the thousands plus a vast array of other missiles of every known type.
America and its poodles just may end up biting off more than they can chew.

A good hiding is what America and its vassals need now to halt their rampaging across the globe and restore peace.

Yeah, best to leave the area to the Shia Sunni sectarian conflict.

BeerWolf

With the immediate blaming on Iran by the US, with Pompeo talking out his ass again... this screams false flag.

Grayson

It's also worth mentioning that there wouldn't be any troops deployed in Iran. If the US got involved it'd be arial/missile bombardment.

Ipso

BeerWolf wrote: »

With the immediate blaming on Iran by the US, with Pompeo talking out his ass again... this screams false flag.

It's always a false flag, even when it isn't.

Grayson

Ipso wrote: »

It's always a false flag, even when it isn't.

I don't think the US would do it. But the saudi's are dodgy feckers.

Ipso

Grayson wrote: »

I don't think the US would do it. But the saudi's are dodgy feckers.

Having finished reading Jason Burke's recent book on ISIS, with it's recurring theme of sectarian violence within Islam, and the war in Yemen which looks like a proxy for Iran and Saudi Arabia I wouldn't be surprised if something flares between the Iranians and Saudis.

Gatling

Ipso wrote: »

, and the war in Yemen which looks like a proxy for Iran and Saudi Arabia I wouldn't be surprised if something flares between the Iranians and Saudis.

This is the crux of the situation , iran and Saudi trading pot shots in the region ,Iran will use the russian playbook it wasn't us ,were not there , it's iranophobic ,mean while Saudi cant seem to fight a real war ,
But sooner or later a line will get broken that will set off a much larger conflict that will drag many others into it

daheff

archer22 wrote: »

I think there is a strong possibility Iran is going to be attacked...all this bellicose talk and false flags look like the build up to it.
I expect Iran to put up a good show, but doubt it can hold out long term...unless some of the great powers come to it's aid.
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I can see the Russians standing with Iran on this one. WW3 here we go

DEFTLEFTHAND

Saudis are sneaky. They're estimated to have trillions of barrels of oil still in reserve but will not allow an independent survey because they're terrified of oil prices falling.

It's a racket. Prices are being artificially jacked up.