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[Lizzie Zoom]

Today's news about the suspected bombing of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman is very disturbing.

It has been on the news today about the bombing of two oil tankers and it is already being strongly suggested by Washington that Iranian sponsored terrorists are responsible. If this is true then we are possibly on the verge of war that has been bubbling for some time with the USA strongly suggesting Iran, a known sponsor of terrorism, and posing a new, current, escalating trend to "attack" the USA is now taking that one stage further.  Trump has apparently stated we do not want conflict, but if we have to we will take action.

Trump will, strangely, be the man to face that down. He is unpredictable enough, but strong enough, to do what a US President should do if the United States of America is threatened, as it is in effect being from Iran.  Weak USA Presidents are not required now!

This is a very dangerous situation, and could be a very costly one in major ways, but also the slight matter of oil prices that, it is already being reported, have spiked already!

Fill up yer tanks, and batten down the hatches!  This obviously will be no joke if the situation is allowed to escallate beyond what has transpired already in diplomatic terms between the USA and Iran.  Remember, US battle groups are already assembled in great numbers in the Gulf.


I am not one to usually overreact over world politics and 'developments' involving the military, but.............................


Over to Rod2!!  

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The price of oil shooting up is a very good thing...………………...unless you've neglected to buy oil shares / futures in the last couple of years. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

The price of oil shooting up is a very good thing...………………...unless you've neglected to buy oil shares / futures in the last couple of years. 

But what happens when the oil supplies dry up due to conflict in the Gulf with oil tankers stopped from safely sailing through the Gulf of Oman?

[ronnyd]

You won,t be able to carry on driving your gas guzzling Omega then Lizzie.

[Andy B]

I was on HMS Jupiter or Hermione (old age setting in ...... it was one or the other  ) escorting tankers through the Straights of Hormuz over 30 yrs ago for this very reason

[STEMO]

Storm in a teacup.

[Viral_Jim]

But what happens when the oil supplies dry up due to conflict in the Gulf with oil tankers stopped from safely sailing through the Gulf of Oman?

Why would that matter? 

[ronnyd]

Also read Tiggers "Blame and Denial" thread a bit earlier.

[STEMO]

Also read Tiggers "Blame and Denial" thread a bit earlier.

Nah.....read Baza's instead.

[ronnyd]

Also read Tiggers "Blame and Denial" thread a bit earlier.

Nah.....read Baza's instead.

Ok, will do.  Well, he did reply to it.

[Sir Tigger KC]

C'mon, keep up at the back! 

[Lizzie Zoom]

You won,t be able to carry on driving your gas guzzling Omega then Lizzie.

Oh no ronnyd, not that, anything but that !

Still I will look on the bright side, we may not have a country to drive in anyway

[Lizzie Zoom]

I was on HMS Jupiter or Hermione (old age setting in ...... it was one or the other  ) escorting tankers through the Straights of Hormuz over 30 yrs ago for this very reason

Times have changed since 30 years ago.  We had the stability of the Cold War which kept everything in check, although that was about to cease, with the United Nations meaning something.

Now the World is very unstable again, and with modern weapons possessed by uncontrollable countries out there, the UN will be powerless to stop whatever bad events that may happen, as much as the League of Nations could not stop the events of the 1930's.

My fathers last ship was the then brand new HMS Fife, a Devonshire Class guided missile destroyer which then, in 1966, was so advanced and could take on Russia with USA backup. By the 1980's it was out of date. Hopefully we have a Trafalgar Class submarine 'out there somewhere', with the Gulf within range.  THat may assist the safe passage of the tankers, although a correspondent was stating already shipping insurance costs have now suddenly escalated and shipping companies may well find it difficult to have cover for any ship that steams through the Gulf of Oman and no warship is going to stop that process.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Storm in a teacup.

I sincerely hope so Steve, but real trouble has been brewing in the last 3 months with at least two US battle groups now assembled off the Gulf and Trump making it clear what will happen if Iran carries on in it's threats towards the States.  Now this has happened; not good!

[BazaJT]

I don't think Iran is powerful enough to "go it alone"so it would then depend who'd back them up.Someone said many years ago that if there ever was a WWIII it would kick off in the Middle East.