Rick S in Tel Aviv
2012-01-04 04:09:05
Michael:
Last week Saudi said it would make up for any shortfall of oil due to any closing of the Straits by Iran. If so, why wouldn’t the US get Saudi agreement to make up for any Iranian oil affected by the US sanctions (such as Japan’s)? It seems to be in the Saudi interest and it might work. Second, why does the US need 180 days to study these sanctions? Is it possible the US, over all these years, never once considered the possibility of such sanctions and hasn’t a clue as to what the expected results would be?
