@whiskey:
The Gulf, obviously, would not STAY closed but closed enough to drive up oil prices sky high again.

Ah apolerjizes iff’n ah’m postin’ 2 durned mucho, but, aren’t there a few pipelines in the Russkie orbit that are not in her territory? Europe might spend a chilly Winter or two, but don’t Iran and Les Russes depend on a few pipelines, too?

Prices may go up, and we may not like paying the Saudi’s, but at least the Russian and Persian Mafias would lose THEIR paydays? Hell, I vote to bomb Vene-ZOO-ela’s oil, too!

Can I recommend Georgian Kvanchkara, a semi-sweet red? Awful drun delish! Not helpful for one’s military-political judgement, but it’s one hell of an anodyne!

Now ah’m talkin’ crazy-like agin’. Sho-’nuf be some crazy damn shit goin’ on ALL OVER, an’ ah’m gittin’ crazy-like, right along wif’em!