Pfish wrote:retiredguy wrote: Suppose the US concurs and pulls most of the troops out of Iraq.
Uhhhhh, not a chance in hell this is ever going to happen. We are in Iraq and quite possibly Iran within 5 years. All this saber rattling by the current administration about Iranian Nukes is setting the stage for a possible invasion by future administrations.
Think of it this way, if 98% of the world is going to be net importers within 3 years—increasing reliance on the middle east for the next ~20 years—do you think the US will let any government dictate how much oil we can import? Not a chance. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever. At some point The US is going to pull back in Iraq and protect themselves and the oil fields in the south.
We didn’t build 16 permanent military bases to abandon them at the first sign of trouble. We own the skies in the Middle East. We own the ocean surrounding the Middle East. But the US military minds have not figured out how to win a street fight…….
We have as much chance of pulling out as Shawn Kemp!
MD wrote:we now wait for outcomes.
I know I am to this point. Far from complete in the prep department, I almost dont care anymore. I just want the bubble to pop so the chips start falling and I can make my next move based on whats happening then. Till then, I just run scenario after scenario through my mind and wonder what I will do when this happens or that happens. If we wait much longer, I will be too damn old to do anything. If I gotta fight for my life, I want it to be when I am capable of doing so.
Quicksilver wrote:Up until a week ago I was mainly concerned about peak oil. Now it looks as if peak natural gas is imminent as well (according to the latest graphs posted at The Oil Drum)
We're so screwed
NEOPO wrote:Quicksilver wrote:Up until a week ago I was mainly concerned about peak oil. Now it looks as if peak natural gas is imminent as well (according to the latest graphs posted at The Oil Drum)
We're so screwed
At least you live in an amish paradise
Fergus wrote:But the fact remains, we are all poised for an event no one knows when its coming, from what quarter, what impact it will have on us locally, nationally or globally. There comes a point when all you can do is sit back and wait. I think thats where we are at now. Just waiting for a flash to light the fuse just so we can see what is coming, what we will need to do and what chance in hell we have of making through this quagmire that we made of this world.
...All that is necessary for Evil to triumph is that good men do nothing
Fergus wrote:I know I am to this point. Far from complete in the prep department, I almost dont care anymore. I just want the bubble to pop so the chips start falling and I can make my next move based on whats happening then. Till then, I just run scenario after scenario through my mind and wonder what I will do when this happens or that happens. If we wait much longer, I will be too damn old to do anything. If I gotta fight for my life, I want it to be when I am capable of doing so.
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