RE: RE: Saudi Arabia attack18 Sep 2019 01:57
DrQu,
OK, it's a bit off-topic, but this is an O&G share after all, so such stuff is pertinant.
"Why do you question Iran’s presence in such countries as Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen when they actually seem quite proud of the fact?"
That's an interesting question. One which seemingly many people appear to ignore. I don't know if you're familiar with that great old board game, 'Risk'. But if you have one, maybe it's time to drag it out of the cupboard and study the thing. Because Iran seems to have the KSA halfway 'encircled', partly with the tacit support of Russia (militarily) and China (diplomatically). This of course puts a certain sort of 'pressure' on the USA, and despite the presence of that nation's naval might in the area, the board-game usually shows that if one holds N.America, keeping hold of a bit of the Middle East can be difficult. Especially if one's trying to hem onself in with walls along the Mexican border and consolidate one's position of 'making America great again', although that particular gimmick doesn't figure in Risk.
Plus things like Vietnam and Afghanistan have rather dulled the American Joe Sixpack's taste for waging war at a distance. Iraq in the early eighties notwithstanding.
Interesting times.
Remember the phrase Hurricane Energy bandied about two or three years ago about the potential 'strategic importance' of finds such as the company has on Rona Ridge? It doesn't get much mention of late, but shouldn't be forgotten. Plus Lancaster (and now Lincoln) give light, sweet crude. Unlike the heavy crud which constitues the major production from the KSA.
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