tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6392365733811226529..comments2024-03-28T23:46:49.801-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: ISIL, AQAP, Saudi Arabia - and lots and LOTS of moneyPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23546023962538565612015-01-29T07:03:08.386-06:002015-01-29T07:03:08.386-06:00Interesting and a lot of their $$ are in Swiss ban...Interesting and a lot of their $$ are in Swiss banks... And in briefcases and suitcases that travel with them...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63992423393720154902015-01-28T20:34:55.199-06:002015-01-28T20:34:55.199-06:00re: Anonymous
Does ISIS understand this? The lur...re: Anonymous <br />Does ISIS understand this? The lure of loot has moved many a mind. After M went to Medina Islam turned to raiding and looting. A lot of Arabs said, "What a religion!"<br />Peter, I am fully aware and am grateful that Muslims worldwide usually prefer to only practice the higher ethics of Islam.<br />Punzdeleonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11403228190896440245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90009374366357455872015-01-28T20:31:21.954-06:002015-01-28T20:31:21.954-06:00Agree with what the first commenter said, mostly. ...Agree with what the first commenter said, mostly. If it gets taken, then ISIL doesn't really get much. OTOH, fighting to take the wealth of the House of Saud from them will draw a LOT of sharks. And invading the ME for the oil for *real* is more likely. After the initial price-shock, it'll help the rest of the oil-producing world hugely by driving prices up. It would make some of the lefties realize who one of the real enemies is. <br /><br />Hmmm... That might make a good book.Rolfhttp://www.thestarscameback.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-31806922802576089772015-01-28T18:09:29.078-06:002015-01-28T18:09:29.078-06:00And as everyone knows, that's the thing to mak...And as everyone knows, that's the thing to make the boys get up and shoot.Coconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33382712584019725912015-01-28T18:09:12.487-06:002015-01-28T18:09:12.487-06:00You've missed several rather important points,...You've missed several rather important points, namely that many of Saudi Arabia's assets are not held inside the borders of their territory, and the fact that the oil wells and other essential facilities are both wired for destruction and exist within a mostly Shiite area of the country. ISIS breaching the borders and taking over will net it exactly what is there at the time of the takeover, and any further income on oil will be minimal. Saudi Arabia would basically go back to Year Zero, and rapidly depopulate down to the level that was present when the House of Saud took over. This isn't exactly accidental, either. Saudi Arabia is more a family business with territory instead of a sovereign nation. Push the House of Saud out, and you're going to be left with only one real resource, the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Not to mention, I can't see the expats sticking around much after the ISIS takeover, which is really going to be what destroys them. No expats, no labor force, no management. Result? Mass starvation within a year or two, probably sooner, since ISIS will have to loot everything and sell it on, internationally.<br /><br />I predict that if they take Saudi Arabia, the only really lasting event is going to be mass starvation in the Third World, as the price of fertilizer and fuel goes through the roof once Saudi oil goes off the world market. And, getting that industry going again isn't going to be at all easy--Many of those wells are not going to do well, production-wise, once disrupted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com