The premise(of the need for war with Iran) is that the Iranians do not act rationally and that is why it is believed they would and could easily shut off 20% of the supply as well as take out the Gulf states production(e.g. Saudi Arabia) where the Shiites live and work. As for the U.S. reserves, they are in salt mines and they would be pumped out too slow to have much of an affect. It is easier to put the crude in than to pump it out. In addition, our port facilities could not export enough(the port facilities are set up for imports, not exports). War with Iran, is not like Iraq. In America we have close to 1/2 million nationalistic Iranians, more than the number of Japanese during 1941. The economic cost of the war is too much for America,Europe, and Asia when you consider that it only benefits Israel and their Zionist interests. If you think the world hates us now, if America hurts the world's economies, then our children would pay a big price.

>If you think the world hates us now, if America hurts the world's economies, then our children would pay a big price.

Like they're not going to already?

And when has the premise that America behaves rationally suddenly become part of the picture?

Mr.Ridgeway and Dr. Quigley are making very good pointsand we should pay attention! Dr., you make another point of the children paying the price. Just look at the children in Iraq, how dearly they pay. What future do they face? We should pay attention to the warnings comming from the other super powers! They still have a lot of ICBMs pointed at us!