Role reversal: Fuel embargo against Iranian aircraft

[Chuck]

BP is part of the embargo.

Parisa Hafezi - MSNBC - July 5, 2010

The irony: Iran is now the recipient of an embargo, and BP is getting some rare PR in it's favor. In the bigger picture, the World is concerned Iran will still get the Bomb, and plunge the Middle East in to a full-blown nuclear arms race - even use of the weapons. --Ed.

Tehran — Iran complained on Monday that its planes had been denied fuel in Germany, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, and Washington said private firms were making the "right choices" by cutting business ties with Tehran.

In London, The Financial Times newspaper said oil major BP had stopped refueling Iranian jets. BP declined to confirm the report but said: "We fully comply with any international sanctions imposed in countries where we operate."

Pressure is mounting on Iran over its nuclear program and the United States has stepped up its push to isolate Tehran economically. On Thursday, President Barack Obama signed into law far-reaching sanctions that aim to squeeze the Islamic Republic's fuel imports and deepen its international isolation.... [Read More]

[Chuck]

I'd love to never import a drop of oil from the Middle East again, but that region of the world will still be the hottest spot regardless.

There are plenty of neighbor's around Israel that do not recognize it's right to exist and want it's destruction...that would seem to include Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Palestinians have not been treated well - Israel has been heavy-handed, but we in America had a similar atmosphere right after 9/11 - that tension has been felt in Israel for 60 years, so it's not paranoia.

The Palestinians want a nation - for centuries the Jewish people have wanted a nation. This strife will not go away tomorrow.

Lets pray this tinderbox does not have a proliferation of nuclear weapons.