Kix

Sabre (or rather Shamshīr) rattling or threat, and if the Iranians do go ahead and close it, even for a short time, what will be the world's (read USA) response when all of Qatar's gas and most of Saudi's, Iraq's, Kuwait's and UAE's oil goes through there?

Emirates 24/7

Paracletus

Don't be naive..The list of countries who have been threatening Iran goes somewhat further than the USA.

But it would be very serious, and this I suspect is perhaps why it hasn't happened yet and won't until they can secure the straits without a doubt within a short time of attacking Iran. The hint may lie in their troop buildup.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/wo...pagewanted=all

Millhouse

me thinks they saw this coming:

http://www.thenational.ae/business/e...z-is-completed

Autonomy

Emirates 24/7 - why do they always screw up?



United Arab Emerates? Persian Gulf? (hello?).... I know it's a linked pic, but surely...

shiva

There is a reason the us navy has a base in the gulf and a carrier group in the Indian ocean

Oyibopeppeh

And the Israeli's having a logistics support base in northern KSA and the French having a big military presence at Al Dafra.....

Norm_uk

The who? I didn't see that first country on any maps in the bookstore in Abu Dhabi mall

N.

Oyibopeppeh

Yes, of course - it's known as another country which never existed either!