Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 18, 2019



Michael Burleigh, Daily Mail: Will Donald Trump unleash hell on Iran? Oil prices soaring, threats of 'full-on war' from the Ayatollahs, and the US saying it's 'locked and loaded' - are we on the brink of war in the Gulf?

At three in the morning on Saturday, residents of the Saudi oil town of Abqaiq were roused by something other than the pre-dawn call to prayer.

A massive series of explosions at the huge oil processing plant sent flames up to thirty feet into the air, gunfire was aimed at what seemed to be a drone in the sky. Abqaiq's residents fled with their families into the surrounding desert.

The events in this obscure town rocked world oil prices and dramatically raised the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the US and Iran.

Abqaiq is the Saudi Kingdom's largest oil processing hub, each day converting 5.7 million barrels of crude oil into differently graded products. These are then delivered by pipeline to petrochemical plants or tankers on the Saudi coast destined for the West.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 18, 2019

Donald's Dilemma: Can He Retaliate to Attack on Saudi Oil Fields Without Starting a War with Iran? -- Ariel Cohen, Newsweek

Saudis couldn’t stop oil attack, even with top US defenses -- Robert Burns, AP

Analysts: Weapons in Saudi attack similar to Iranian ones -- Jon Gambrell, AP

End of the Netanyahu era? Worn-out Israel wakes up to political turmoil -- Dana Regev, DW

Israel election deadlock: what happens next? -- Oliver Jones, The Guardian

From "King Bibi" to kingmaker Lieberman? -- Stephen Farrell, Reuters

Hong Kong still has the edge over Shenzhen and other Chinese cities, despite the protests -- Cary Huang, SCMP

Obama Wrecked Libya. Could Trump Make It Worse? -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest

Putin Wants to Be Middle East's Go-To Problem Solver -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Spain Gets Yet Another Election -- Diego Torres, Politico EU

9/11 Trials Will Shape Global Terrorism -- Maria Chr. Alvanou, Jurist

Experts warn world ‘grossly unprepared’ for future pandemics -- Karen McVeigh, The Guardian

2 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

What is the deal with lefty progressives and their obsession with racist face paints?

Anonymous said...

Alabama governor’s blackface scandal shows GOP’s hypocrisy
They demanded Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia resign over similar issues.