Hi StG,

The ME has always been a source of tragedy and so it continues. The changes for the worse we are now seeing are I think, recognition that the entire geo-politics of this region have changed.

IMHO, the intervention in the ME by the “Coalition of the Willing” was strategic and not tactical. By that I mean the western developed nations were dependent upon ME stability to keep oil supply lines flowing. They had to delay the consolidation by radicals until such times as energy security alternatives could be brought on stream.

The US now enjoys surplus crude and coal to sell and seems likely to exceed Saudi crude oil production by 2018. Since then the North Dakota field has been also estimated as the biggest oil find in 50 years, 85% of production is crude and 15% is gas. The USA already enjoys 60% lower energy costs that the EU and the UK has issued 176 Fracking licenses in the last month.

Russia and China have both signed to explore Pre-Salt off-shore reserves with South American Nations. In addition, 21% of all fossil fuel mergers and acquisitions internationally in the nine months to October 2013 were by China.

As the shackles of CAGW are cast off, the developed world has gone fossil fuel berserk. Germany has already increased coal consumption by 17% p a, and announced 9 new coal fired power stations, three of which will burn Lignite!

This in my view signals that the ME has already lost its tactical energy advantage and all the signs are that the West can now disengage at will. Tragically this is likely to see the ME descend into anarchy with absolutely no hope of western intervention.

There are now very few issues in the ME that the west will engage in, economically, militarily or in terms of social justice and equity,

Without western support and the evolving multi-sectarian conflicts, I think the western strategy will be restricted to containment.

And what have we done spindoc, we have introduced a 'let's save the world' huge carbon tax.

What a joke!

Thanks Spindoc,

Appreciate your thoughts and makes sense.

yes 9 % huge. The alternatives are not worth anything so best keep what we have. Abbott and his band of noalition nohopers, have no alternative at all. it's only Abbott's big mouth that wants to get rid of the carbon tax. Like all the other promises he made, it was all a con. Pledges in blood Etc:

Hi 579,

You are clearly very upset about many things, you want to keep the CO2 Tax and presumably the 10% we would have had to send to the UN coffers. You don’t like Tony Abbott but fail to mention that the LNP was elected by landslide off the back of the lowest ALP vote on record.

It seems clear to me that the government will dismantle everything to do with CAGW, that includes the tax, also the RET, all the associated government bodies, cut CAGW grant funding to universities and researchers, slash public funding of activist NGO’s, shred the ALP and Trade union movements by exposing their malignancy through a Royal Commission, re-engineer the ABC by changing their business model, cut “pipeline” expenditure and restore the surplus as soon as possible.

These things obviously terrify you and make you very angry. If it helps you can call the ALP/Greens supporters help line and follow the prompts below.

If you are obsessive compulsive – Press “1” repeatedly

If you are co-dependent - ask someone to press “2” for you

If you have multiple personalities – Press 3, 4, 5 and 6

If paranoid – we know where you are and what you want, stay on the line and we will trace your call.

If you are delusional – press “7” and you will be transferred to the “Mother Ship”

If you are schizophrenic – listen very carefully and a small voice will tell you what number to press.

If you are depressive – It doesn’t matter what key you press, no one will answer you.

If you are dyslexic – press 69,69,69,69.

If you have a nervous disorder – please fidget with the “#” key until you hear the “Beep”, after the “Beep” please wait for the “Beep”

If you have short term memory loss – please try again later.

If you have low self esteem – please hang up now because all our operators are too busy to take your call.

Hope this is of assistance

StG,
The middle East is just one of the areas being subjected to Jihad, WWIII is already underway if you consider that the Jihad also extends over much of Africa, Central Asia-Russia, Thailand, Burma,Malyasia, Indonesia and the Phillipines. The crisis caused by Islamic aggression in Africa alone has the potential to eclipse WW2 in terms of casualties and savagery, that's if NATO stays out of it, if they back one side or another it could easily result in slaughter on a scale never seen before.