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Fast Jimmy Pillar of the Community I have made 972 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 910 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 7:43:50 GMT -6 via Tapatalk General Slotts, Sentinel Arian, and 1 more like this Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 7, 2016 7:43:50 GMT -6 Ladies and Gentlemen... welcome to the Main Event! Be prepared to witness the greatest showdown sporting event of the century! These two contenders are getting ready to blow up the competition for the ULTIMATE sectarian showdown for domination of the entire Middle East! Pan-Arabism? More like Pan-Arab-demonium! In the right corner, we have the scrappy challenger! Weighing in at a lean GDP $370 billion, this challenger has got nuclear hotness behind its punch. Representing the shit-talkers from Shia, I give you the Renegade from Riyadh... IRAN!!! And in the left corner, weighing in at a hefty $750 billion GDP, the defending champ is no stranger to danger... unless that danger is a woman driving a car! With its own mercenary army courtesy of former Blackwater founder Erik Prince and more oil than it knows what to do with courtesy of Allah, I give you the Sons of Sunni... SAUDI ARABIA! These two countries, always at odds but kept separate by that crazy Hussein guy (Saddam or Obama - take your pick) with the buffer zone of Iraq and Syria, now the two of them are taking off the ghutrahs and putting on the gloves! Place your bets now - who do you think will win? If anyone said "the civilian population of the region," good news - you couldn't be more wrong! Stay tuned for more information about this upcoming Pay Per Nuke event.
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Fidite Nemini Banned for Spam I have made 2,795 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,264 likes BSN Posts Some	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 8:26:24 GMT -6 Post by Fidite Nemini on Jan 7, 2016 8:26:24 GMT -6 Not sure if the Isreali government is cheering, or pissing their pants in pure terror.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 8:58:18 GMT -6 Fast Jimmy and General Slotts like this Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 8:58:18 GMT -6 JERRY JERRY JERRY!
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Sentinel Arian Banned for Spam I have made 4,063 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,122 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 17K+	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 9:13:56 GMT -6 Post by Sentinel Arian on Jan 7, 2016 9:13:56 GMT -6 The crisis began with the execution of Shia Saudi Ayatollah Nimr Baqir al-Nimr. then the members of Basij and Hezbollah in Iran attacked Saudi embassies in Iran, used molotov cocktail and plundered those buildings. Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Sudan and Bahrain closed their embassies in Iran and UAE lowered relations with Iran. The attack to embassies is condemned by Iran's President, Foreign Minister, Head of Senate and one of the Commanders of Sepah. They're all regretful now that they couldn't control that group. Iran is the loser here, because Saudi just culturally and religiously slightly ruined his reputation in Islamic World, but Basij's attacks ruined Iran's reputation diplomatically and politically.
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Sentinel Arian Banned for Spam I have made 4,063 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,122 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 17K+	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 9:21:55 GMT -6 Post by Sentinel Arian on Jan 7, 2016 9:21:55 GMT -6 About oil: There is no agreement in Opec to lower production. So both Iran and Saudi Arabia are producing more oil. Iran to get more market in Europe and SA to avoid that. Hopefully Iran is investing on Natural Gas and already expanded its platforms so much to increase capacity for exporting... now that oil is like cheap shit.
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Fast Jimmy Pillar of the Community I have made 972 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 910 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 9:24:31 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Sentinel Arian and Lorn like this Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 7, 2016 9:24:31 GMT -6 Jan 7, 2016 9:13:56 GMT -6 Sentinel Arian said: The crisis began with the execution of Shia Saudi Ayatollah Nimr Baqir al-Nimr. then the members of Basij and Hezbollah in Iran attacked Saudi embassies in Iran, used molotov cocktail and plundered those buildings. Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Sudan and Bahrain closed their embassies in Iran and UAE lowered relations with Iran. The attack to embassies is condemned by Iran's President, Foreign Minister, Head of Senate and one of the Commanders of Sepah. They're all regretful now that they couldn't control that group. Iran is the loser here, because Saudi just culturally and religiously slightly ruined his reputation in Islamic World, but Basij's attacks ruined Iran's reputation diplomatically and politically. For the record, Saudi Arabia executed the Shia al-Nimr along with around a dozen other Sunni "insurrectionists," so many believe that they just threw the high ranking Shia in there to distract from the fact that they are killing "their own" just as unfairly. I would say Iran is the loser here, but there is an undeniable fact - Saudis don't have their own army. Erik Prince (of Darkness) may be more than willing to bring his Columbian soldiers of fortune into Yemen now, but if the Saudi family wants to keep playing chicken with bottoming out oil prices just so they can try to cripple Iran's economy, they may run out of play money to fund their mercs. And when that happens... well, we've all played CK2 and seen how easily a mercenary army switches to the other side when your money runs out.
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Fast Jimmy Pillar of the Community I have made 972 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 910 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 9:27:58 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 7, 2016 9:27:58 GMT -6 Jan 7, 2016 9:21:55 GMT -6 Sentinel Arian said: About oil: There is no agreement in Opec to lower production. So both Iran and Saudi Arabia are producing more oil. Iran to get more market in Europe and SA to avoid that. Hopefully Iran is investing on Natural Gas and already expanded its platforms so much to increase capacity for exporting... now that oil is like cheap shit. There isn't an OFFICIAL OPEC agreement to increase production/lower market price for oil. That doesn't mean there isn't one. Demand hasn't dropped nearly enough for the price to drop so drastically, this is strictly a supply issue. And OPEC seems to be either 1) Breaking ranks to undercut each other or other world markets, making OPEC kind of irrelevant, or 2) An orchestrated attempt to bleed Iran dry while the Saudis and fellow OPEC members like the UAE sit on their massive piles of cash to wait out Iran's economy collapsing.
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Fast Jimmy Pillar of the Community I have made 972 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 910 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 9:43:49 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 7, 2016 9:43:49 GMT -6 Jan 7, 2016 8:26:24 GMT -6 Fidite Nemini said: Not sure if the Isreali government is cheering, or pissing their pants in pure terror. Yeah, "the enemy of my enemy can still blow me up" is definitely in play here. Israel is probably leaning towards the urine-soaked pants, because the US just entered into an unprecedented trade agreement with Iran, while also being in the Saudi's back pocket for decades. With American foreign policy appearing to be hedging their bets across the board, the feeling that someone has their back has got to be feeling a little more shaky than in the past.
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jockcranley Forum Regular I have made 157 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 86 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 16:52:59 GMT -6 Post by jockcranley on Jan 7, 2016 16:52:59 GMT -6 Jan 7, 2016 9:27:58 GMT -6 Fast Jimmy said: Jan 7, 2016 9:21:55 GMT -6 Sentinel Arian said: About oil: There is no agreement in Opec to lower production. So both Iran and Saudi Arabia are producing more oil. Iran to get more market in Europe and SA to avoid that. Hopefully Iran is investing on Natural Gas and already expanded its platforms so much to increase capacity for exporting... now that oil is like cheap shit. There isn't an OFFICIAL OPEC agreement to increase production/lower market price for oil. That doesn't mean there isn't one. Demand hasn't dropped nearly enough for the price to drop so drastically, this is strictly a supply issue. And OPEC seems to be either 1) Breaking ranks to undercut each other or other world markets, making OPEC kind of irrelevant, or 2) An orchestrated attempt to bleed Iran dry while the Saudis and fellow OPEC members like the UAE sit on their massive piles of cash to wait out Iran's economy collapsing. And here I thought the increased volume was to shut down the frackers (which it largely did)
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Fast Jimmy Pillar of the Community I have made 972 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 910 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 7, 2016 19:36:26 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Lorn likes this Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 7, 2016 19:36:26 GMT -6 Jan 7, 2016 16:52:59 GMT -6 jockcranley said: Jan 7, 2016 9:27:58 GMT -6 Fast Jimmy said: There isn't an OFFICIAL OPEC agreement to increase production/lower market price for oil. That doesn't mean there isn't one. Demand hasn't dropped nearly enough for the price to drop so drastically, this is strictly a supply issue. And OPEC seems to be either 1) Breaking ranks to undercut each other or other world markets, making OPEC kind of irrelevant, or 2) An orchestrated attempt to bleed Iran dry while the Saudis and fellow OPEC members like the UAE sit on their massive piles of cash to wait out Iran's economy collapsing. And here I thought the increased volume was to shut down the frackers (which it largely did) Nah, no one outside of the tree huggers really gave a frak about the frakkers. And despite their billing, Democrats aren't actually the party of environmental responsibility anymore than the Republicans are actually the party of fiscal responsibility.
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Ravensword Banned for Spam I have made 1,974 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,211 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 via mobile ObserverStatus, Sentinel Arian, and 1 more like this Post by Ravensword on Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds.
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Lorn Pillar of the Community What are you afraid of? I have made 678 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 367 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 14, 2016 20:31:32 GMT -6 Post by Lorn on Jan 14, 2016 20:31:32 GMT -6 Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 Ravensword said: I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds. But they're our friends!
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Ravensword Banned for Spam I have made 1,974 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,211 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 14, 2016 21:24:18 GMT -6 via mobile Post by Ravensword on Jan 14, 2016 21:24:18 GMT -6 Jan 14, 2016 20:31:32 GMT -6 Lorn said: Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 Ravensword said: I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds. But they're our friends! Sounds like some pretty shitty friends. Is the oil worth supporting a regime that has helped to keep the Middle East in the 14th century and gives support to extremist groups.
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Lorn Pillar of the Community What are you afraid of? I have made 678 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 367 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 14, 2016 21:40:07 GMT -6 Fast Jimmy likes this Post by Lorn on Jan 14, 2016 21:40:07 GMT -6 Jan 14, 2016 21:24:18 GMT -6 Ravensword said: Jan 14, 2016 20:31:32 GMT -6 Lorn said: But they're our friends! Sounds like some pretty shitty friends. Is the oil worth supporting a regime that has helped to keep the Middle East in the 14th century and gives support to extremist groups. Yes.
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Sentinel Arian Banned for Spam I have made 4,063 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,122 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 17K+	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 14, 2016 22:41:06 GMT -6 Lorn likes this Post by Sentinel Arian on Jan 14, 2016 22:41:06 GMT -6 Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 Ravensword said: I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds. Don't make fun of Byzantine Empire. It's dead serious business! If the west Europe actually helped Byzantine Empire instead of weakening it 1000-800 years ago, there was no Ottomans to begin with (who screwed East Europe) and their descendants would keep this region quite secure. Jan 14, 2016 21:24:18 GMT -6 Ravensword said: Jan 14, 2016 20:31:32 GMT -6 Lorn said: But they're our friends! Sounds like some pretty shitty friends. Is the oil worth supporting a regime that has helped to keep the Middle East in the 14th century and gives support to extremist groups. Yes. Iran, Malaysia and Indonesia can simply be said that are much better countries than Saudi Arabia. Also RIP Syria.
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Ravensword Banned for Spam I have made 1,974 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,211 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 14, 2016 22:53:58 GMT -6 via mobile Sentinel Arian and Lorn like this Post by Ravensword on Jan 14, 2016 22:53:58 GMT -6 Jan 14, 2016 22:41:06 GMT -6 Sentinel Arian said: Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 Ravensword said: I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds. Don't make fun of Byzantine Empire. It's dead serious business! If the west Europe actually helped Byzantine Empire instead of weakening it 1000-800 years ago, there was no Ottomans to begin with (who screwed East Europe) and their descendants would keep this region quite secure. Jan 14, 2016 21:24:18 GMT -6 Ravensword said: Sounds like some pretty shitty friends. Is the oil worth supporting a regime that has helped to keep the Middle East in the 14th century and gives support to extremist groups. Yes. Iran, Malaysia and Indonesia can simply be said that are much better countries than Saudi Arabia. Also RIP Syria. Oops. I wasn't referring to the Byzantine Empire, but it was still the wrong word to use in this situation. My bad. There was no way Europe was really gonna put much effort in helping the Byzantine Empire b/c they were Orthodox. Europe saw the Byzantine Empire at best as a buffer against Muslims from the Levant, it seems. They are much better countries than Saudia fucking Arabia. It would be tough for the US become allies w/ Iran. It doesn't help that politicians in America had, for a time until the nuclear deal went through, to talk aloud about bombing Iran. I can't say if Iran appreciates that sort of talk. Saudia Arabia has the oil, and they've bought America's friendship w/ it.
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Fast Jimmy Pillar of the Community I have made 972 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 910 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 15, 2016 7:51:14 GMT -6 via Tapatalk Sentinel Arian and Lorn like this Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 15, 2016 7:51:14 GMT -6 We should just reform the Persian Empire, having the Arabian Peninsula, Levant and the rest of West Asia all roll under one government with the capitol being in Kuwait. That would solve everything.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 15, 2016 11:24:06 GMT -6 ObserverStatus and Ravensword like this Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2016 11:24:06 GMT -6 Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 Ravensword said: I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds. Yeah, it annoys me that it pretty much goes without saying that we would be in El Petróleo's corner with the steel chair if this lucha libre main event kicks off.
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Ravensword Banned for Spam I have made 1,974 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,211 likes My gender is Male	Iran Vs. Saudi Arabia - Melee in Mesopotamia! Jan 15, 2016 14:29:13 GMT -6 via mobile Post by Ravensword on Jan 15, 2016 14:29:13 GMT -6 Jan 15, 2016 11:24:06 GMT -6 @puddi said: Jan 14, 2016 20:09:26 GMT -6 Ravensword said: I'm pretty sure that Saudia Arabia is the big bad of the region. They fund many ultraconservative Islamic organizations, their embrace of Wahhabism, their Byzantine views and cultural values, most of the 9-11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, and whatever other dastardly and backwards deeds. Yeah, it annoys me that it pretty much goes without saying that we would be in El Petróleo's corner with the steel chair if this lucha libre main event kicks off. I'm pretty sure that an oil-rich Latin American country would make a better ally any day of the week over Saudia Arabia. Any goddamn day.
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