when we attack Iran, will oil prices surge?
367604
Yes, cuz not only irans oil and petrolium units destroyrd but also Middle eastern countries can not export oil as Iran may attack their fields and ships!\n\nBut I dont know how much blood per every oil Galon world should pay!
322678
Probably not. The US is currently involved in both Iraq and Afghanistan, plus the cost of attacking Iran could prove to be very, very high. I imagine the Israelis will take out the Iranian nuclear capabilities at some point, should the US not intervene.
675970
I hope not.. it would be a big mistake if they attacked Iran
627334
Sounds like Iran . Planning to invade it , are you ?
90192
If US attack Iran, it will be the beginning of a collapse for all.  Neither Iran nor US will win the war. We all will face with the ugly consequences of a war and we all directly or indirectly will be affected. But for sure the war opportunists and beneficiaries will won something in $. \n\nWinning a war is not simply to take control of a land, have other components also. Bush and his crew should have some considerable amount of reasons($) to push their country and the world to a very dangerous edge. They do not concentrate internal problems but prefer to play the guard of the world with poor justifications.
574413
It very well could... when Bush Sr. gas prices were sky high and then Clinton came in and prices fell... demand didn't fall though... it's because of all the instability Bush Sr. and Jr. cause in the middle east. If you destabilize area you get a product from, the prices are going to be destabilized, usually resulting in much higher prices... it's basic economics...\n\nIf a new president decided on a less "attack oriented" middle eastern strategy, it could go a long way into stabilizing the market in the minds of those on the market, dropping prices drastically\n\nIt's about supply and demand... but not just simple gallons to drivers, it's about how that supply COULD be changed and war in Iran clearly would change supply (if they US attacked they would probably destroy their oil fields, therfore the oil supply would go down overall) ... \n\nthe threat of war is more than enough to spike gas prices, the supply doesn't have to change, only be threatened...  I mean if you look at when the prices started going up the last time, it was when Bush started talking about invading Iran, it's far from a coincidence, it's common sense... the demand numbers haven't changed drastically
459411
straight to hell. If any more right wing fanatics and oil execs take control of this country, then we're probably headed for yet another war in the middle east (Iran), and that will be the end.
361772
The U.S. wants to invade Iran because Iran wants to start selling oil, but not for American Dollars.\n\nLong ago the OPEC countries were told that the US would protect them if they sold there oil only for American dollars. This was shortly after the US stop using Gold to value thier money.\n\nIran wants to start selling Oil for a different currency.  They produce alot of oil. Doing this will start to devalue the american dollar all over the world.  That will be very bad for the Money grubbing slime balls that run the states.
574155
First, it won't be the President that makes that decision. These decisions are made behind the scenes, way behind, where the money comes from. \nSecond, if USA doesn't invade, the economic future of most of the world is at risk; because oil is the basis of all economies and Iran/Iraq etc control too much of it to be allowed to have this axe over the rest of the world connected to the money source.  If the USA, the leader of the pack, waits too long, Iran will catch up in nuclear or weapons capability and be a more difficult target.  This is why the 9/11 incident was created.  Blame it on the enemy, the oil countries.  The controlling powers wish to keep the public from resisting this campaign to secure the oil on the planet. A necessary evil and requirement to live on as we have until an energy switchover can be put in place.
478979
Lets see, the oil company's own the wells, then they sell to the refinery's which they own. So they are selling it to themselves. they make a profit no matter what it sells for but make a bigger profit if it sells high. My guess is that the prices will go higher. While I wouldn't put it past Bush to invade a country for its oil. I don't think even he can spin this one to invade Venezuela. I think Iran will be a better choice because not many country's like them.
240157
It now appears a foregone conclusion that Iran will continue its nuclear program no matter what the United States and European Union offer to stop it. A military strike would likely be futile, since Iran has hardened and dispersed its nuclear complex. \n\nA war, even a limited one, will almost certainly raise oil prices to recession-inducing levels, as Iran cuts itself off from global markets.\n\nThere are fearfully powerful arguments against the use of the military option. But multiplied together, squared, and then cubed, the weight of these arguments does not come close to matching the case for us to stop, by whatever means may be necessary, Iran from becoming a nuclear power. \n\nIf Iran gets safely and unmolested to nuclear status, it will be a threshold moment in the history of the world, up there with the Bolshevik Revolution and the coming of Hitler. \n\nAnd the kind of society we live in and cherish in the West will change beyond recognition. We balk now at intrusive government measures to tap our phones or other intrusions into our civil liberties. Imagine how much more our freedoms will be curtailed if our governments fear we are just one telephone call or e-mail, one plane journey or truckload, one lead-lined cargo ship away from another Hiroshima. \n\nYou ask what are the odds of an attack, over 50%, there are timeposts that military tacticians, i'm sure are looking at. The estimated dates of an operational nuke in Iran is anywhere between 2007 and 2012. \n\nThere are reports that the Israel deadline for strikes against Iran are the end of March. American air strikes on Iran would vastly exceed the scope of the 1981 Israeli attack on the Osiraq nuclear center in Iraq, and would more resemble the opening days of the 2003 air campaign against Iraq. Using the full force of operational B-2 stealth bombers, staging from Diego Garcia or flying direct from the United States, possibly supplemented by F-117 stealth fighters staging from al Udeid in Qatar or some other location in theater, the two-dozen suspect nuclear sites would be targeted. \n\nTehran has confirmed that it will retaliate if attacked, in the form of ballistic missile strikes directed against Israel (CNN, 8 Feb 2005). These attacks, could also target US military facilities in Iraq and Persian Gulf, which would immediately lead us into a scenario of military escalation and all out war.
895043
if we leave Iraq, Iran will invade, then we have Iran on the border of Saudi, and also Israel. Iran will invade Israel, and with Lebanon and Syria, Maybe even Egypt, they will try to push Israel into the sea, Israel will fight to the bitter end and then it will happen. Facing sure annihilation Israel will go nuclear, So now we have nuclear war in the middle east. This will destroy the world economy, Anarchy will take hold and governments will fall.
252496
Iranian Oil Bursae is in EURO >> in other words  the Iranians are selling their Oil & Gas in Euro .. it will no doubt affect the US-Economy & the value of the Greenbacks\n\nSaddam had started selling Iraqi oil in EU .. and the US invaded Iraq because of this .. and not b/c of WMD ..
317663
its mere speculation, \n\nthere is just no economics in the way oil prices are moving..there is no supply problem as of now..but still u can see this surge//\n\nthe prices are news based and manipulated, another interesting observation is that since US plan on IRAN is now more real and around the corner..u knw wat i mean..
674016
Iran and then Venezuela want to adopt EURO for oil.\nBecause they want to limit US interferes in the world. Also, ex-Iraq leaders decided to do this.\n\nIf they can to do, it will make hard situation for US and US-Dollar.\nI think all of these brawls about Iran is for Oil and adopting EURO instead of US-Dollar.
402755
I doubt if a WW III would happen, however if the US attacks Iran it can anticipate the following things. \nWe will start losing oil tankers in the gulf,  The war in Iraq will boil over into something many times worse than it is now, terrorits acts from groups such as Hezbollah and covert Iranian operations will happen with great frequency, and maybe in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.\nThe price of oil will become astronomical and tens of thousands will be no longer employed as the airlines, hotels and spin off industries go into bankruptcy.  Oil will go from 100 to 300 dollars a barrel.\n\nAnd the sad thing is there in no need for the US to do this.
427796
OIL and IRAN are the cuz of these war