Re: The oil nightmare and the terrorist trail

[Rob Schaap <bantam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Burford wrote:
>
> Another indication that global capitalism has to be dovish, and tie
> the hands of any politician looking for a quick political solution:
>
> Another analyst points out that what would also be bad for the markets
> is if it was discovered that an oil-producing state was behind the attacks.

I think we may be sure that the US will not find any link between Saudi Arabia
and Osama bin Laden, an erstwhile Saudi, nor the suspected hijackers, several
of whom had Saudi names.  Sticking to one's principles is one thing, and, yes,
sometimes thousands of innocents have to die, but injecting heightened
uncertainty into oil futures is beyond the pale.  The price of liberty is
vigilance in theory and foreign butt in practice; nowhere does it say anything
about crashing core stockmarkets.

It is pointless to, I think, to conjecture as to which residual or designated
nascent enemies are athwart Mad Uncle Sam's cross-hairs, but I think we can
rule out anything that threatens the House of Saud too directly.  ObL could do
worse than sneak back in, I reckon.

Cheers,
Rob.