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+Netanyahu is ready to strike and bomb nuclear facilities. |
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+DePetris 15 Daniel (analyst at Wikistrat, Inc., a geostrategic consulting firm, and a freelance researcher. He has also written for CNN.com, Small Wars Journal and The Diplomat) “Israel's Master Plan to Crush Iran's Nuclear Program” The National Interest July 22nd 2015 http://nationalinterest.org/feature/israels-master-plan-crush-irans-nuclear-program-13392?page=3 JW |
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+Although there may ... for the Israelis. |
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+Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz in response to a strike – that shuts down huge portions of the global oil trade. |
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+Ebel 10 Robert (senior adviser in the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he offers his views on world oil and energy issues, with particular emphasis on the former Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf. He was project director for a number of nuclear-related reports, including the Global Nuclear Materials Management project, and for the three-volume report, e Geopolitics of Energy into the 21st Century, cochaired by Senator Sam Nunn and Dr. James Schlesinger. At CSIS he is also codirector of the Caspian Sea Oil Study Group and of the Oil Markets Study Group.) “Geopolitics of the Iranian Nuclear Energy Program: But Oil and Gas Still Matter” Center for Strategic and International Studies March 2010 https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/100312_Ebel_IranNuclear_web.pdf JW |
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+Contemplation of any ... for such actions. |
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+Iran can easily close the Strait of Hormuz if they try – causes US recession and oil shocks. |
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+Huessy 6/8 Peter (president of his own defense consulting firm, GeoStrategic Analysis, and senior defense consultant at the Air Force Association) “The Strait of Hormuz in Danger” Defense News June 8th 2016 http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/commentary/2016/06/08/strait-hormuz-danger-navy/85599208/ JW |
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+Every day, two-thirds ... oil pass daily. |
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+Oil shocks cause extinction. |
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+Lendman 7 Stephen Lendman, Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization. “Resource Wars - Can We Survive Them?” Rense.com, 6-6-7, pg. http://www.rense.com/general76/resrouce.htm |
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+With the world's ... would have survived. |
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+US is key to global economy; growth solves multiple existential threats. |
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+Haass 13 Richard (President of the Council on Foreign Relations) “The World Without America” April 30th 2013 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/repairing-the-roots-of-american-power-by-richard-n~-~-haass |
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+Let me posit ... the planet’s inhabitants. |