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**Ifroham4** · 01-23-2006, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by McSceptic
Both the Palestinan and Indian divisions were made by weak (and British) colonial powers who believed that the dispositions they made would be accomplished facts, regardless of the people affected. And that is as much from an Israeli as a Palestinan POV, as neither proto-state was probably viable.

I'm not convinced the Palestinan/Israeli conflict has much impact upon oil. They're a long way from the oilfields. That's a good observation that the British colonialists divided both India and Palestine into parts that now guarantee ongoing conflict. The divisions never should have been done in the way they were and in fact, the Brit who was involved in splitting Palestine has admitted that the whole thing was arbitrary.

As for the oil, I can say that the typical American view is that the Israeli/Arab conflict does impact oil supplies becuase they fear that the ocnflict will spread into a regional one, involving Saudi Arabia, Iran and other oil states. It's the regional implications that are the issues rather than just the Israeli/Palestinian problems in Gaza and the West Bank.

One example is the 1973 oil embargo where the Arabs balckmailed America and tried to hurt our economy after losing in the Yom Kippur War. The oil embargo caused inflated fuel prices and huge lines at gas stations.

01-23-2006, 08:00 AM	#2
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	Originally posted by McSceptic Both the Palestinan and Indian divisions were made by weak (and British) colonial powers who believed that the dispositions they made would be accomplished facts, regardless of the people affected. And that is as much from an Israeli as a Palestinan POV, as neither proto-state was probably viable. I'm not convinced the Palestinan/Israeli conflict has much impact upon oil. They're a long way from the oilfields. That's a good observation that the British colonialists divided both India and Palestine into parts that now guarantee ongoing conflict. The divisions never should have been done in the way they were and in fact, the Brit who was involved in splitting Palestine has admitted that the whole thing was arbitrary. As for the oil, I can say that the typical American view is that the Israeli/Arab conflict does impact oil supplies becuase they fear that the ocnflict will spread into a regional one, involving Saudi Arabia, Iran and other oil states. It's the regional implications that are the issues rather than just the Israeli/Palestinian problems in Gaza and the West Bank. One example is the 1973 oil embargo where the Arabs balckmailed America and tried to hurt our economy after losing in the Yom Kippur War. The oil embargo caused inflated fuel prices and huge lines at gas stations.
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