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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
It's all well and good to say oil is coming from the middle east, but how exactly is it being transported. There's no way it'd be by pipeline up through Turkey and it's a fair bet the Suez has been nuked so you won't catch anyone wanting to sail through there even if it is still open.
Coming over land through Palestine or Israel is not likely to happen either so we're left with the posibility of a long voyage down around the bottom of Africa with all the attendant piratical risks.
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Which is exactly why I'm suggesting the French might consider a move against Algeria to secure easier access to oil and gas supplies.