Two realities are emerging as society gravitates into the anonymity of the Information Age, and published materials profiling oil and the use of fossil fuels for logistics and sustainability alone could populate a 23-story library.
Ironically, Liberal democrat critics of traditional energy sources are campaigning to stoke fear among the gullible. These politicians and activists are armed with the self-driving propagandized vehicle of creating hysteria through the Environmental movement, even though they conduct their dirty work by accumulating frequent flier miles through an insatiable and hypocritical appetite for incredulous idealism.
In the aftermath of the Iran’s former leader the elderly Khamenei being disposed of by fighter jets, the government did waste time in naming the son of the fallen demagogue as the new figurehead for one of the most stifling and oppressive regimes on the globe.
Mojtaba Khamenei, a Shite cleric and extremist, inherits his father’s position as one of the most despised politicians and religious fundamentalists in one of the top oil producing countries in the world. The phrase “freedom isn’t free” applies to this unsettling development, but with negative connotations.
With out-of-control Nepotism and radicalized politics flourishing within the dissident nation, a revolution in the Middle East is brewing as generations unfortunate citizens have been pushed past the threshold of tolerance through procedural exploitation. Those who have yet to be indoctrinated are becoming bolder in sharing their displeasure for the intolerable acts of militant bureaucrats.
While Israel has decreed through and coordinated military action in response to the younger Khamenei recognized as the new supreme leader, experts and strategists are focusing their attention on surging oil prices which are a result of the turmoil and sudden changes to the hierarchy that has taken place in both Iran as well as Venezuela. Of course both nations significantly contribute to global economy in keeping the precarious supply chain fueled and functioning at least a nominal level that feeds the industrialized world and delivers consumer electronics to billions under the Jeff Bezos Amazon effect.
As the US placed sanctions on Iranian production and distribution of crude oil resources, China has emerged as the number one importer of the Islamic state’s drilling efforts in quenching the thirst of a frenzied expansion of infrastructure. Combined with the rogue states of Iran and Saudi Arabia as meccas for oil production, the Persian Gulf has once again reached the crescendo of the trending news headlines as an uncertain future is illustrated by a volatile political climate. Skeptics of the region’s stability have resulted in the subsequent spike of exponential increases in price per barrel.
In the wake of the announcement on Monday of Khamenei stepping up to the dictator podium, the shockwaves from the treacherous decision to keep the regime within the back pocket of the family economically reached all corners of the globe as markets crashed and investors panicked.
While Trump made a stern threat to Tehran on Sunday as to the possible consequences of installing an unstable individual to the role of leading Iran, the apologists in the US and the EU are predictably on schedule to target the use of fossil fuels by endorsing alternative energy sources and cratering to special interests.
In a world dominated by ulterior motives it is in the best interests of the West to be safe rather than sorry.