Credibly Challenging Iran: A Coordinated Plan to Get Oil Below $40/Barrel

… He stated that American withdrawal from Iraq — despite
the growing clamor for that — would yield a complete
change in the profile and character of nearly every one of
the Middle East’s 22 countries. He said that several
governments in the region — outside of Iraq — could very
easily “and would probably fall.”

He said that America would be facing a new roster of
regimes that were loyal either to Tehran or to al Qaeda.

He said that there is only one non-military way to break
Iran’s current course, and that the military option was not
credible and would not be supported in the region. This
official said that the only way to stop Iran at this point was to
make the price of oil plummet.

He said that America could engineer this with
coordinated support from oil producers in the Gulf
Cooperation Council.

The price of a dramatic increase in oil production would
be expeditious movement — real movement — on Israel-
Palestine negotiations towards a viable state of Palestine
and a clear, coordinated plan on Iran.

Washington Note