{"id":32084,"date":"2012-04-21T03:08:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T03:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/iran_versus_israel_more_oil_on_troubled_waters\/"},"modified":"2012-04-21T03:08:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T03:08:30","slug":"iran_versus_israel_more_oil_on_troubled_waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=32084","title":{"rendered":"(SMH) Ross Cameron&#8211;Iran versus Israel: more oil on troubled waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T he discovery this week of a massive light crude oil field in southern Iran adds another layer of complexity to one of the world&#8217;s most acute problems. Iran and Israel appear to be heading for war unless something unexpected happens and this week&#8217;s discovery will only strengthen the resolve and confidence of Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>For many Australians the name Iran conjures images of bearded and severe Ayatollahs and a wide-eyed President Ahmadinejad occupying the no-man&#8217;s land between sanity and fanaticism. We see a persistent stream of refugees who seem to validate the assumption they must be fleeing a toxic regime. Since this country could easily become the biggest, cataclysmic news story of the year, it is worth spending a few minutes trying to understand its pathology&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/opinion\/politics\/iran-versus-israel-more-oil-on-troubled-waters-20120420-1xc6n.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T he discovery this week of a massive light crude oil field in southern Iran adds another layer of complexity to one of the world&#8217;s most acute problems. Iran and Israel appear to be heading for war unless something unexpected<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=32084\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,50,140,144,564,565,203,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-energy-natural-resources","category-foreign-relations","category-iran","category-israel","category-middle-east","category-politics-in-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}