Jack Risko of Dinocrat.com takes a close look at what Iran may be planning for its nukes, based on release of an Army document on Iran's nuclear strategy.  As a business strategist himself, Jack understands that the threat of using nukes is much more valuable than their actual use could ever be. He sees the possibility of Iran taking control of the Straits of Hormuz in order to drive up oil prices, detering retaliation with its nuclear weapons. Our Douglas Hanson has been writing about Iran's designs on the Straits for almost two years. Iran doesn't have much of a military; its military budget is less than 1% of America's. But Iran has oil and a very strategic location for the worldwide flow of oil. We think it is quite likely that Ahmadinejad will use Iran's nuclear weapons to blackmail, cajole, or otherwise control the price and availability of oil. We think that is one of the things that was in Jacques Chirac's mind as well. And when we look at that map above closely,...(Read Full Post)