Originally Posted by
Nightshade
A superpower only needs to be able to stop any invading force
so if they were attacked they could dry up the oil supply and just hold their ground until the attacking countries supplies ran out.
That my friend in todays world is truly a powerful country.
eh, except i dont see iran as being able to do that with say the US.
sure maybe they hamper it, but with the increasing sanctions theres no way that they could.
not to mention, a country that relies on the majority of their income to be provided through oil cant just stop pumping it.
how are they going to pay for their shit? they may hamper the invading force but are also going to greatly hamper their own.
and in irans case, to top it off. they have very crude and poor refining skills. i believe a majority of their oil / fuel they use internally is refined by others for them.
i still say they are far from a super power