The global controller types think they've found the holy grail of authoritarianism. They also don't realize that it will destroy the economy and collapse society (or don't care that it will).
Essentially lining up against the Sheiks and Egyptians; likely means the Israelis will be sucked in on the side of the Egyptians soon. US and Russians poised to play both sides and profit.
Interesting. Certainly once you are up there it makes a lot of sense. Who cares about the radiation it spews, as you'll get a lot more rads just from cosmic rays than that shit could ever emit.
Russkies like the situation like it is, and both the Egyptians and Turks are irredentists. I see the Russian angle here -- if they just let the chips fall and let this become a full on war between Turkey and Egypt, it'd be a bonanza for US arms...but with Russian intermediation it's a fertile ground for their contractors.
