The sheeple are panicking already over fuel

[Reg]

The panic buying was instigated by government ministers advising filling up as soon as possible and also hoarding some in cans. The powers that be then sat back and watched the dress rehearsal, for thats what it was. Even as the minister advised hoarding, the government was announcing that it was to start seriously arming the rebels in Syria to overthrow the government and ultimately an excuse to attack 'a la Libya'.

Iran has a defense pact with Syria and knows full well that after Syria they will become the big target. Iran has stressed time and time again that they will honour their commitment to Syria with the inevitable closure of the strait of Hormuz. And that action will immediately drastically reduce the worlds oil supply.

Since the government have publicly announced ( albeit when everyones attention was on a strike that has not even been called ) their plans for war it became essential that the population were well rehearsed in a fuel shortage scenario. At the same time the various official departments ie. the army, local authorities and government departments could practice their planning and handling of such a crisis.

An added bonus of orchestrated panic buying is that the population now has full tanks of fuel plus some in store, the refineries will be full and the tankers on their way here can offload directly into storage.

That point of course would be an ideal time to instigate war. Wether or not they decide to go for it then is up for debate but they can keep this 'shortage' scenario running for ages all along training the populace to consider a climate of fear and shortage to be 'normal'.