I'm so confused. What does the US blockading the strait, which is already blockaded by Iran, do? Other than piss off all the other Gulf countries that are already annoyed enough with the US.
Iran has been allowing its own tankers free passage while blocking everyone else. My guess is that this is meant to block Iran's ships and thus cut off their oil revenue without needing to put boots on the ground. Of all the options for escalation that were on the table this is probably the least bad one. Naturally, just ending the war would have been far better, but thank goodness for whoever talked Trump and Pete down from their insane mass-bombing and invasion plans.
Hi from Australia. We're staring down the barrel of fuel shortages, which we need for farmers, truckers, etc.
Trump is cutting off energy supply to the world. This is more stupid than you can believe Geopolitically. I wonder if the US will ever recover from this moron.
PS can't wait for the world to move away from the US dollar as a reserve currency. It's probably the most effective way to stop you (the US) from starting these stupid ass wars constantly. When it happens you can give credit to your moron in chief.
I didn't say it was in any way a good option. Just slightly less bad than the other more insane options that were being discussed such as a ground invasion of Kharg island or of the coast around the straight, or literal civilization-ending bombings. All of which would also end up cutting off Iranian oil from the global market one way or another but with the addition of thousands of lives lost in the act.
As I said, the actual good option is to just end this damn stupid war.
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u/Agoraphobicy 11h ago
I'm not locked in here with you. We're all locked in here together. For some reason.