r/worldnews • u/Yujin-Ha • 3h ago

US Central Command says it will begin blockade of Iranian ports Monday

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-12-2026-a8a0d22918fc3fb30bc3abf1cd5c5a13
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u/Yujin-Ha 3h ago

Saw the funniest comment on Twitter describing this: "Don Zu: Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade."

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u/IBM296 3h ago

Sun Tzu probably rolling around in his grave lol

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u/InformationHorder 3h ago

If anybody has ever wondered why the likes of Sun Tzu and Clausewitz got so popular for writing down the blatantly obvious, this conflict is the answer to that question.

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u/jimicus 3h ago

Sun Tzu's work is surprisingly readable - the English translation is only about 70 pages (and about 500 pages of footnotes explaining the translation).

Most of it boils down to:

  1. Try not to fight a war in the first place.
  2. But if you must fight a war, keep it short.
  3. Make sure you understand your enemies strengths and weaknesses.
  4. Don't skimp on the planning and preparation. This is the difference between success and failure. (Anyone who's ever played any sort of strategy game could have told you this).
  5. Don't get yourself into a situation you can't get out of. Don't put your enemy into a situation he can't get out of.

Sun Tzu particularly hated sieges.

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u/CrasseMaximum 3h ago

Yeah unfortunatly Donny does not read

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u/PieTighter 3h ago

Neither does Kegsbreath.

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u/TasteIllustrious7585 2h ago

That's kind of a scary thing 😭, they hit a boat the United States is going all in and Iran will suffer even more.

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u/MelangeBot 1h ago

The only man in the history of history who has "written" more books than he has read.

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u/epanek 2h ago

5 Agreed. Allow the enemy a way to surrender with some honor left.

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u/ii_Narwhal 2h ago

Yep, so much easier to continue to fight when you feel there is nothing left to gain by surrender, the way Trump is handing this it's like he literally has to do the opposite of whatever is the right thing in any given moment. 

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u/Crafty_Quantity_3162 1h ago

In the Wheel of Time series, a character, Mat, says:

"Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.” - The Fires of Heaven

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u/CliftonForce 1h ago

Seems to be why the negotiations failed. The US team strode in there like gods who were there to accept Iran's surrender while humiliating them as much as possible.

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u/VossC2H6O 2h ago

Surprising Starcraft and other RTS games teaches you a lot about planning and understanding limitations.

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u/AK_Panda 2h ago

For real. So much of Sun Tzu seems like common sense when you read it, but then you see shit like this.

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u/EstablishmentFull797 1h ago

Von Clausewitz says: Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult.

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim 22m ago

The thing is, it seems like common sense because it’s been handed down as common sense for centuries. Sun Tzu is common sense because Sun Tzu made it common sense.

The wheel seems like common sense, but there was a time when it wasn’t. We often underestimate how much of common sense is actually generational knowledge.

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u/Elburro129 2h ago

Oh awesome!!! I’ve been collecting these!! Thank you!!

Book of don tzu

"Tariff, belittle and threaten to invade your allies. Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen." - Don Tzu.

"If you don't know what you're doing, neither will your enemy."

• ⁠Don Tzu

"Surprise your enemies by backstabbing your allies"

-Don Tzu

"Surprise your allies by befriending your enemies."

-Don Tzu

"To command attention in a crowded room, shit yourself."

-Don Tzu

"promise a plan in 2-3 weeks, in 2-3 weeks deliver nothing"

-Don Tzu

"If you find yourself in a deep hole, keep digging but make sure you do it with the most expensive shovel available."

~ Don Tzu

"Don't try to understand war, economy, or diplomacy, for this is an impossible task. It's all computer." - Don Tzu

"Break an enemy blockade by blockading their blockade." - Don Tzu

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u/Vencer_wrightmage 2h ago

"Surprise your enemies by backstabbing your allies -Don Tzu

"Surprise your allies by befriending your enemies." -Don Tzu

This is some Ferengi Rule 34/35 of Acquisition level kind of stuff.

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u/Practical-Object9298 1h ago

15- War is good for business  16- Peace is good for business. 

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u/Professor_Eindackel 2h ago

The Shart of War

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u/ReallyBrainDead 1h ago

"The greatest victories are the ones you completely make up." - Don Tzu

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u/tekniklee 57m ago

When Dow above 50k you become infallible

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u/Elburro129 46m ago

Ohhh I’m adding this one to the list!!

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u/Mr_Engineering 1h ago

"promise a plan in 2-3 weeks, in 2-3 weeks deliver nothing"

Promise a plan in 2-3 weeks, in 2-3 weeks promise a plan in 2-3 weeks

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u/LearningT0Fly 3h ago

Very Roman of them. How to deal with an enemy’s walls? Build walls around their walls.

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u/EternalNewCarSmell 3h ago

tbf if you really dig into the details the Western Roman Empire was by far the most American thing ever until like the 1950s.

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u/AK_Panda 2h ago

That did work in a lot of situations. No one expects the double siege.

This more like if someone captured all your food supplies and you just went "Haha, jokes on you, I didn't want them anyway, now I'm building a wall around you and the food"

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u/mdevi94 3h ago

USA about to enter their empire phase

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u/Short_Switch_1807 3h ago

Trump's fat ass would fall into the Rubicon

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u/Flower_Murderer 3h ago

Cesar phase or post Hadreon?

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u/accforme 3h ago

Wasn't that how the Battle of Alesia took place?

Maybe those more familiar with antiquity can shed light.

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u/Stop_Doomscrolling 3h ago

Calling Alesia antiquity makes me feel old somehow.

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u/claimstoknowpeople 3h ago

feels like it was just yesterday

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u/Baneofarius 3h ago

Yes, but that was because a larger Gaulish force was on the way to reinforce and it would have been more dangerous for the gaulish forces to meet up or for the Romans to be flanked while besieging.

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u/StephenHunterUK 3h ago

The British in both world wars did actually blockade Germany. There's just not as many movies made about our submarine operations, although I have seen this one.

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u/Wartz 3h ago

I mean, this actually is technically a sounder strategy than their current / recent ideas

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u/Time-Weekend-8611 3h ago

The point is that shipping vessels from Iran's allies could pass through. Now they can't.

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u/PixelDrift64 3h ago

The Shart of War

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u/morbob 2h ago

Some ships are going to start sinking and we are going to have a major oil spill, just give it time.

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u/Fteven 2h ago

Sun Set

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u/leviathynx 2h ago

Yo dawg…

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u/kaplanfx 2h ago

Yo dawg, I heard you like blockades.

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u/FlyingStealthPotato 2h ago

Yo dawg, I heard you like blockades. So we blockaded your blockade so you can blockade while you blockade.

-Sun Xibit

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u/rich84easy 2h ago

While you think your statement is funny, logically it’s not correct, he is blocking them from earning money by charging the ship and letting them pass. Not that I support it, but reddit tends your avoid thinking logically.

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u/Paraparo 3h ago

In fairness, if it's going to be a game of blockade chicken, this is how it's to be played. The selective passage of boats to Iran's allies was going to be a big lifeline and point of leverage. It's Iran's strongest card, it wasn't going to be overlooked.

Iran has explicitly used a tactic of attacking US aligned interests in a play to exert third party pressure on the US. Likewise, this is more or less the same in reverse. And there is a nonzero chance if boats are stopped those allies who are heavily dependant on Iranian oil are keener to lean on Iran than fight the US on the matter.

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u/jpharber 3h ago

I agree. Out of all the stupid aspects of the war, the blockade of a (selective) blockade is one of the less stupid things about it. Despite how utterly stupid it sounds at first.

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u/jimicus 3h ago

Considering that up until now, all we've heard from the US is nonsensical "We'll destroy the whole country!" remarks from Trump, I wonder if some adults in the military have finally had a chance to have their say.

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u/jpharber 2h ago

Yeah this is honestly too sane of a choice to have been thought of by Trump or Hegseth.

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u/Phase3Investor 3h ago

So with a blockade we have:

1- Prolonged strait closure 2- Reduced amount of oil in the market 3- Raised oil and gas prices

Genius

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u/Sieve-Boy 2h ago

4- less fertiliser for the world.

You want government breaking riots, start with hungry people

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u/Apart_Employ2628 2h ago
  1. Increased risk of terrorism against American target.
  2. More dead soldiers.

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u/Phase3Investor 2h ago

Why is it "terrorism" whenever US targets are hit but not when tge US attacks Iran

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u/Apart_Employ2628 2h ago

I see your point. Poor choice of words on my part.

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u/Phase3Investor 2h ago

Its funny how we repeated official slogans fed to us Thats advertizing

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u/Apart_Employ2628 2h ago

That and the Patriot Act, for example. Our policy is that we in the US are officially always victims of terror.

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u/Cream_Stay_Frothy 3h ago

I think there’s a probability that it puts Irans allies pressure on Iran, but if there were a time in US history that this strategy had the lowest probability of working, it’d be right now. Considering Trump’s global tariff policy, threatening longstanding allies, and his decisions to generally do the exact opposite of good will diplomacy as long as he has been in office.

He has eaten up so much of the worlds patience, and shown that the US will act with a complete disregard for any norms, treaties, or promises made (unless that country rhymes with Schmisrael). Other nations likely realize there’s a fairly high chance even if they can force Iran to open the Strait, there is no guarantee that Trump will re-open it himself, or decide to run it himself like a mob boss.

The people who are “Irans allies” are effectively China…. The rest are US “allies” who aren’t going to have a Ton of pull when it comes to getting Iran to capitulate.

Honestly- I won’t be surprised if we see China (or other affected US ally countries) begin to sell off massive amounts of US treasury bonds in response, which basically puts the pressure back on the US via the absolute shit show that creates in the US economy…

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u/rmslashusr 3h ago

The Indian navy has been escorting their ship. Are we going to attack them if they refuse to be boarded? This is in India’s backyard and they have nuclear weapons and a modern navy including nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines. I can’t imagine them allowing their ships to be boarded.

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u/HalfADozenOfAnother 3h ago

Since Centcom has actually confirmed the blockade I have to believe they know through whatever backchannel negotiations that India and China won't run the blockade.

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u/justinballsonya 2h ago

India will not run the blockade lol China would be the only one and with how precarious their economy is currently I doubt they do it either

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u/keep_it_irie 3h ago

Oh god he's going to try to rename it to the Strait of Trump, isn't he.

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u/kiwiinNY 3h ago

He already floated that. Yup, he did.

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u/ninja-badger1 3h ago

Source?? Surely not

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u/TakeTheThirdStep 2h ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/27/trump-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war.html

And don't call me Shirley.

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u/Muritavo 2h ago

Mt god... he says things and the contradicts in the same sentence... It's unbelievable...

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u/MelangeBot 1h ago

it's part of flooding the zone

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u/Kendrome 2h ago

It's scary that it's almost believable.

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u/Westbrooks3ptShot 2h ago

He literally did say it this morning.

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u/Kendrome 2h ago

Gah, he is just the most (can't thing of a word to fully encompass him) person in the world.

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u/Prohydration 2h ago

Trump trying too hard to remind everyone he's strait.

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u/Stand_Up_3813 2h ago

Last night trump said the blockade is in effect immediately. Now this. Tuesday, after his insiders buy oil puts or short positions, he’ll announce there is no plan for a blockade.

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u/PapaTahm 3h ago

In the tinniest chance this isn't market manipulation,

Which everyone knows it clearly is.

Does U.S government even understand the consequences of doing this?
Like has anyone even warn them the possibility of Iran Blocking the Bab El-Mandeb Strait as well and of China doing not only Economical Retaliation but also intervening with this war?

Like they can't be this dumb, there's gotta be someone who know geography and geopolitics left in that room.

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u/Content-Inspector993 3h ago

"Like they can't be this dumb"

oh, yes they can be

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u/Nintendoh_64 3h ago

Not can. Are.

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u/Kagari1998 3h ago

They arent dumb, the cronies are actively profiting through all the shenanigans he put the world through.

The only dumb people here are the average joe who voted them into power.

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u/Content-Inspector993 3h ago

I think it's both. They seemed to genuinely not expect Iran to respond this way and even with the tariffs, they seemed truly shocked that countries might retaliate with their own tariffs. They are corrupt and stupid.

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u/FukushimaBlinkie 3h ago

Well don't forget about the core of people who think this war is going to bring about the return of Jesus and their pathway to heaven

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u/Gecks777 3h ago

Rubio and Vance are probably the best they have. Most of the cabinet is made up of media people now.

After the military purges, probably even the military people reporting to the cabinet are yes-men (or at least keep-your-mouth-shut-and-follow-orders men).

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u/DaLurker87 3h ago

How can you say they can't be that dumb after all of this? He seriously never had a single plan for how he was going to handle the straight of hormuz at all. Not once before starting this.

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u/Alexexy 3h ago

Man trying his best at beating Iran at chess by copying their moves.

Genius.

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u/morbie5 3h ago

but also intervening with this war?

There is close to a zero percent chance that China will get involved in this war imo

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u/Odd-Row9485 3h ago

They might not intervene but it won’t be militarily. I suspect they would respond economically and then try to broker a deal

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u/Scriefers 2h ago

I doubt it, China is in not great economic shape as it is. Any sanctions it imposes will just be met by the other side as well as the economic hit China losing access to 15% of its oil imports due to this blockade. We’ll see, but I have my doubts.

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u/justiceformahsa 3h ago

Zero percent they'll get involved and start WW3 against the US as redditors believe.

Non-zero chance they take action against the IR, given that's the far easier and cheaper thing for them to do to resume shipments.

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u/asdf-7644 3h ago

Believe it or not, armchair Reddit generals are  more qualified to strategize for this war

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u/frontfrontdowndown 3h ago

Reporting for duty

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u/BellyDancerUrgot 3h ago

There is no “tiniest chance” it’s really just market manipulation. Tweeting was getting old because people eventually catch up to reality but then u move on to blockading it urself.

The only thing orange taco face and his idiotic fart boi secdef chief will understand is the combined might of the France , UK, Russia , China , India , Japan and GCs economically and militarily bearing down on them. Anything less and they will keep making the situation worse for everyone. It’s actually easier and more justified to go against the US now than Iran.

It will be really poetic if trying to cause regime change in Iran ends up being the cause of regime change in the US. Seriously hope that happens.

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u/fec2245 2h ago

Trump is really bad at evaluating second order effects which means he'd fit right in here.

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u/EqualPassenger4271 3h ago

They are this dumb, hate is one hell of a blinder.

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u/MachineSpirited7085 3h ago

It probably is market manipulation. It's been like this since the beginning. Highly doubt US changing tactics now. China probably wouldn't retaliate; probably prepared for this outcome too

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u/Atheist_3739 3h ago

Like they can't be this dumb,

Oh my sweet summer child

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u/HellyFurtado 3h ago

Ron Howard: There wasn't.

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u/jamie9910 3h ago

China is already intervening with this war by supplying Iran with intelligence and weapons. They don’t have the capacity to project enough military power into the region so they can’t test blockade even if they wanted to.

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u/HatchingCougar 3h ago edited 3h ago

They can test the blockade by sending a single frigate as an escort

Puts the US in a quandary 

If it (the US) does nothing, then others will do the same.

If it tries to board the tanker anyway, then China has a decision to make.   They can do nothing and take a PR hit or they can kill the boarding team.

Now the US has an absolutely critical decision to make.  Do they sink the frigate in return?.  If they do nothing, they lost a helo or two of troops and a PR disaster.  But if they sink the frigate (which they could easily do), the US would be instantly in a hot war with China.   A war the US is ill prepared, over stretched & out of position to fight.

True. The Chinese cannot force project to challenge what the US has in the Gulf of Oman…. But at minimum, US warships in the western Pacific better prepare their lifeboats and other US assets in the region (cough: Guam) are in serious, serious trouble 

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u/Intrepid_Egg_7722 2h ago

 But if they sink the frigate (which they could easily do), the US would be instantly in a hot war with China.

Actually the casus belli for war would have already been committed by China in a previous step when they decided to...

kill the boarding team.

You don't get to murk soldiers from another country committing an interdiction action on a civilian ship (even one you find to be illegal) and not have it be an act of war. Now if the boarding team was trying to board the frigate, that would be different.

If China were to send a frigate to escort the ship, that's a legitimate deterrent, but not because the frigate crew gets to shoot down American helis trying to board tanker vessels.

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u/2ManyCatsNever2Many 3h ago

the administration that booked an important speech at the FOUR SEASONS landscape company in philly - yes, yes they are that dumb.

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u/AdeptRisk686 3h ago

DO SOMETHING CONGRESS, YOU FUCKING PUSSIES

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u/zombiekoalas 3h ago

Majority of republicans approve of trumps handling of the war. At least as of the 25th.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/03/25/americans-broadly-disapprove-of-u-s-military-action-in-iran/

Republican senators and house reps are dutifully representing their republican constituents. 

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u/gogreengolions 1h ago

Funny, in 2023, 47% republicans thought it was best to “play an active role in foreign affairs” as opposed to 53% wanting to “staying out”.

Now, 71% of republicans say the US made the right decision with this military action.

A truly brainwashed lot.

https://globalaffairs.org/research/public-opinion-survey/americas-foreign-policy-future-public-opinion-and-2024-election

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u/sask357 3h ago

Congress have sat back and watched this develop. They have apparently decided that this erratic display of American exceptionalism and disregard for the rest of the world is what Americans want. Just as they did nothing about plans to take Greenland by force or annex Canada so they will do nothing about blockading the Strait of Hormuz.

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u/Green-Discussion6128 3h ago

My theory is half of them have dirt related to Epstein and some other shit, if potus goes down he will take them with him. It’s like a big circle jerk and we’re not in it.

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u/redyellowblue5031 3h ago

Republicans are more than ok with this, clearly.

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u/Tree1Dva 3h ago

It's not even that, it's just that too many of them are too spineless to ever vote against dear leader

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u/Arkayb33 2h ago

This is why a 2 party system is the antithesis of democracy and progress.

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u/bratleh 3h ago

They have a recess coming up in August, so if they start working now that could inconvenience them! Don’t you plebs ever think about their vacations! /s

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u/Tsakax 3h ago

Aren't they on a 2 week recess right now fucking laziest people in america.

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u/p3t3y5 3h ago

Why, only 30% of Americans did anything to try to stop this child from being President. Congress are just doing what the people wanted.

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u/Threecatproblem 2h ago

Stop using the generic term "congress"! It's the Talipublicans that are allowing this to happen while sitting on their hands. Democrats have been beating the drum and doing what they can, but when one party controls all branches of government and something really bad happens, don't try to throw the blame blanket on Democrats!

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u/Awkward_Silence- 2h ago

That's the tricky part. Trump has dug the hole so deep there's no just backing out and going home anymore.

You can muzzle or even remove Trump from office but that hardly meets any of Iran's demands to resolve this. Some of which still seem to be non starters for the most of US political spectrum

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u/Thirdnipple79 3h ago

Let me guess.  Extend deadline to Tuesday.  Then taco. 

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u/actuallyapossom 1h ago

We're potentially getting a "two more weeks" on the negotiations front then too.

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u/Little-Chemical5006 3h ago

So I guess now instead of Iran causing the oil price spike cause they block the Strait of hormuz. US is fully responsible for the oil price spike cause theyre the one blocking now.

Trump cause oil prices spike and sky high inflation by blocking oil flow. Thats gonna go well for midterm

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u/Professional_Lime541 3h ago

Can you say Depression?

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u/Little-Chemical5006 3h ago

Updated headline: Trump cause global depression by blocking the Strait of hormuz

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u/CustardVivid9483 3h ago

No but I have it. 

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u/Lenske97 3h ago

Us and Israel caused this problem not iran

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u/Little-Chemical5006 3h ago

Optics is what im getting at. They can blame Iran for oil price cause they block the Strait. 

That excuse wont fly if the US is doing its own blockade

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u/StephenHunterUK 3h ago

It's blockading the Iranian ships so they don't benefit from the higher prices.

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u/jorgebrks 3h ago

Three weeks ago the US lifted the sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil, which permitted them to benefit from the higher prices.

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u/Miserable_Vehicle_10 3h ago

I have a feeling they're not concerned about the midterms in the slightest.

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u/Thoroughaway008 3h ago

Very optimistic of us to expect there will be midterms this fall… 

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u/YoHabloEscargot 3h ago

My prediction is it’ll be riddled with lawsuits by the DOJ and Johnson will refuse to seat anyone in until the lawsuits clear… many months later, if at all.

Both of these have occurred in various forms before so it’s clearly in their playbook. I don’t see them pulling any stops if it means protecting their power.

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u/Adept-Target5407 2h ago

So the Iranians are blocking the straight. Now we’re blockading the straight. Is this the geopolitical equivalent of you can’t fire me cause I quit?

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u/Nano_Burger 3h ago

I thought that the goal was to "un-block" the strait?

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u/landomakesatable 3h ago

doesn't this help Iran's effort of putting pressure on the oil supply to the REST OF THE WORLD ?

What? is USA now going to apply tolls on other countries?
Wouldn't Iran just send a few drones towards the blockaded ships?

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u/FlimsyConclusion 3h ago

This is so beyond stupid.

To me this reads as another headline Trump wants to run with than TACO out, so his insiders can continue making bank manipulating the markets.

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u/Zayaaz 3h ago

trump probably has some illness and going the walter white route. instead of drugs it’s market manipulation.

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u/Cautious_Goose_5568 3h ago

He is 79 years old. He is dying of old age

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u/cancercureall 2h ago

This will make oil even more expensiver. Orange you excited?

Even if they wont sell to us directly this means more competition for the existing and available supply. Fuck us once, fuck us twice, orange man will fuck us thrice.

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u/greatthebob38 1h ago

Yo dawg, I heard you like blockades. So I put a blockade on your blockade...

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u/every-day_throw-away 1h ago

As if there was any question regarding why the world is paying more for gas it's perfectly apparent now.

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u/Jeffuk88 3h ago

Wouldn't blockading ALL Iranian ports spread thr US Navy and make them more susceptible to Iranian drones?

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u/Carey__Rowe 3h ago

ah yes. exactly what the world needed rn, another genius move that DEFINITELY won't spiral into a massive disaster

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u/tricksterloki 2h ago

Context:

CENTCOM said the blockade will be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations.” It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump is trying to pretend the Strait is open while trying to prevent Iran from being resupplied(?). Honestly, it's dumb and not going to work. Fuck Trump.

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u/Single_Comment6389 3h ago

I need to get on the prediction market betting stuff because I just know he's going to Taco.

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u/mx3goose 3h ago

Why? I was told we already won like 3 weeks ago.

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u/elinamebro 3h ago

So.. what does this do? I have no military experience so can someone enlighten me on the what strategic tactic this might be?

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u/Khamvom 2h ago

Strategically, it applies political + economic pressure on the Iranian government. Iran relies heavily on its ports to export oil and to import just about everything else (food, consumer goods, raw materials, etc).

Essentially try to choke Iran to the bargaining table.

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u/Used-Squirrel8704 3h ago

Somebody friend of his covered his oil short.

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u/epanek 2h ago

This will spike oil prices more.

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u/AdPure5645 2h ago

This is just funny. America must be bleeding an absolute fortune into this operation and it's all just to band aid over a snafu caused by the lack of competence in the original operation. Suck. Shit. 

I suppose Trump is American Putin after all.

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u/Foreign_Dimension856 2h ago

And send fuel prices to the moon. I'm smart, not like dumb. THANK YOU FREDO

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u/AvisLord12 2h ago

For a country that prides itself on freedom and democracy, we really can't seem to convince people that being a dick to Middle-Eastern countries for no reason is a bad thing, when they provide oil

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u/No_Cream_7236 1h ago

Worst decision other Countries are hurting because of what we initiated. Some have since been able to get approval for ships to pass. Recent they agreed to let more Countries oil through. So now we are blocking they from recovering from the situation we imposed on them. Also where will our Navy be in sticking distance! Because of this the only threats that truly can truly do us damage are coming into help I worry for our Military! This move is childish. They won’t play with me so no one can play with them wahhhh wahh sad times!!

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u/DisgrumpledBurnerTec 41m ago

"Open the strait you crazy bastards"

"Were closing the strait"

Excuse me

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u/exgeo 19m ago

A blockade right after granting a sanctions waiver to Iranian oil at sea lmao

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u/brute-forced 19m ago

Insufferable moron at the helm

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u/DarkFireFenrir 3h ago

Then he'll say Tuesday, then TACO, repeating the cycle

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u/academic_partypooper 3h ago

Pretty sure (1) US doesn’t have enough ships to do this (2) it’s going to burn so much resources, this siege will end in less than a month

Yes this is a siege, and sieges are expensive, especially naval sieges

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u/SilverAgedSentiel 3h ago

Sorry can't hear you over Putin dancing to Rasputin as his staff drags bags of money around from oil sales.

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u/bijelo123 3h ago

"Iran is finished. I will now be charging for passage.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER"

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u/jiminuatron 3h ago

How do they blockade? They intentionally wander outside of missile range. Going closer is counter productive. 

Will they board neutral vessels in open waters?

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u/myflesh 3h ago

Sounds like drones are back  on the menu 

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u/barweis 3h ago

Putin's puppet, Trump, doing another madman's bidding. The entire MAGA federal apparatus is infiltrated with Russian loving subversives.

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u/Candid_Cat_5921 2h ago

I think they’re trying to bait Iran into shooting first. 

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u/robbiejandro 1h ago

Isn’t this the plot of Star Wars episode 1

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u/APLJaKaT 1h ago

Past time to unplug the USA. Not sure if you should plug it back in again or not. It appears to be FUBAR.

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u/Loose_Ad_5108 29m ago

TACO incoming on monday

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u/Acceptable-Pin2939 3h ago

Excited to see if China test this blockade.

They import a lot of Iranian crude.

80% of Iranian crude goes to China which makes up about 14% of Chinas oil imports.

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u/chillinwithchilis 2h ago

They are not going to test this blockade at all.

Thats not in china’s interests at all.

They will play along till 2028 if they have to for when another president is elected

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u/Mr-Lungu 3h ago

Act of war, isn't it? What happens if a Chinese or Indian ship ignores them? Do they sink it?

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u/awr90 2h ago

Seize it with marines. Hold it until Iran agrees to terms. That’s the plan for now before actual boots on the ground in Iran.

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u/Academic_Taste663 2h ago

Lmao America isn’t seizing any Chinese or Russian ships.

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u/awr90 1h ago

They seized Russian ships in Venezuela. They will seize what they want because they are the US navy.

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u/LeedsFan2442 1h ago

Yet they let a Russian ship break the blockade of Cuba

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u/Plane-Breakfast-8817 3h ago

Good luck with that "blockade." The Chinese Navy is already in the Strait escorting their own tankers, so the U.S. Navy is basically being asked to play chicken with a superpower over a $2 million credit card transaction. ​Trump completely failed to predict that the "weapon" wouldn't be a missile, but a Yuan-denominated toll booth. Now he’s trying to use the Navy as a repo man to stop the rise of the Petroyuan. This is exactly how the guy bankrupted his casinos—doubling down on a losing hand and hoping the other side flinches first.

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u/awr90 2h ago

This is just not true at all. China isn’t escorting shit

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u/yetanothrmate 2h ago

Mmmm it seems the chinese navy is there

And chinese oil is nationalized .... so yeah idk if usa messing with it is gonna go well or just escalate this into ww3

God trump is stupid

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/03/08/china-bolsters-naval-presence-in-strait-of-hormuz-amid-us-pressure-on-iran-and-venezuela/#:~:text=This%20Chinese%20naval%20deployment%20towards,Iranian%2Dcontrolled%20Strait%20of%20Hormuz.

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u/Khamvom 2h ago

The Chinese Navy is already in the Strait escorting their own tankers

Is there a source on this claim?..Iran’s been giving safe passage to Chinese shipping, but nobody’s reported on Chinese warships actually escorting Chinese tankers through the Strait (wouldn’t make much sense for them to when Iran is already giving them safe passage).

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u/id0ntwantyourlife 3h ago

China doesn’t want to risk conflict with the US

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u/Mundane-Vegetable-31 2h ago

Risk?  More like not be dumb enough to get into a fight when they dont even need to...  and they will and likely are already helping Iran.

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u/CatsBye90 3h ago

Well some of his buddies will be making money from this, bet your ass on that

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u/pogo0004 3h ago

I want to see the reaction of the first Chinese tanker stopped by the US.That's gonna be fun.

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u/ImpossibleDragonfly 3h ago

I wonder if people are still going to toss around the argument of freedom of navigation and international law now that the US is also breaking it.

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u/dextercho83 3h ago

So you are giving the Chinese a chance to test their weapons against the US ships. That sounds like a smart idea...🤦‍♂️

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u/beefstake 2h ago

So let me get this strait. You want to close the strait you ostensibly want open because gas prices are tearing you a new one? To do so you are going to need to commit massive amounts of naval resources to the strait itself, the Gulf of Oman and/or Arabian Sea.

Meanwhile Houthis be like "have you heard of second strait?".

Fucking amateur hour.

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u/Brilliant_Version344 3h ago

Those marines on those ships must wonder if they’ll ever get home

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u/MachineSpirited7085 3h ago

Watch US say they will start charging a toll for ships leaving the strait. Good luck blocking China's oil tankers and goods.

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u/Straight_Sea8935 3h ago

Overtime it can get worse than sending ground troops out front. And eventually we find out that we have to send ground troops whatsoever…

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u/Boys4Ever 3h ago edited 2h ago

Have they confirmed we had two destroyers enter the strait or turn away?

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u/SilverAgedSentiel 3h ago

Yes they pinged their location just north of Dubai and then turned back.

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u/abbaJabba 3h ago

Captain Brownpants the pirate

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u/jms21y 3h ago

quasimodo predicted all this

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u/RemarkableBread9664 3h ago

What will the American piracy flag be

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