They may be running out of missiles, but it seems they do have a shitload of mines they want to lay in the Straight of Harmuz to shut down global oil shipping from the middle east. US forces obliterated several Iranian navy vessels - including 16 minelayers - near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday as President Trump warned the Islamic Republic against planting explosives along the critical global trade route. The strikes came amid reports that Iran had already begun laying mines along the vital shipping lane — which carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply - despite Trump’s demands that it remain open and unaffected as tensions with the US and Israel escalate.
What a brilliant tactic if ya think about it. Why deal with just the one super power who's in the process of beating the fuckin' snot out of you when you can piss off the entire rest of the world? Makes perfect sense, defensively speaking, doesn't it?
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Recently, both spoke at the Munich Security Conference. While Rubio earned well-deserved applause from policymakers at home and abroad for his speech, Ocasio-Cortez showed she was not ready for prime time - not even close.
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Iran can't beat the US on a one on one fight. They can't hit our country, they can't hit our bases (for the most part)
ReplyDeleteWhat Iran is doing is to make the war as painful as possible of EVERYONE all over the world so that pressure on Trump increases. To be fair they are succeeding.
Supply and demand laws apply to everyone. Oil (energy) demand is highly inelastic. It is one of those things you just can't replace or not consume. That means that if demand is slightly higher than supply then the price shoots up exponentially.
Iran is making sure that supply is much lower than demand. It is not that the world is losing just Iran's production. Iran controls a bottle neck that blocks production from most of the Persian Gulf to get to market.
This little known fact was somehow known by every President ever which is why nobody wanted to kick that hornet's nest.
Given Iran's cards. Seems like they are playing their hand quite well. This doesn't mean that I support them or that they will win. It means that Iran has found a way to inflict pain on everyone even if their military can't touch Americans or israelis.
Hegseth is very proud that we have sunk most of Iran's fleet. The problem is that Iran can hit ships in the Strait of Hormuz from the ground! No navy needed.
Trump is pressuring ships to "grow a pair" and go through the strait. You better believe Iranians are waiting for that ship to go. Sinking a couple ships in the strait would effectively shut it down for the duration of the war. The narrowest part of the shipping lane is 2 miles wide. A well placed sunk tanker and the thing is closed for years
What do you think the F"n B-52's are for?
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You don't get it Jpaul. The more you use your B52's, tomahawk's, B2's, etc, etc, etc the higher the price of oils shoots up. The higher the price of oil gets the more painful it is for the US and all those that can apply pressure on Trump.
DeleteThe only ones that benefit from this war are countries with lots of oil outside the war zone. Interestingly enough Russia is one of those countries. Putin will make sure this war goes on for as long as possible.
Why waste the electricity? Just line the Mall in DC with gallows and get started.
ReplyDelete"Act my age"??
ReplyDeleteI don't know how; I've never been this old before.
Electric chair, gas chamber, potato, potatto. Just bring em back.
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