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[–] 114 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's too bad they limited this offer to Arab and European states or we could've done something pretty funny.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I must be dense because, I don't know what the funny impliction is. Please explain it to me 🥲

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  • [–] 106 points 5 months ago*

    You're saying I get to pass my ships through the strait AND I get to expel Israeli and American psychos from my country?!

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  • [–] 89 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Canada isn’t part of the offer, but I’d be happy if we expelled Pete Hoekstra for nothing other than the joy of kicking that evil fat fuck out of the country.

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    [–] 52 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    No fair, I wanna participate too! Can we expel our own diplomats to Iran?

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  • [–] 41 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    How will Iran protect those ships from Israel and US?

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  • [–] 68 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Normally I'd say "isn't that a silly question?"

    But considering the guys running this war are a drunk TV show host and an octogenarian TV show host with dementia, I could totally see them just bombing random ships for fun.

    After all, it makes them feel like a big boy and it's the peasants' kids that get to endure the consequences.

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    Some people think it's super fun to beat up small-fingered vulgarians, too

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago

    My favorite bit from Spy magazine (which first called Trump a "short-fingered vulgarian" back in the '80s) was when they published an errata and apologized for calling Trump a "short-fingered Bulgarian" -- the apology was to Bulgaria.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Israel is also involved. I would be surprised if they didn't bomb anyone trying to take advantage of this offer. Especially if there were children on board.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    "You gotta go after the families".

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    [–] 38 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Awww, I wanna kick out our Israeli and USan ambassadors!

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    [–] 32 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Ok where is the article I swear the BBC hide this shit to spin narratives

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  • [–] 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't matter, if their insurance doesn't cover it no ship is going to risk it.

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    [–] 25 points 5 months ago (28 children)

    Does Iran actually have the capability to close the Strait though? I thought every naval asset they have has been flattened.

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  • [–] 67 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    It’s already closed. The threat and the resulting insurance pull is all that’s needed. https://shanakaanslemperera.substack.com/p/actuarial-warfare-how-seven-insurance

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  • [–] 55 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Iran can close the straight with like 2 dudes with RPGs.

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  • [–] 36 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Trade ships will redirect at even the threat of being met with any confrontation. It is not worth the risk. Iran doesn't need a Navy to do this either. They need a couple dudes with AKs in a speedboat.

    For more info. Just look at Yemen's blockade as an example.

    Ships aren't gonna risk massive payloads. Insurance won't cover the loss either.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago*

    Considering it has signficantly affected oil prices. Yes.

    A large amount of ships are currently stuck in the persian gulf. A significant portion of this is because they do not want to take the risk. The threat is enough to be effective but Iran is also enforcing it.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago

    Oil tankers tend to be a pretty risk-averse group. They're not going to risk getting hit and having their multi-million dollar cargo go up in flames, even if the risk of getting hit while transiting the strait is relatively low.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    The Straits are 20 miles at the narrowest. they can hit ships with artillery. Plus they also have drones, which they've been using to hit over ten oil tankers since the illegal war began

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    GCC US colonial bases are completely destroyed to point, where they are unlikely to be rebuilt. Trump's threat of pure terrorism on Iran infrastructure puts GCC infrastructure and survivability at retaliatory risk, with US utterly incapable or unwilling to divert defensive resources away from Zionazi master.

    I'm unsure if quote is real, but GCC needs to, if not outright ally with Iran, assert their full neutrality and disinvest from US and Israel, arrest and deport all US military, seize any remaining equipment, join BRICS and SCO. A worse betrayal to humanity by Zionazi axis terrorist strikes, means desperate measures by GCC to save themselves from Iran, as a bigger threat than Israeli black flag intimidation.

    Trump's escalating desperation rhetoric from Yesterday, should be framed as setting up the total annihilation of Gulf ally metropolises and directly threatening their financialization of US economy, and westernish real estate wealth in the region.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 5 months ago

    It appears to be true with fact checking here

    "The claim is indeed true that Iran has offered 'full right and freedom' to transit the strategic waterway if Arab and European nations sever ties with the US and Israel, as per state broadcaster IRIB."

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    [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    Literally the most based shit I have read all year

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