The U.S. navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is doomed to failure

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NOLA-Bronco@reddit

Can someone actually steel man the argument for what they think Trump is supposed to achieve here and why this is the way to do it?

I genuinely am perplexed at how obviously stupid this is.

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pgtl_10@reddit

I think it's a diversion to let Israel keep fighting Lebanon.

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Milkmilkbanana@reddit

The US depletes its weapon stockpiles , so it uses this, 2 weeks as an excuse to replenish, and to make sure Israel annexation of Lebanon doesn’t stop, during the 2 weeks. Evil at play

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pgtl_10@reddit

Hard to replenish what they lost in 2 weeks.

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The long version: Lack of a plan for this scenario, reactionary panic, copying someone and then claiming to be better at something unable to come up on one own, emasculated attempt to assert as much as authority as the other side when it comes to a dispute, attempting to threaten vassals to keep them from defecting, attempt to shift blame for high oil prices, hoping to commit some piracy and last but not least, trying to once against do a quick short against commodities markets.

Short version: when unable to defeat a military after attacking it, flee far and then target civilians. It's all in the coward's handbook manual for zionazis and terrorists.

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CapriSun87@reddit

It directly threatens Chinese oil imports from Iran. I'm not sure but that might be the outcome Trump wants to achieve.

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ZhukovWonWWII@reddit

cease*

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AnonymousLoner1@reddit

For decades, US has already been encircling China with its US military bases, along with doing everything it can to stop China from competing in the "free market", same US foreign policy against any country.

China has zero reason to play into US's hands; doing so would cost China much more than any potential oil shortage.

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ttystikk@reddit

While true, it threatens ALL oil exports. If the US started to target Chinese ships, it would be an act of piracy that would invite a swift and painful response, one likely to cripple the American economy in much the same way the prohibition against selling rare earth metals to American military contractors did.

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PuttinOnTheTitzz@reddit

Hey, it's that guy who made all sorts of false claims about his time in Ukraine.

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procgen@reddit

The US can just mine it, no? Then e.g. Chinese ships aren’t getting through either.

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Just-Sale-7015@reddit

They only want to stop ships going to and fro Iran's ports. That's what they said anyway.

Unless Pete sanctions unrestricted sub and air warfare against neutral tankers, they'll have to seize them instead. And resell the oil. Like they did with Venezuela's at one point.

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SlavaCocaini@reddit

This guy is a pro US imperialist who is mad that Trump is fucking up

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Turgius_Lupus@reddit

Nance has been uncharacteristically intelligent since this stupid war began vs his usual Ukraine war posting.

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PimoCrypto777@reddit

From a distance they'll glare from over the top of their reader glasses and wag their finger and possibly follow up with a sternly worded letter.

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ttystikk@reddit

America is officially an Idiocracy, led by the stupid, the thuggish and the corrupt.

We are fighting Israel's illegal and genocidal war for them, someone that's absolutely contrary to America's own Constitution.

I don't know how to be clearer than that.

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