Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 17, 2026, 04:54 PM
Trump blockading Iran is beyond stupid. The whole world suffers you orange dumfuck! Iran can't export, but that is not going to do them in and by denying the world oil
Actually, it doesn't deny the world oil, because the Iranians will let the Chinese ships pass through, and the FSoA ships blockading aren't in the straight, they are in International Waters in the Gulf of Oman. The only way to stop those ships is to interdict them at sea and board them. The Chinese have already said they won't allow that, and I seriously doubt Trumpolini would have the cojones to do that and risk a war with the Chinese. He's a bully who likes to push around the weak, not a real tough guy who will go into a fair fight.
The actual number of ships which will go thru will remain tiny until the insurance companies can assess the risk with confidence and set a price for the insurance. That won't happen with a cease fire, only with an actual Peace Treaty.
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