As high-stakes negotiations to end the Iran war continue in Switzerland, the maritime industry’s message to the White House is clear: Don’t allow Iran to formalize its tolling racket over the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by WillyNilly1997
As high-stakes negotiations to end the Iran war continue in Switzerland, the maritime industry’s message to the White House is clear: Don’t allow Iran to formalize its tolling racket over the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by WillyNilly1997
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This is why I’m of the “just end this and annihilate them completely” camp. The waffling on the MOUs/agreements/ceasefires has got to stop. Just turn Iran into a totally worthless wasteland, take Kharg island, and call it done.
Erase Iran from the Middle Eastern picture completely.
What would incent Iran to agree to this? It’s their sole leverage – probably even more powerful than the threat of them getting a nuke, and they’ve seen that the west does not have the political will to stop them.
The only thing that really threatens the current Iranian regime would be a ground invasion or an internal uprising that displaces them. They know the former isn’t going to happen, and the latter isn’t going to occur either if it hasn’t already.
I think the only thing Iran accepts is a highly neutered Israel plus lots of cash.
This either ends with some massive concessions to the Iranians or the west finding the wherewithal to keep the strait open by force.