Follows the CBS News report from an hour ago that atleast two thirds of Iranian regime’s air force is still operational even though Trump insisted it was destroyed
Just completely awful
Hot_Ice5175 on
$200 a barrel at this point lmao.
BaudrillardsMirror on
RIP american hegemony.
Macquarrie1999 on
>FULLY clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines
That is a very crucial word in this assessment. There are two shipping channels in the Strait. It will not take 6 months to clear those.
Lighthouse_seek on
The 1973 embargo was also 6 months long and famously nothing bad happened after
James_NY on
People are going to hate this, but Freedom of Navigation is clearly no longer an obtainable goal for the US military unless we sacrifice everything else.
If you can absorb the type of damage Iran can absorb, you get to toll the shipping lanes nearby if you wish. At this point the US has to get out of the way and let the world pay Iran off so their economies don’t collapse and their people don’t starve.
That’s assuming the US does it. European navies could do it way faster, and have signalled that they want to do it. Instead of mocking European leaders for that, maybe ask them to help with that specific part or something? (Once the war is over of course)
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Follows the CBS News report from an hour ago that atleast two thirds of Iranian regime’s air force is still operational even though Trump insisted it was destroyed
Just completely awful
$200 a barrel at this point lmao.
RIP american hegemony.
>FULLY clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines
That is a very crucial word in this assessment. There are two shipping channels in the Strait. It will not take 6 months to clear those.
The 1973 embargo was also 6 months long and famously nothing bad happened after
People are going to hate this, but Freedom of Navigation is clearly no longer an obtainable goal for the US military unless we sacrifice everything else.
If you can absorb the type of damage Iran can absorb, you get to toll the shipping lanes nearby if you wish. At this point the US has to get out of the way and let the world pay Iran off so their economies don’t collapse and their people don’t starve.
https://preview.redd.it/c8ox67571twg1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ffe8a5c0a1779b2cc82396f50012658d306539b
That’s assuming the US does it. European navies could do it way faster, and have signalled that they want to do it. Instead of mocking European leaders for that, maybe ask them to help with that specific part or something? (Once the war is over of course)