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Megathread for the US war on Iran | Week 16 of 2026
(thelemmy.club)
This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
Iran is being invaded, and so ships going through their waters are free game / collateral damage.
The US is stopping ships out in open waters. Hence, piracy.
There’s a theory out there that the US is trying to move manufacturing to their country by stopping fossil fuels from being shipped to east Asia and Europe, making the continental US the only viable nation with reliable access to fossil fuels, being a net exporter.
So far, that theory doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.