‘Worse than Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Combined’: Donald Trump Faces a Political Crisis Like No Other if Hormuz Isn’t Opened by Labor Day (nationalsecurityjournal.org)

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[-] J3N5T4R@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I don't expect it to be opened for at least A year at this rate.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

same, and when it does open then it's going to be under Iranian control and on their terms

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yup. there is no scenario in which iran does not extract monetary compensation for strategic control over a resource that the US village idiot intends to hang us all with.

capitalists and rope, man.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

US military spends a trillion dollars on military every year. Iran can keep the straight closed with access to whatever drones are available at the nearest Walmart haha

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