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[–] 12 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Attacking neutral ships in the Straight of Hormuz isn't demonstrative of "establishing a fair economic order".

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, tolls aside it's called a blockade and it is a valid method of warfare.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Neither the U.S. nor Israel has territory in the Persian Gulf, so airstrikes on U.S. bases aside (which are themselves valid targets), blockading the straight harms neutral powers far more than it does the U.S. or Israel.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    The Gulf states are nowhere near neutral—aside from actually bombing Iran (which the Emirates and Saudi Arabia have done), they house the US military personnel and infrastructure that make prosecuting the war possible. Until those are gone, America does have territory in the Persian Gulf.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)