And this drives up the price of oil and gas, which benefits Russia, which has gas that it wants to sell and which has a crumbling economy from its invasion of Ukraine.
Aggravating_Map4359 on
“I did this ” – Trump
Theferael_me on
Wouldn’t this have been an obvious thing to plan for?
PerfectAstronaut on
None shall pass
fxkatt on
>*Still, it is possible that Iranian officials could consider quietly granting Chinese ships a green light to continue operating through the strait, particularly if the conflict drags on for weeks or month*
A lot of political maneuvering going on, but even if some Chinese ships are permitted to pass (as a few have already) there is still the danger of coming under attack.
RioRancher on
Awesome that we had a plan /s
Illustrious-Lie8329 on
This has Biden written all over it 😡
kr3w_fam on
I’m already enjoyng almost over 25% increase of diesel. Great times!
trees_are_beautiful on
Let’s get Elon in the job. A couple of his boring machines and we can get a tunnel built lickety-split.
horton_hears_a_wat on
Genuine question cause I’m dumb. Trump said the US sank all 30 of Irans boats? Is he lying? Or can you not go through the straight for other reasons like land bases that can reach boats with missiles?
General_Nose_691 on
Oil prices will skyrocket. Putin will swoop in with Russian oil to save the day, from which the massive profits will be used to continue Russia’s war of expansion. Putin and Netanyahu played Trump like a fiddle.
VP_of_Lasers on
The US ***will*** put boots on the ground in Iran over this, within weeks. The Trump regime truly doesn’t understand the decentralized power structure within Iran and thought their air campaign would be enough. A ceasefire is nowhere near, so boots on the ground and American soldiers spending their lives is what it’s gonna take to reopen the Strait.
afops on
Get ready for that Biden effect at the pump
SP4x on
Instead of all the ridiculous vanity projects (e.g. [The Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia)) Saudi Arabia should just put in a shipping canal between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, sure it’s about 800 miles or so but it would solve a whole lot of problems ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
IdahoDuncan on
Why would Biden do this ?
dopameme on
they should build a canal- we could keep it, lol.
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MawsonAntarctica on
We lost 1/5 our oil and burning through our munitions for no good reason. I swear there’s entities out there just waiting for us to expend our resources before they attack what they want.
Epistatious on
its narrow enough, you could mostly control it with artillery.
Cultural-Inspection7 on
Are we great yet?
withomps44 on
Gosh do they not trust that the dipshit in the white house will cover the losses as promised?
Kennian on
how do people not know this is the plan? this whole boondoggle is to raise oil prices
Atheios569 on
Sure buddy. That’s a bullshit lie.
Sweaty_Marzipan4274 on
China… that’s the point for America. They want the ability to starve China’s supply for leverage (also explains Venezuela). Israel just wants genocide so they can claim “their”lands.
Aggressive_Slice238 on
Trumps Venezuelan oil is worth more, its all going to plan.
hextanerf on
always wanna drag China into your own shit somehow, eh
Away-Ad1781 on
I’d bet boots on the ground are to either capture the straight or capture enough nuclear related material to claim “mission accomplished”. The later won’t be good enough for Israel so assume the former. I bet the U.S. has a very thorough plan for doing so. Who knows how well it will work.
broke_boi1 on
TIL Beijing is a person
wha2les on
yea well Iran has no reason to back down… nor can it back down because it is cornered on all sides, President can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Only thing we can do is to dollar cost average our gas by filling it up every day….
mulled-whine on
If only someone could’ve seen this coming 🙄
tacotimes01 on
But didn’t Hegseth just say, on 3/4/26:
“The Iranian Navy rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. Combat ineffective. Decimated. Destroyed. Defeated. Pick your adjective. Their navy – not a factor. It is no more.”
Godzirrraaa on
I was shocked how cheap gas is everywhere else in the US. IN washington I haven’t spend less than 4.25 a gallon in….a VERY long time. In Seattle it was over 5 months ago. This is gonna be fun.
Catspaw129 on
Somebody in Iran has been watching/reading Dune. Oil aint’t spice, and Iran doesn’t control all of it.
But when you control the choke point for 25% of the “spice”, well, by golly, you’ve got some leverage.
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And this drives up the price of oil and gas, which benefits Russia, which has gas that it wants to sell and which has a crumbling economy from its invasion of Ukraine.
“I did this ” – Trump
Wouldn’t this have been an obvious thing to plan for?
None shall pass
>*Still, it is possible that Iranian officials could consider quietly granting Chinese ships a green light to continue operating through the strait, particularly if the conflict drags on for weeks or month*
A lot of political maneuvering going on, but even if some Chinese ships are permitted to pass (as a few have already) there is still the danger of coming under attack.
Awesome that we had a plan /s
This has Biden written all over it 😡
I’m already enjoyng almost over 25% increase of diesel. Great times!
Let’s get Elon in the job. A couple of his boring machines and we can get a tunnel built lickety-split.
Genuine question cause I’m dumb. Trump said the US sank all 30 of Irans boats? Is he lying? Or can you not go through the straight for other reasons like land bases that can reach boats with missiles?
Oil prices will skyrocket. Putin will swoop in with Russian oil to save the day, from which the massive profits will be used to continue Russia’s war of expansion. Putin and Netanyahu played Trump like a fiddle.
The US ***will*** put boots on the ground in Iran over this, within weeks. The Trump regime truly doesn’t understand the decentralized power structure within Iran and thought their air campaign would be enough. A ceasefire is nowhere near, so boots on the ground and American soldiers spending their lives is what it’s gonna take to reopen the Strait.
Get ready for that Biden effect at the pump
Instead of all the ridiculous vanity projects (e.g. [The Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia)) Saudi Arabia should just put in a shipping canal between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, sure it’s about 800 miles or so but it would solve a whole lot of problems ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why would Biden do this ?
they should build a canal- we could keep it, lol.
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We lost 1/5 our oil and burning through our munitions for no good reason. I swear there’s entities out there just waiting for us to expend our resources before they attack what they want.
its narrow enough, you could mostly control it with artillery.
Are we great yet?
Gosh do they not trust that the dipshit in the white house will cover the losses as promised?
how do people not know this is the plan? this whole boondoggle is to raise oil prices
Sure buddy. That’s a bullshit lie.
China… that’s the point for America. They want the ability to starve China’s supply for leverage (also explains Venezuela). Israel just wants genocide so they can claim “their”lands.
Trumps Venezuelan oil is worth more, its all going to plan.
always wanna drag China into your own shit somehow, eh
I’d bet boots on the ground are to either capture the straight or capture enough nuclear related material to claim “mission accomplished”. The later won’t be good enough for Israel so assume the former. I bet the U.S. has a very thorough plan for doing so. Who knows how well it will work.
TIL Beijing is a person
yea well Iran has no reason to back down… nor can it back down because it is cornered on all sides, President can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Only thing we can do is to dollar cost average our gas by filling it up every day….
If only someone could’ve seen this coming 🙄
But didn’t Hegseth just say, on 3/4/26:
“The Iranian Navy rests at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. Combat ineffective. Decimated. Destroyed. Defeated. Pick your adjective. Their navy – not a factor. It is no more.”
I was shocked how cheap gas is everywhere else in the US. IN washington I haven’t spend less than 4.25 a gallon in….a VERY long time. In Seattle it was over 5 months ago. This is gonna be fun.
Somebody in Iran has been watching/reading Dune. Oil aint’t spice, and Iran doesn’t control all of it.
But when you control the choke point for 25% of the “spice”, well, by golly, you’ve got some leverage.
That is by design.