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That's precisely how you close the straits; by making everyone scared to go through.
by ceejayoz 8mo ago
That's precisely how you close the straits; by making everyone scared to go through.
- MengerSponge 8mo agoYou don't even have to scare everyone. You just have to scare the insurers. Without insurance ships won't sail. The exposure is huge, so a small blip in risk makes all the modeling go kerplooie. Traffic stopped when the insurers said drop the anchors. To restore traffic, we need that risk to return to previous levels, which requires diplomacy and trust. I don't expect resolution any time soon.
- GeorgeWBasic 8mo agoImpeachment, and then we could get there. It's not impossible.
- yks 8mo agoWith JD Vance things will go even worse
- phatfish 8mo agoI thought Vance was the actual isolationist America first guy? Not Trump kind who's opinion changes based which authoritarian he last had a phone call with. In this specific case maybe Vance is least worst option.
- ceejayoz 8mo agoVance called Trump "America's Hitler", then ran as his VP. He's a windsock.
- GeorgeWBasic 8mo agoFrom all I've seen, he actually argued against this war prior to paying lip service to it. He'd be an improvement.