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As the article discusses in detail, if the US actually cares about freedom of navigation, the war was a massive own goal because it looks extremely likely to gr
by decimalenough 7mo ago
As the article discusses in detail, if the US actually cares about freedom of navigation, the war was a massive own goal because it looks extremely likely to grant the current Iranian regime de facto control of the Strait.
- avereveard 7mo agoIran already had the strait in ransom, directly and indirectly with proxy receiving weapons. You don't get to ignore that part and call this a own goal, since inaction led to the same effective results.
- ardit33 7mo agoWhat are you talking about? The strait was open, and tankers were not paying tolls as they do now. They held the threat of closing it, as a deterrent of an attack, and once attacked, they did just that. You either live in a parallel universe, or are just spewing here propaganda.
- avereveard 7mo agohttps://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/houthi-red-sea-attacks/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/houthi-red-sea-a... Lol there were routine attcaks every time things weren't going their way. Whos been in a parallel universe? And never said closed. I said ransom.
- warkdarrior 7mo agoYou know the Red Sea is a different body of water than the Persian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz? Iran does not control the Red Sea directly, but most likely by funding the Houthis.
- sveme 7mo agoThe strait was navigable until three weeks ago. There are very few conceivable paths towards reestablishing this. This is absolutely not the same effective result.
- avereveard 7mo ago[flagged]
- Thiez 7mo agoYou realize that the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are different places, right? Your link does not support your argument.
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- orwin 7mo agoIt seems you can't read a map. And btw it's very different targets, Hormuz vessel contain oil, gas and fertiliser for the Asian market. The red see is mostly foodstuff, cattle and Asian good for the European market. Way less impactful
- ozgrakkurt 7mo agoSame effective results as in it was causing constant global inflation and instability?