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> the "blockade" will probably continue The part that makes the Strait weird is no belligerent wants it entirely closed. (Maybe Israel.) Iran wants to export.
by JumpCrisscross 8mo ago
> the "blockade" will probably continue
The part that makes the Strait weird is no belligerent wants it entirely closed. (Maybe Israel.) Iran wants to export. And America wants exports. So you get this weird stalemate where America doesn’t want to actually blockade Iran, while Iran seems to do just enough to keep America from actually shutting the Strait.
- average_r_user 8mo ago[dead]
- arkensaw 8mo ago> while Iran seems to do just enough to keep America from actually shutting the Strait. Uhm, why would America shut the strait?
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> why would America shut the strait? To deny Iran oil revenue.
- pjc50 8mo agoAmerica isn't getting exports from Iran, until recently they were sanctioned. More of a problem is that the biggest buyer of Iranian oil is China. I don't think that getting out of the war with Iran by starting a war with China would be an improvement.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> America isn't getting exports from Iran Single market. Every barrel China buys from Iran is a barrel it doesn’t scour the global markets for.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> America isn't getting exports from Iran Single market. Every barrel China buys from Iran is a barrel it doesn’t scour the global markets for. > getting out of the war with Iran by starting a war with China China isn’t getting into a war with America over the Strait.
- stale2002 8mo ago> Single market. Not really, they were getting discounted oil prices previously that they are no longer able to get. Also, they are a large importer of oil compared to the US, which is an exporter. They have much more to lose from high oil prices than we do.