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And what's to stop them increasing the fees at any time for "protection"?

• joe_mamba 5mo ago
  Same thing stopping Trump from randomly making up tariffs on allies or threatening to invade them. The question for us is, do you side with the small bully, or the big bully?
• DivingForGold 5mo ago
  Just another "mafia" that the world can do without ...
  • eckelhesten 5mo ago
    Ahhh yes, the mafia who got bullied and fought back. Look, I’m all for the Iranian gov to cease. But don’t pretend that the US and it’s scoundrels aren’t the mafia and criminals in this matter.
  • kashunstva 5mo ago
    Indeed. Add them to the list that includes the instigators of the current conflict. In an admittedly cursory search, I don’t see any serious mention of similar threats to the subsea cables before the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran. In a functioning government, these sorts of risks would be analyzed, risks/benefits weighed and carefully considered. I wonder if even the mafia itself has a better planning process than this.
• trhway 5mo ago
  they can increase the fees until building infrastructure outside of their water/air/land becomes more economical, which means a long way to go. We will probably have a treaty at the end covering that strait too. And looks like it will have some fees in it. Until of course somebody delivers a crushing military defeat of Iran. And while technically i think US is capable of doing it, I wouldn't bet though that this pair of a pompous self-dealer and an incompetent alcoholic would be able to do it.