This is starting to look like the end game for Iran. If the strait is blocked and the Pakistani-Saudi alliance takes shape, I can’t see what options are left to them.
Couldn’t they just block Iranian ports and Kharg? Not sure if those logistics are harder.
Appropriate moment is now as the most appropriate moment was at the very beginning.
This will likely get the EU, China, etc. off the sidelines to help secure the Strait.
You can’t reason or negotiate with rabid animals.
Will China allow a blockade?
The idiot is determined to kill the economy and smash the midterms. He’s going to sacrifice us all for Israel.
Ironically, Iran is blockading itself.
Problem is this doesn’t solve Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
> Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,
Not the Bee.
Wow, talk about eating Iran’s lunch. It would be a total humiliation of the IRGC for the United States to take control of the Strait. Also a strong signal to the Iranian people that the IRGC is losing its grip.
The IRGC is still in charge of Iran.
Without an Iran regime change, nothing will change.
When he was much younger Trump said “I would take out Kharg island”. Now much wiser says “Nobody in or out of the whole damn gulf.
You want oil, USA is open for business.
Ouch!
Iran pretty much has imposed a blockade already.
Let Iran take the blame.
Taking out the Iranian refineries might make it harder for the Russians to repair theirs.
Trump is the right man for the times!
Other Presidents caved to Iran. Some had them feel some pain. Trump has the ballz to hopefully FINISH THEM OFF!!
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Iran has been allowing countries who buy their cut rate oil from them , mainly China , to operate without restrictions while shutting down the gulf to the rest of the world.
Trump is shutting down the flow of oil to the Chinese who have been propping Iran up and providing Iran with military hardware. One of the less publicized stories of the war is how many top level Chinese weapons people were killed in Iran while setting up new weapons systems.
Now China's oil supplies are going to be cut off which will put pressure on the Chinese to stop supporting the Islamic Republic while at the same time demonstrating to China that the US can shut down their economy and war machine if China attacks Taiwan or any of it's neighbors.
The Iran operation has been a huge boost to American oil production as oil buyers shift their supply lines to more secure American oil supplies instead of the Middle East.
The Arab oil states position in Gaza with Iran proxy Hamas is going to be a lot more flexible after this war and I suspect that there could be a breakthrough in the status of the Gaza after the war in Iran is over.
The big winners in the Middle East are going to be the Saudis who have a close relationship with the Trump Administration and the biggest loser after Iran is going to be Qatar.
There will be an improvement of the relations between Israel and it's Arab neighbors and a probable agreement to extend the Saudi Red Sea oil pipeline through Israel to the Mediterranean sea
The rebuilding of Iran will start soon after the war. The rebuilding will be funded by a US controlled oil trust formed to make sure the Iran's oil revenues are used to rebuild as well as the assets of Iranian expats.
The United States will take the lead in the rebuilding activities and the American companies will received the bulk of the contracts which will give a huge boost to the American economy short term along with a strategic edge for American companies in Iran for decades going forward.
China may not see much business from Iran going forward and their source of cheap, way below market priced oil which has been propping up their predatory export economy will be at an end which is really just too bad for them.
The Trump Administration has been hitting China from every direction with full spectrum economic warfare and it is winning big time to starve the Chinese military buildup and trouble making world wide.
Thanks to Trump, even the EU is becoming emboldened to take steps to reduce their reliance on China and rebuild their depleted industrial bases.
This war has been about a lot more than just Iran's nuclear program and it will solidify the Trump Administration's broad based initiatives to restore America's economic and military strength.