Ping
Doesn’t look good.
Trump and allies should set up a program where the Strait must remain open and the cost of ANY AND ALL damages* inflicted upon shipping by Iran will be 100% covered by IRANIAN IMPOUNDED FUNDS. This would stiffen the spines of the shipping insurers and reinsurers. And IRANIANS UNDERSTAND MONEY, do not want to lose it and will punish (i.e., kill) those who cause the loss. And the ones causing the loss are the IRGC.
I’m posting this in every thread where the absence of such MONETARY DAMAGES ASSESSMENT is partially responsible for the situation.
And, yes, we could both bomb Iran (and/or take other actions) and do this at the same time.
* “ALL damages” INCLUDES the cost of cargo, the cost to repair/replace the ship, the “opportunity cost” (revenues/profits the ship could have made during the time the ship is out of action), losses suffered by the crew members (and.or their families) who are injured or killed
If anyone can figure out what we are doing on a daily or even hourly basis in Iran, please let Trump know, because he sure doesn’t seem to. His positions change constantly. And no, this isn’t some 4D higher level thinking he’s supposedly doing.
Of course, negotiate down from your initial high offer! I do not think he would have actually implemented this.
Assume he got China’s attention rather quickly.
Trump is just making things up as we go along. Iran can keep the Strait closed and there’s nothing we can do about it. You think the insurance companies insuring those ships are going to give the ok signal while Iran may still attack the vessels? The restarting of the war at this late date is likely to cause a worldwide economic depression which the US will be blamed for. Pretty soon the US will join Israel as the most hated nation in the world. Trump just continues making these horrible decisions. Personally I think it’s time to remove him and let Vance take over. Trump is just getting too old to handle this in an appropriate manner.