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Posted on 08/21/2026 8:54:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
As I wrote at the time, Pres. Trump made a good deal in June, got the oil flowing, and left the Iranians with no leverage and few benefits. So the IRGC reneged on it in a few weeks and started shooting.
Now we learn the U.S. Navy has set up a stealth convoy system for Hormuz that is taking 9-15 million barrels a day out of the Gulf, according to Energy Sec. Chris Wright. When you combine that with the 7-8 million barrels from the Hormuz bypass pipes, we are getting back to the pre-war normal of 20 million barrels from the Gulf.
Wright was bitterly mocked by the MSM when he announced this last week, but further mainstream reporting is now conceding this is basically true. While all the national and international media obsessed about the hopeless position the United States had reached, the stalemate was carefully being reversed.
It seems our military specifically targeted Iran’s anti-ship capacity, including coastal radars and look-out boats, over the last two months. It is very much harder to hit fast-moving tankers with a missile than a fixed land target. Especially if it is being protected by Navy jammers and interceptors.
The ball is in the Iranian court. We can now move a lot of oil without them being able to do much about it. Complicating things further, while the IRGC is firmly in control of the country, apparently each commander has near autonomy for his own forces. That leaves decision-making slow, and the guys in charge of the dwindling missile forces may not be in agreement with Tehran on what to do next.
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On the other hand, if the IRGC wants to keep playing a losing hand, they can strike the oil fields and desalination plants of their neighbors and try to take everyone down with them.
I hope the CIA, Mossad and Delta is going through Iran and exterminating every IRGC member
The CIA should put a bounty on them. One million dollars for every dead member (verified) of the IRGC.
Uh huh. So, why is oil still between $86 and $94 a barrel and holding and diesel in my area is over 5 bucks a gallon?
It does not look like the markets believe Trump any more than I do.
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Down 14 cents/gal here today.
Won’t help with the price pressures on everything, 30+ Trillion Debt though.
$4.09 a gallon at the SE Gilbert, AZ Costco ($3.89 if I pay with my Costco Citi card).
>>>>Uh huh. So, why is oil still between $86 and $94 a barrel and holding and diesel in my area is over 5 bucks a gallon?
It does not look like the markets believe Trump any more than I do.<<<<
it can take 3 to 7 weeks for a supertanker to make the trip from the Persian Gulf to it’s destination. Now consider at the start of this war strategic reserves were initially drawn down, but that phase is over. Oil tanks around the world have lower than typical inventory levels. It’s going to take while for that to resolve. However, if the strait wasn’t opened, oil prices would be north of $120 a barrel. so maybe we should just be happy where the price is right now.
The DoD costs on average about $3,000/year/American.
The averaged cost of Medicare Part B care is about $12,500/year/recipient.
The US government spends about $18,000/American/year on average.
It costs about $400,000 to put a NYC kid through K-12 schooling on average.
The price of $3.89/gallon here in Florida comes to mind.
About a $1/gallon more than pre-war prices.
I’m sure the sand rats will find some way to eff this up, but until then, I will enjoy the good news.
Before I moved back to Maryland last year, prices in Pensacola were bouncing between $2.75 and $3.00.
You are so ARROGANTLY STUPID you cannot grasp the reality of that FR RULE...or you're just demonic evil!
Gas kissed $4 a gallon las week here in the Ozarks. $3.48 here today.
It’s posted in “Bloggers and Personal” and it is certainly not a “Clickbait” example.
It’s serious reporting of the real news.
I go forward supporting Free Republic not trying to tear it down with attacks on people like the FBI informants around Ammon Bundy launched a decade ago in connection with the Oregon Standoff.
“Uh huh. So, why is oil still between $86 and $94 a barrel and holding and diesel in my area is over 5 bucks a gallon?
It does not look like the markets believe Trump any more than I do.”
You’re one of the TDS reasons why he did it “quietly” - so his detractors couldn’t come up with whiny complaints.
No.
It is your blog, a poorly written mish-mash of
unsourced nonsense and disjointed sentence fragments.
I am glad to see Free Republic rejecting your garbage.
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