Iran Threatens Nuclear Exit And Oil Choke Point As War With Israel Escalates
Iran Threatens Nuclear Exit And Oil Choke Point As War With Israel Escalates
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close the Strait of Hormuz
Do they want to lose half their navy in a day, again?
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Do they want to lose half their navy in a day, again?
For those who want to watch a great animated video on the event: Operation Praying Mantis
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The article says that it's most-likely just rhetoric from Iran.
Strait Of Hormuz: High Stakes, Low Odds
Hard-line media and several officials have again raised the possibility of closing the Strait of Hormuz -- a move that would threaten nearly a fifth of the world’s oil supply. But Gregory Brew, a senior Iran and oil analyst at the New York-based Eurasia Group, says it’s a threat Tehran is unlikely to carry out.
“Closing the strait is Iran's last big card to play,” Brew told RFE/RL. “It has the means of essentially blockading the waterway…by deploying short-range ballistic missiles, naval vessels, and mines.”
But attempting to blockade the strategic strait would have major ramifications, such as “immediately” triggering a response from the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
“If war with Israel is proving very damaging, war with the US (and the GCC) would be much worse,” Brew said.
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It is the dead-mans trigger. As Israel reaffirms it wants to force regime change and commit more atrocities against Iran's civilians, that threat becomes more realistic.
The GCC countries are certainly not going to be able to shift any balances around. What are they going to do? A ground invasion of Iran? Best they can do is help Israel bomb Civilians. And we saw how Saudi and UAE bombing Civilians in Yemen non-stop did fuck all except kill a lot of people.
The response would have to come from the US and other NATO countries, pulling their focus from Ukraine and containing China. Then it will be bye bye Ukraine and bye bye Taiwan and Israel will get what it wants, being the center of Western attention for all eternity.
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I hope they do manage to develop a nuke.
That's the only thing that's going to stop this war, the worry about mutually-assured destruction.
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Honestly the Israelis actually seem crazy enough to keep escalating even in that case
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I mean Israel is legitimately the state most likely to use a nuclear weapon.
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They been comiting war crimes for 77 years with little accountability. Making them crazier
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I strongly doubt that. The thought of a nuke being deployed on Jerusalem would give even the craziest Israeli pause.
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Would be great if more extremist radical goverments had nukes.
What the f dude, fuck no, if anything nobody should have any nukes, send these lunatics to a desert with only their fists and let them set their differences there.
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I bet we will not find out where or how many broken arrows will/occur/red in Iran.
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I hope they do both.
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The language in this title is quite a piece of art eh?
Chef's kiss.
"Iran launches Nuclear and explosive words" - headlines, 2025