• fox2263@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    We have put a door in front of their door and theirs is closed but ours is open so theirs is open because we closed it

  • axh@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    When mobsters visit a local business they also collect payment for protection.

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    5 hours ago

    Even if this were actually going to happen, what is he doing? Renting out the US Navy for profit?

    Sure maybe a few servicemen may die but at least America will get some money!

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      I mean, it’s a part of government that hasn’t been privatized. Imagine if the Armed Forces turned a profit and had a market mandate? Works really well for the prison system! /s

  • scarabic@lemmy.world
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    It’s a complete illusion that the US can control this strait. It could destabilize it further if it wishes, but there is no getting a ship through without Iran’s cooperation.

    Because Iran has a ton of land along the straight from which they can launch missles, drones, rockets, or even artillery at passing ships. There’s a huge region where they can attack the strait, and the US can’t put hundreds of thousands of troops on that land to hold it all. Therefore Trump cannot declare the strait open, though he can declare the strait closed (this just hurts him most of all).

    All his bullshit about floating ships at one end to “gate” the passage, and escorting ships, and shooting down rockets…. It’s complete bluster. Even with the entire US military he cannot guarantee safe passage. And that’s just one of the things he has to do if this war continues. He also has to try to defend our allies in the Gulf and elsewhere.

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    9 hours ago

    Setting aside the many other things wrong with this, 20% the value of the cargo is just stupid. Most of it doesn’t have that much profit margin in the first place. I know it’s a number straight out of his ass, but damn, the stupid…

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    4 hours ago

    Alright the worship I want to see travelling through is going to have Donald Trump on it. We’ll see how well protected it is.

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    12 hours ago

    Didn’t we already do this in March with the whole “nuh uh I’m actually closing the strait to you” bs? I hate summer reruns.

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    15 hours ago

    This dumb motherfucker thinks he can somehow do a protection racket on the entire rest of the world. Fucking moron.

    Iran already closed the strait when the ceasefire was broken.