• boogiebored@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    do it

    idk why “news” pretends not to be absolute bullshit when they write up shit like this

    why would a country announce such a thing?

    hmmm considering a lil warfare who knows hehe 😉

    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      why would a country announce such a thing?

      If you don’t want all-out war, it’s a good idea to announce your attacks so the other side (1) doesn’t over-react, and (2) pays attention the next time you make a threat. Usually the downside is that the other side might use this information to try to stop you. But at this point Iran has pretty much total control of the Persian Gulf, so that’s not a huge risk.