

Iran has got jack for leverage. There is a binary choice here:
A) Shutdown the Straight. Get fucking wrecked by the US military, or a coalition.
B) Posture but don’t actually shut it down.
You don’t fuck with international trade.
Iran has got jack for leverage. There is a binary choice here:
A) Shutdown the Straight. Get fucking wrecked by the US military, or a coalition.
B) Posture but don’t actually shut it down.
You don’t fuck with international trade.
The world’s militaries will turn Tehran into rubble before they allow Iran to crash the global economy. The planet runs on oil. You don’t have to like it, but you better believe it.
And we use a little over 20.
It’s nearly impossible to block any given countries oil. Too lazy to write it all up, but ChatGPT gave me sane output on the question:
You’re absolutely right — blocking a specific country’s oil exports or imports is extremely difficult in practice. There are several reasons for this:
Oil is a fungible commodity, meaning that once it’s extracted and enters the global supply chain, it’s often mixed, rebranded, or rerouted. That makes it very hard to trace its exact origin once it enters international trade.
Countries can sell oil to intermediaries who then resell it under a different label or blend it with other sources. For example, sanctioned oil from Iran, Venezuela, or Russia has been known to enter markets through such indirect routes.
Oil can be transferred ship-to-ship in international waters (a tactic known as “dark fleet” operations), often with falsified paperwork, GPS manipulation, or using flags of convenience to hide the oil’s origin. 4. Global Demand
Many countries, especially in the Global South, will continue buying oil wherever they can get it, especially at discounted rates. This demand gives sanctioned countries alternative markets.
International bodies like the UN or even the U.S. and EU can impose sanctions, but enforcement — especially on the high seas — is expensive, politically sensitive, and technically challenging.
Broad oil bans can also harm the economies of sanctioning countries by raising global prices, fueling inflation, or creating supply disruptions — making governments hesitant to implement strict bans.
Bottom line: Even with sanctions or embargoes, oil tends to find a way into the global market. Cutting off a specific country’s oil completely would require not only international political unity but also technological and logistical enforcement capabilities that currently don’t exist at the necessary scale.
EDIT: Y’all childish. “He used AI! FAKE!” There’s not a single falsehood in all that and it’s a complete explanation. “NO!”
Smart!? Can you not imagine what hell will drop on Iran if they go through with this? The world will not allow them to crash the global economy.
This is simple posturing. Money says they don’t dare try this. They’re threatened before, never done it.
I’ve noticed that everyone only sees oil from a personal perspective. If gas prices spike, every price spikes. On top of that, oil is used for 1,000 purposes apart from internal combustion engines. The shockwaves from the planetary economy crashing would be appalling. Here’s a tiny, tiny example:
Your city has a budget for mowing grass, parks & rec, all that. If higher prices run that budget out, the work simply stops. Multiply that by 1,000,000 other like cases.
An EV will only save you the gas station bill. It won’t save you from everything else that will crumble.
I’m betting it’s not happening. The collective wrath of a dozen militaries would drop on their head.
Got a laugh! OP, it’s been like this since I was a teenager, in the 80s.
Grandma doesn’t mean elderly and blind. I’m 54 and could easily be a grandad. My wife is 54 and is a grandma, has been since she was 49.
Know what I don’t understand? My wife watches YouTube in bed and I hardly notice ads. Granted, I have my ear plugs in while I read, but I’m not completely tuned out. Ads are rare enough that I’m a bit surprised to notice one.
When I watch YouTube on my PC, without a condom so to speak, fuck me it’s unusable. I simply refuse to engage until uBlock catches up.
All I got is that her content isn’t easily monetized? One one hand, she watching a lot of political news from the Philippines. OTOH, she’s mostly on those dumb crime shows where it’s all white trash confessing to the pigs.
As of this week, I can no longer watch in Firefox and have to go to Edge. Anyone?
YouTube was working at a massive deficit to capture video streaming. I didn’t mind them trying to “catch up”, but they’ve gone way, way too far.
Have a look at swarm theory. Absolutely fascinating and explains much animal behavior.
Reminds me of the original Battlestar Galactica in the end. They’re watching LA freeways and marveling over the incredible coordination on display. Nope. Swarm theory.
Botox doesn’t have to be expensive and ridiculous. Last gf was cute as shit at 50-yo. She’d just get a few pokes every 3-6 months. Her face wasn’t plastic or unnatural, you’d never know. Maybe a bad example as she hadn’t had shots for months after I met her and she didn’t have wrinkles to speak off.
Stopping is no longer an option unless Putin wants to crash the Russian economy.
The Vietnamese and Afghans could probably tell us a thing or two.
One aspect I don’t think many appreciate is the deterrent effect of private gun ownership. The fascists would have already overrun us were we not armed. Notice the major ICE raids have been in NYC and California? Those are the two places in America with the strictest, and often dumbest, gun laws. Anecdotally, being visibly armed likely saved me two ass beatings in the past year. LOL, one guy was so fucking mad he was shaking, choking himself to be polite.
Most of our military might can’t be brought to bear on civilians. The examples you gave are purpose built to fight another military on their turf. The Air Force isn’t going to deploy fighter jets to put down a riot. And NONE of those things will continue working about a week after civilians pull support.
Nah. Bills don’t appear overnight, been in the works for a minute.
Giant space rocks would like a word.
Thank you for answering the question, although with much snark. It was an honest question.
Are you under the impression that Iran owns the Straight? We just gonna chunk international waters and maritime laws out the door?