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That's smart, actually. Trump might not care about the Gulf being flattened, or realise that also is bad for the market, but another Strait? He understands that (now).
That's where you're wrong, dummy. The Gulf is water therefore ipso facto it is already flat. Checkmate beeotch
Alhamdulilah!
At this point its almost as if Iran is enjoying themselves.
yes they love it because they dont feel the full pain of this war tucked safely away in their bunker. Thats all on their citizens who have to live their lives day to day.
The drone revolution is truly something to behold.
i honestly expected the next transportation revolution to be a different one (maybe boat "drones", so we don't have to have nearly as much crew on tankers and ships and whatnot, that had been my prediction. i rather enjoyed being wrong on this one, in the way one can enjoy armchair predictions) but this is really interesting to watch how the war in ukraine and now around iran is pushing tech
Genocide begets resistance and technology closes the gaps between rich states and oppressed ones.
Except Ukraine and Iran are on opposite sides.
More like, war continues to change, but the age of guerillas is still ongoing.
Fair enough, considering Ukraine is an imperial proxy vs Iran and Yemen, which are independent countries acting in self-defense.
Wouldn't Yemen be an imperial proxy of Iran, by any reasonable definition?
Agreed, and wouldn't the US be an imperial proxy of Israel, by the same definition? So this really a Israel vs Iran war when you get right down to it. Too bad everyone else is being swept up in it. I guess thats war for you, especially when Israel is involved.
The reason Yemen is not an imperial proxy is because it’s a democratic, revolutionary government acting within its own interests. Proxies work for the empire at a detriment to themselves.
For instance, Ukraine refused a peace plan in favor of a protracted war because the UK and US wanted to use Ukraine to weaken Russia.
The Yemenis are in conflict with the Saudis and any country allied with them, which includes Israel. This is because the Saudis wanted regime change in Yemen and has split the country in two.
Nobody in Yemen is democratic, and Ukraine is acting in it's own interests.
Nonsense. Ukraine’s interests include being at peace with its neighbors, not being $ billion in debt to Western arms dealers, in a losing war, etc.
Oh right, more escalation! I see no other possibility but for that to have a productive ending.
If anyone wants a good video covering this strait and other important ones, here's one by TLDR News Global:
Mapping the World’s (other) Maritime Chokepoints - YouTube
- Something like 16 % of all sea‑borne trade by value passes through the Bab‑el‑Mandeb compared to about 6 % for the Strait of Hormuz.
- In normal times something like 20 % of all oil and gas trade consumed by the world passes through the Strait of Hormuz compared to more like 10 % for the Bab‑el‑Mandeb.
- Saudi Arabia started relying more heavily on exports via the Red Sea which mostly flow out towards Asia via the Bab‑el‑Mandeb
- Most sea‑borne trade between Europe and Asia passes through the Bab‑el‑Mandeb.
- The next most direct maritime route includes an 8,000 km detour around Africa.
Hell yeah.
Funny little old article from 2025:
On Sunday, the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, denied his country was involved in the Houthis’ attacks, saying it “plays no role in setting the national or operational policies” of the militant groups it is allied with across the region, according to state-run TV.
Because of course Iran had previously blatantly falsely claimed that they had no control over their proxies, the Houthis.
While fuck Trump and his war crimes in all kinds of way, this war is ultimately a result of Iran playing stupid games with their terrorist proxies. Whether Iran will win stupid prizes, we will see.
Dude that’s not even the proximate case
So Iranian proxies attacking Israel for years was completely irrelevant to Israel attacking Iran? Bullshit.
So Israel entrenching their apartheid state for decades instead of working towards a more collaborative and egalitarian future with their neighboring countries and cultures was completely irrelevant to Israel attacking Iran? Bullshit.
You’re cherry-picking one-off justifications in a context that has history going back for literal millennia.
besides israel has been attacking iran for decades, and instigating most of the violence in the region.
Assuming you actually think that is a valid argument, let me ask you a question: How well are Jews treated in e.g. Yemen, do you think?
Probably similar to the thousands of Jews that live peacefully in Iran?
I see that you base your worldview on whichever fantasy makes you feel good in the moment, not reality or actually looking up facts. Good to know.
What facts did I make-up? Do Jews not live in Iran?
I admit that your post was 100% fact free. So you did not make up any facts, I admit.
instead of working towards a more collaborative and egalitarian future with their neighboring countries and cultures
You mean the ones that have "death to Israel" as a slogan? C'mon people. Don't lionize Iran just because you're angry at Israel and the US.
Did you ever stop to think why they say that?
Counldnt have anything to do with the way Isriel has treated muslim neighbours could it now.
Edit: let me be clear.
Fuck the Iranian government and its burtal oppression of its people.
But fuck the US for making it worse.
They've said it since the '70s. Maybe instead of entrenching their theocratic dictatorship for decades they should be working towards a more collaborative and egalitarian future with their neighboring countries and cultures.
what else happened about then.....
And what happened before that? And before that? And before that? This is how all these discussions go. But you blame Israel for not "cozing up" to a regime that literally does not recognize their legitimacy and has done so for 50 years while it has also funded terror groups to attack them.
I'm sorry but there is not black and white here.
Israel has a long history of funding terrorism as well. In the 1950s, Zionists secretly performed terrorist attacks on Jewish synagogues and communities around the middle east. This was done in an effort to make them feel unsafe in Arab countries to promote migrations to the newly-formed country of Israel. Before this, Jewish people largely lived at peace alongside Muslims, as they were traditionally considered "People of the Book" due to their shared Abrahamic-religious background.
Furthermore, Netanyahu's government has a history of funding Hamas to prevent the more moderate Palestinian Authority from representing Palestinians. Up until Oct. 7, Netanyahu was funneling 35 million dollars a month to Hamas through Qatar, with over 1 billion dollars transferred in total. He would do anything to prevent a two-state solution, and was also desperate for a distraction from his 10-year long corruption investigation.
Israel has no right to exist, its a literal nazi state, fuck you for defending its existence and fuck everyone else who does so
Those are not terror proxies but freedom fighters, hope that helps
Sure, and nazis were just fighting for the freedom of the aryan race.
Ah yes, freedom fighting Shia Muslims firing unguided freedom rockets at Israeli civilians.
Note that both the Houthis and Hezbollah are Shias (hence allied with Shia Iran, in the Sunni-Shia religious cold war). And the Muslims Israel displaced from the Israel were Sunnis. So the claim of them being "freedom fighters" in the Israel-Palestine conflict is quite dubious - Yemen and Iran especially has no relation to Israel, they are just using Jews as an external enemy to blame their own shortcomings on. While of course not caring at all about China's Uighur genocide.
Lebanon: Hezbollah's rocket attacks on northern Israel must be investigated as likely war crimes
unguided freedom rockets at Israeli civilians
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