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the USA is not agreement capable
Yep. In Russian, there is even a long word that means 'not agreement capable' (недоговороспособный) that is used to describe Washington, lol.
Y'know, I really didn't like the idea of weaponizing civilian vessels, but China has been cooking...
So maybe we just see how this plays out?
I predicted they would start doing this after Venezuela, but I thought they would focus efforts more around the straights of Malacca back then.
Very funny of them to understand that the instability of global shipping is caused by this war that they started, because they are unable to stop Iran blockading the strait, so they'll just make the whole situation even more uncertain and unpredictable by just committing acts of piracy. That'll certainly stabilise the market!
Ship is named as "Toska", which has an interesting meaning in Russian. It says the ship is Iranian, so maybe there is a different meaning for this word in Farsi?
Has there ever been a double blockade like this in history? It is rather strange. Iran is controlling traffic in and out of the Strait, while the US appears to be attempting to do something similar for the entire Sea of Oman. Another one of the strategically dubious 5th-dimensional chess moves from the crumbling empire. Trying to consider what remains of an escalation ladder for each side at this point.
If Iran could figure out a way to disable Truth Social for a week or two, that would be pretty funny.
Or maybe introduce a new feature where accounts all post documents from the epstein files every so often.
Handala Hack, I believe in you!
Hey so what happens when the US becomes a pariah superpower? Asking on behalf of a friend who was too dumb to emigrate.
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