I don't doubt there are reasons to bomb rail bridges outside preparing for a ground invasion. But ... #HormuzClosed
I feel like we're exceedingly calm about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. #HormuzClosed
Because Trump's speech revealed essentially nothing and signaled no change in direction I think there *ought* to be a steady drumbeat of US allies picking up steam lobbying Trump to agree to a surrender to reopen the Strait to all shipping. #HormuzClosed
Given current events there's clearly a set of countries that are consuming more oil than they receive while the Hormuz is closed to certain ships. And I'd assume there's a "day 0" for each where they run out of strategic reserves. But I feel like we don't have a great handle on that. #HormuzClosed
Regular trading hours close in a bit over an hour and I'm not gonna lie I'm kinda anxious. #HormuzClosed
An X post from Admiral Mike Franken: Mr President, Do not! Please! Do not put a detachment ashore in Iran. Every wargame ends badly for the invasion force, Iran's civilians, and the world's economy. It is a quagmire without end. Call victory and leave.
*Republican voice* But this Admiral ran as a Democrat, opinion discarded.
(Seen on Central Committee)
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Ok, finally someone that has what appears to me to be a reasonably calibrated response. #HormuzClosed
I know it's a stretch, but has anyone told Trump about the Haber-Bosch process? #HormuzClosed
I feel like we're exceedingly calm about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. #HormuzClosed
Oil and natural gas supplies in the Middle East halted by Iran war. Strait of Hormuz closed, stock prices dropped sharply. We told you so. Sell those stocks. Buy oil now for big profits later. Take action now. It saves misery and chaos. #news #stocks #IranWar #Iran #HormuzClosed
It doesn't really hinge on this event but it feels more and more like there's no intent to install a puppet government or rule over Iran and only an intent to cause the state to fail. #HormuzClosed
My understanding of the strategic purpose of capturing Kharg island would be, supposedly, to strangle the IRGC's funding source. But that feels like a pure attrition play given it's on the wrong side of the Hormuz. And in a game of attrition I would bet on Iran over the West.
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I feel like the leader of the aggressor power in a war saying the war ends "When I feel it in my bones" is really tempting fate. #HormuzClosed
One thing I worry about is that those oil tankers bound for China become too much of an attractive nuisance. It's already US policy to pilfer "the shadow fleet". #HormuzClosed
God damn, he looks like he's seen a ghost. #HormuzClosed
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Sounds like this would be a great Summer to not have elevated energy prices. #HormuzClosed