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He says other nations will have to guard and police the Strait of Hormuz as necessary, after his attacks on the country prompted Iran to target vessels in the crucial world shipping lane. Mark Stone analyses the Truth Social post.

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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Even if the US retreats I hope Iran keeps that strait closed and eventually collapses all those gulf pedo-slave states.

There has to be a price for collaborating with Americans and Israelis. If you want oil and be a US ally then you'll have to rely on the US to share it's own oil with you.

[–] Zamboni_Driver 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's not closed, it's only closed to enemies of Iran.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Well closed in the sense that it's strictly controlled. Iran can rebuild by charging obscene amounts for the pleasure of trading in it's gulf.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It would be in Iran's interest to evict the United States from the gulf permanently; the punishment the Iranians must inflict should be severe enough that the US and Israel never again try to initiate an attack like this.

Thing is, can Iran understand this? In the past, their reaction against American aggression has been pretty tepid. That been said, the new Ayatollah has basically seen his family be decimated in a couple of weeks, so his response may be different this time around.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 15 hours ago

Yes, Iran understands this. Iran is in full, single-minded cancer removal mode. You beat cancer or you die.