Massive Failure in Iran

[kyzr]

No, it's stupid, because there's no reason to blockade Iran.
Especially when the Iranians now realize they can close the strait and return the favor.
So your Orange Führer is now desperately looking for an agreement.

Blockading Iran starves them of revenue. A government can't function without income.
Iran only closed the strait because we and our "allies" didn't follow thru with Project Freedom escorting tankers thru and shooting down Iran's attacks.

You mean at a time when were desperate to keep the flow of goods coming?
(950K bbls isn't that much, actually.)

Like now. We're filling up tankers not going thru Hormuz:

U.S. tanker activity:
MarineTraffic data shows at least 121 empty oil tankers are currently steaming toward U.S. waters, with 68 of them being Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) capable of carrying up to 2 million barrels each energynewsbeat.co. While not all of these are from Hormuz, the surge in U.S. loading coincides with the Hormuz bottleneck, and many of the vessels are likely to be from the region.

 

[Ringo]

 

[JoeB131]

Blockading Iran starves them of revenue. A government can't function without income.
Iran only closed the strait because we and our "allies" didn't follow thru with Project Freedom escorting tankers thru and shooting down Iran's attacks.

Our allies have no obligation to fix Trump's screwups.

Like now. We're filling up tankers not going thru Hormuz:

U.S. tanker activity:
MarineTraffic data shows at least 121 empty oil tankers are currently steaming toward U.S. waters, with 68 of them being Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) capable of carrying up to 2 million barrels each energynewsbeat.co. While not all of these are from Hormuz, the surge in U.S. loading coincides with the Hormuz bottleneck, and many of the vessels are likely to be from the region.

Right. They are filling them up with oil from the Strategic Oil reserve.

When that runs out, Trump is going to be truly screwed.