So, six or more countries are all going unite to start a war with the USA killing Americans and sinking their vessels for the USA merely stopping a few tankers at sea whom are operating against lawful sanctions?
Not necessarily. First of all, they will create their own sanction lists. Second - they will give letters of marque to private companies for seizure of American ships. And only then, they will use military ships (including auxiliary cruisers, made of civilian ships and disguise as them) under their own flags to attack US civilian ships. And, taking the wider picture, it is just the twentieth step on the escalation ladder (by Herman Kahn), and last of non-nuclear. Twenty-first is a demonstrative nuclear strike. (If all sides play by book).
Good one.
Here's a thought: if any of them need oil that bad, just give Trump a call and he will sell you all the oil you need.
First of all, it is not just about oil (as Ukraine is not about gas, amber or rare earths). Second one - it was a threat of oil embargo, that forced Japan to attack the USA back in 1941.
Let's play a game. There is a nuclear blast over Chicago. What you can say certain - it's yield is 10 Mt (and, therefore it is definitely not a regular Russian or Chines bomb) its height is about 5 km over earth surface. No radioactive fallouts, but the whole agglomeration is destroyed. 9 mln killed and injured. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and others started mobilisation and evacuation. Latinoamerican gangs started civilian disturbance and attacks against Federal government, white supematists, law enforcement units (mostly in Republican controlled areas). After four hours, your experts told you something like this: It is not a regular bomb (you already know it), with 80% probability it was made from Japanese Plutonium (rectified by unknown, but probably South Korean developed process), with 70% probability its Uranium was mined in East Germany, and rectified in France or Russia. FBI believes that Venezuela's (and some others) carthels were somehow linked with it, because their members left Chicago few hours before the burst.
Russia and China already have their nuclear forces cocked and loaded, and in less than one day they'll finish partial evacuation and sheltering of their cities. And they say you calm down, and don't attack Venezuela before international investigation is ended. For start of the investigation they suggest all SSBNs (of all sides) to surface and turn on geoposition services (which would significantly decrease US capability to retaliate, if Russia and China decide to attack first). Or you can try to attack their cities first, before they finished evacuation. You are not prepared to commit really effective counter-force strike right now. Oversimplificating, you have a choice - surrender, murder-suicide or wait.
What actions would you prefer?
