Was this outcome anticipated? If it wasn't, why not?

[kyzr]

The problem being.......“There’s hundreds and hundreds of vessels still in the Mideast Gulf,” said Matt Wright, a senior freight analyst, also at Kpler. The U.S. Navy would take “an inordinate amount of time to escort them even a few at a time.”
The normal amount of cargo ship traffic thru the strait is 100 ships a day.

Some are moving without escorts today. We'll see how it end up.

 

[berg80]

Some are moving without escorts today. We'll see how it end up.

From what I have read Iran is allowing some ships to pass for their own economic advantage. Oil bound for China for instance.

 

[berg80]

Some are moving without escorts today. We'll see how it end up.

Incredibly, that has been the regime's position as expressed by the orange brain stem from the beginning. Absent an overarching strategy, purpose, or exit plan from the war they are making it up as they go.

 

[kyzr]

Incredibly, that has been the regime's position as expressed by the orange brain stem from the beginning. Absent an overarching strategy, purpose, or exit plan from the war they are making it up as they go.

Nonsense. I've already posted the objectives several times.

 

[berg80]

Nonsense. I've already posted the objectives several times.

I've lost count. They change every day. Along with the normal chaos comes some unintended consequences. Russia says it is benefitting to the tune of $150M a day because of...........

Trump is ‘wrong’: Merz slams US decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia​

Trump is ‘wrong’: Merz slams US decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia

“We want to ensure that Russia does not exploit the war in Iran to weaken Ukraine,” the German chancellor said.

www.politico.eu

Leave it to Don to figure out a way to let his buddy Vlad benefit from the war.