Hänzi Pōtter1d ago
I think it's worth looking into, if #USA ground #troops would operate from #pakistan to "invade" #iran as part of efforts to open #StraitOfHormuz. #usa military would operate close to #gwadar port which would conveniently disrupt the #pakistan #china economic corridor (reduce #oil transit to #china from 12k km by sea, to 3k km by land). this would be similar to #british #empire occupation of #basra in #iraq to cut #Berlin #Baghdad #rail, which eventually triggered WW1
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@hszakher

So they would be asking Pakistan to let them operate from their territory in order to disrupt their economy? Doesn't soung credible

Mar 28 at 2:03pmWeb
Show threadHänzi Pōtter1d ago
@gotofritz of course if #USA would simply go to #pakistan and ask them to disrupt their economy, pakistan would probably refuse (!). but what if USA handled Pakistan the same way it handled the #gulf countries in desert storm/ #Kuwait liberation operations 1990s to allow US #military to have temporary (!) bases for the operations. the fact that, US would have 10ks of forces on that side, with all that firepower can already be a significant threat to the corridor, if/when US decides to cease it.