Bruce MirkenI'm confused. We're responding to the Strait of #Hormuz being blocked with... a blockade????
Huskify
Cykonot@BruceMirken lifting sanctions just to blockade their blockade.
5d chess 🤡
Michael Gemar@BruceMirken “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.”
@michaelgemar How did that work out the first time? 🤣
@BruceMirken Well, not so great for Bến Tre.
08/15 R.I.P. Natenom🖤Trump is a genius!
Sean LynchSomeone is playing 3-dimentia checkers here!
Stéphane Charette 🇨🇦@BruceMirken But only until this evening, when he'll change his mind again and we go back to wanting the straight opened.
Unless he rolls a 6, in which case it gets closed again.
Until tomorrow, when ... etc.
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@BruceMirken It does take a special genius...😜
Jane@BruceMirken double negative makes a positive, duh
Lee@BruceMirken It's about grift. Trump and JDVance want a cut of the 'safe passage' extortion fees and Iran doesn't want to give it to them.
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦@BruceMirken @crispius "You can't fire me, I quit!"
Kristaps Liepins@BruceMirken There is some logic to it, because the Iranians need the strait to export their crude oil as well.
@BruceMirken I guess...?
@useravoiding It's also a war crime because it targets Iran's civilian economy, not Its military -- not that Trump cares about such things. But it's already added $8 a barrel to the price of oil, meaning gas and diesel -- and, pretty soon, nearly everything -- will be more expensive.
@BruceMirken True. But that doesn't stop the orange raper. He's probably getting rich from the high oil prices, because it seems it's the only thing he really cares about.
@useravoiding True. Moral or ethical considerations never enter his dark and shriveled soul.