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#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-18 03:14 AM
So, Iran is now saying publicly something that Pres Trump has taught them...
Trump didn't "teach" Iran anything about Straight of Hormuz they didn't already know, if you knew the history of the region, e,g,, so-called "Tanker War" happened as part of wider 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war - en.wikipedia.org
And was known long before that:
www.history.com - The Strait of Hormuz: A Timeline of Tensions | The narrow Persian Gulf waterway has been a contested choke point for centuries.
|------- 1507: Portugal Captures the Strait of Hormuz
1951: The British Blockade the Strait to Pressure Iran
1984: The 'Tanker War'
2012: More Sanctions Prompt Iranian Threats
2015-2024: Tanker Seizures and Attacks
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Iran's ambitions for nuclear weapons were born during the Iran-Iraq War, when the Iranian regime found itself increasingly isolated on the international stage. In the 2000s, Iran's contested nuclear weapons program became the target of increasingly harsh economic sanctions from the U.S. and its European allies.
In 2008, Iran threatened to seal off the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions weren't lifted, a move that U.S. authorities said would amount to an act of war. When the European Union announced a total embargo on Iranian oil in 2012, the Iranian regime once again promised to close the Strait of Hormuz, a move that would disrupt the flow of oil exports from Persian Gulf nations.
... In 2008, Iran threatened to seal off the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions weren't lifted ... U.S., France and Britain sent aircraft carriers and warships through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran didn't make good on its threat.
"There have been standoffs like this since the Iranian Revolution when the regime came into power. Iran's slogan from the very beginning was 'death to America' and 'death to Israel'..."
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The Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz may be a more potent force to face the world than Iran possessing a nuclear bomb.
You've been trying to make this apples-to-chairs comparison for a while - only a little over a month ago it was explained that these are disparate issues, with entirely different goals, purposes, permanence / timeline and geopolitical effects on the region - one is only temporary, borne of desperation (the only 'weapon' they currently have) and not sustainable, as the affected countries are already partially bypassing and building out permanent bypass pipelines and routes.
drudge.com - #26: Now Iran may be starting to realize that control of the Strait is a better way to get global attention than having a nuke. -- see the explanation re why it's nonsensical and the links about what Iran's "good neighbors" are doing to remove any dependence on shipping through Hormuz and Bab al Mandab Strait... at which point Iran will be left without any leverage (they don't have "control") over shipping routes and can't ship oil and goods themselves, hurting only their own economy.
IOW, Hormuz is a double-edged sword.
Besides that, there are verified reports of US Navy escorting some tankers through (similar to Operation Earnest Will in 1987-88), near the coast of Oman - depending on source, anywhere from 3M to 8M barrels are flowing out... though both numbers are far less than ~ 20M pre-closure and the insurance on these is much higher, thus still affecting the price of oil futures.
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So, your current trolling admits it has nada to substantiate what it posts.
Good to know.
#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 08:18 PM | Reply |
No dumbass, I'm using scripture, like Corky does... Did you slip and fall again?