the venezuelan tanker seizures were done because they were internationally illegal.

But you don't know that and want to keep poking me about a topic that i've been posting videos explaining for the last couple weeks.

Who do you think polices aprox 80% of international waters in the world?

im not trying to poke at you , just having an open and honest discussion

there are a lot of things the US military can do, or can try to do, but to say the US is 'letting' tankers pass through solely based on the fact that we arent seizing them is a crazy Imperialist re-framing of the truth

as you can probably guess I am anti-war and anti USA Imperialism because we have enough fuckin problems at home that the money can be used towards . why waste trillions playing world police when half of your citizens have less than 800 saved for emergencies and less than half of that can afford a house

the US military industrial complex PISSES ME OFF!

This post was edited by gnarjay on Mar 18 2026 09:12pm

Militarily USA beat Iran

But they dropped the ball hard on shipping and we're seeing the global ramifications of that.

Shipping should have been a top priority the same day the war started.

This post was edited by Mondain on Mar 18 2026 09:20pm

USA has the most powerful Navy and Persian Gulf is a deaend in through the strait. No boat moves through the region without US approval.

The idea that Iran has advanced control over their maritime minefield as more of their decentralized heads are decapitated is comical. It's a shoddy low cost sea trap that fishing boats can rig.

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Ultimately I predict many of the NATO Nations will be assisting in securing that shipping lane. It would be self-deprecating if they don't. Makes sense to take a couple days to play interference, do some political jockeying, while the troops move. The Starmer double speak weak cuck pose.

As for US boots on the ground. Absolutely won't happen at this point. My 5.01fg that's nonsense speculation outside of a galvanizing event. Such as major domestic terrorism attack that's against US citizens.

This post was edited by RedFromWinter on Mar 19 2026 03:53am

On reading the above, with Brevity:

The US and Israel are bombing Iran for weeks now. In response, Iran has retaliated by effectively shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. This is one of the key reasons while Oil prices continue to rise. i.e. a supply issue. Shipping traffic has collapsed to near zero due to attacks and threats. Threats in and of themselves are sufficient to halt all shipping. This is being described as one of the biggest energy disruptions in modern history. To really spell it out: If the United Stated had a 150,000 men stationed at the Strait of Hormuz, Iran would still have the ability to do all of the above. The US does not and can not guarantee safe passage, and it is emerging that the US does not have any credible plan to deal with this, and apparently they thought the war would be over before this became an issue. The US IS sending troops to the straight but the numbers mentioned are too low. it remains to be seen what this will achieve.

Guys yes, the US has the most powerful army in the world, and has the greatest reach the planet has ever seen. nevertheless it can not control this area. Size of Army/Fleet does not determine control. Control is determined by the party that can safely allow shipping. Iran has control of that. A road isn’t controlled by the strongest army nearby. It’s controlled by whoever can make it usable — or unusable.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 19 2026 07:44am

In all of this its astounding how little emphasis is placed on Israel for being a key driver and constant escalating force in this. You read western headlines and they are dominated by framing placing the blame for higher oil, for markets tanking on Iran.

Look at this latest escalation:

>Israel strikes key Iranian gas field
>Iran retaliates against targets it can actually hit in Qatar's Ras Laffan

Western MSM: initial Israeli escalation is just a throw away detail buried in paragraph 3, while emphasis is on Iran's actions.

At what point does the world put some reins on Israel here? Aside from meaningless condemnations there has to be tangible pressure to stop the escalation cycle. You have physical spot oil barrels trading at $150-160+ which means that a significant portion of the globe's poor in east Africa, part of Asia are literally going to start going hungry. There's already some stories of shortages in places like India, Bangladesh, etc.

Name a country other than Iran that militarily strikes non-aggressing regional countries when struck.

Framing that doesn't really understand the dynamics of this conflict. You're asking why Irans IRGC wont just lay down and die? The GCC countries are not innocent bystanders here, they host US bases, let Israel/US use their airspace to strike Iran, and so on. But really the bigger point is Iran's only means of survival is inflicting max pain on the GCC and as a result of commodity disruption, the whole world. That's why they are striking them. The US wants a sandbox war until it wipes out Iran, Iran is hanging on by the only thread they have to prevent this.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Mar 19 2026 07:53am

Not asking anything.

There was a period at the end of my statement.

This post was edited by Mondain on Mar 19 2026 07:56am

By the same measure, name a country that killed over 1 million children and whose secretary of state said it was worth it. Or its former UN ambassador who signed 2,000-lb bombs that were dropped on Gaza, killing 70,000+ people. Or whose president orders the kidnapping and assassination of other countries’ leaders and bombs a country ‘for fun.’ Name a country that tariffs the world, starts fires everywhere, brings us to the brink of nuclear war, threatens allies, while at the same time 50% of the country hates the other 50%. The US went on an adventure in Iran, they started in 1953 when they destroyed its democracy, and now they are back at it again. There is shit all over the region as a consequence. The region, and the world would be doing just fine if said country did not start all this crap.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 19 2026 08:45am