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minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up106·12 days agoIran is going to close the Straight of Hormuz. There goes the worlds economy. 25% of the worlds oil runs through there.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·12 days agoAnd then the Trump will invade Iran to open it citing it must remain open.
minus-squareBoddhisatva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·12 days agoShhhh! That’s supposed to be a secret plan!
minus-squareshplane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoNo worries, I already read it from their Signal chat
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·12 days agoI still don’t see that happening. Trump likes his popularity too much. Like, he’ll nuke Iran before he ever puts boots on the ground.
minus-squareAirowird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoHe’s dying to use a nuke, just to put his name in history books.
minus-squaretorrentialgrain@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoYou don’t need to invade to do that.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·12 days agoThey may try. There would be more than just the US and Israel bombing them if that happened, you just don’t fuck with international trade.
minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·12 days agoWell, yeah. It wouldn’t be WW3 without more dance partners.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoWho’s going to back up Iran though? Maybe the houthis, but they barely count.
minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·12 days agoRussia and China both have defense treaties with Iran.
minus-squareCarmakazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·12 days agoRussia probably isn’t much of a concern right now. China…we wouldn’t overextend a conflict to the point where China gets involved, right? …Not again? …For the third time?
minus-squarevoodooattack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 days agoExcept it won’t even be a proxy war since the US just struck directly
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agorussia does need a stable iran, for its drone deliveries. china provides iran with huwei tech.
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI expect China wouldn’t be happy about the Straight of Hormus being closed though.
minus-squareTransplantedSconie@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThey won’t be happy watching the dollar crash and the worlds economy being replaced by BRICS and finally being rid of the US as money police?
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI may be wrong but I think China needs that straight open, mayb3 even more than the US do.
minus-squareBreezy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·12 days agoPakistan, and they have nukes.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agochina helped them developed it in the cold war, as a buffer to india.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-212 days agoMuch of it is from Iran and destined for China. They won’t stop those exports.
Iran is going to close the Straight of Hormuz.
There goes the worlds economy.
25% of the worlds oil runs through there.
And then the Trump will invade Iran to open it citing it must remain open.
Shhhh! That’s supposed to be a secret plan!
No worries, I already read it from their Signal chat
I still don’t see that happening. Trump likes his popularity too much.
Like, he’ll nuke Iran before he ever puts boots on the ground.
He’s dying to use a nuke, just to put his name in history books.
You don’t need to invade to do that.
They may try.
There would be more than just the US and Israel bombing them if that happened, you just don’t fuck with international trade.
Well, yeah. It wouldn’t be WW3 without more dance partners.
Who’s going to back up Iran though? Maybe the houthis, but they barely count.
Russia and China both have defense treaties with Iran.
Russia probably isn’t much of a concern right now.
China…we wouldn’t overextend a conflict to the point where China gets involved, right? …Not again? …For the third time?
Except it won’t even be a proxy war since the US just struck directly
russia does need a stable iran, for its drone deliveries. china provides iran with huwei tech.
I expect China wouldn’t be happy about the Straight of Hormus being closed though.
They won’t be happy watching the dollar crash and the worlds economy being replaced by BRICS and finally being rid of the US as money police?
I may be wrong but I think China needs that straight open, mayb3 even more than the US do.
Pakistan, and they have nukes.
china helped them developed it in the cold war, as a buffer to india.
Much of it is from Iran and destined for China. They won’t stop those exports.