In comments to NBC News, US presidents also deflates hope of deal with Tehran, saying ‘terms aren’t good enough’

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    That would be super fucking stupid. No better way to make sure Iran mines the strait. Right now they still need it to export oil. You know the orange one’s advisors explained this to him because they didn’t target the oil infrastructure on the first bombardment, but he’s like Chekov’s dumbass: Any bad idea put in his head in the first act must be acted upon by the third.

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      It would prevent Iran from mining the straight for weeks, maybe months, because the gulf would be on fire for a while.

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    I heard him talk about the war the other day, it’s so disgusting. He’s gloating. He’s saying the dumbest shit. He’s happy 🤮

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      They’re talking big talk, but sending in 2000 marines isn’t going to do much. Iran can play whack a mole while they wait out the clock. It’s a huge mountainous country and they only need to hit one ship in the strait to cause havoc.

      Trump’s already had the gall to look around for allies to help in the strait after his year long backstabbing tour. Iran’s upped their demands because they smell blood in the water and they just need to draw things out.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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        after his year long backstabbing tour.

        It’s wild that someone with his status hasn’t figured out that maybe we shouldn’t bully every single country in the world, if only out of self-preservation and our own self-interest.

        I really hate that we as a people no longer care if our presidents have functioning brains.

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        Those numbers at most would be suitable for taking a small island such as Kharg if he desperately wants a media victory.
        But that would be another gigantic mistake and suicide for all of them since they are sitting ducks for Iranian artillery and missiles.
        There’s no way they will be taken out to make it safe.
        Going into Iran itself is totally out of the question, it would take 2 million and a shitton of weapons of every kind.
        They already can’t keep up with this situation and having all their bases and radars in all the vassal states destroyed.
        Guaranteed defeat and 100000’s of dead invaders.

      • apftwb@lemmy.world
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        Trump’s already had the gall to look around for allies to help in the strait after his year long backstabbing tour

        Hey guys, anyone want to start WW3 on my side? Our power has been checked by Iran and we could really use some help. But also we don’t need your help. UK? Canada?.. Japan?.. China? I know your ships have free passage, but It would make really fun headlines if you helped me.

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          Can’t believe how these turncoat politicians act.
          In the same speech Macron, the US bootlicker is ranting about evil Russia in Ukraine and 5 minutes later saying it’s a good idea to have a deal with them to supply oil.

          Hey we have this other problem now, can we put our little war on hold and be friends? We’ll get right back to sanctioning your oil, pirating ships and arming ukraine in a minute, promisse!

          Completely insane.

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    ok sure lots of people would suffer and die but driving what’s left of the oil market deeper into the crater to the benefit of absolutely nobody would be pretty funny

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        sure, I agree in the abstract, but in practice, blowing up Kharg Island would be an unprecedented ecological disaster, as well as guaranteeing the strait of Hormuz can’t be reopened any time over the next however long it’d take to clean up.
        Unfortunately, the global economy is extremely dependent on the use of oil for shipping, including for food, medicines and the machinery required to make a modern life livable, so like I said, lots of people would suffer and die for no good reason if this were to actually happen. So yeah, it probably will, given this timeline.

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      let’s get with reality here. he’s never going to see the inside of a prison cell.

      he’s going to die before anything happens.

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      The fact that people die on-site is likely the worse part. Unless a rising oil price causes people to die elsewhere.

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      The next article I’d love to read is entitled “Blood clot disrupts circulatory system of tangerine wannabe dictator ‘for fun’; Trump dead at 79”

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      We always have been. The 1st time there were people who would say no and explain why. Now we have “yes men” just agreeing with every smooth, mushy -brained idea that come out

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    Trump is making an excellent case for investing far more into renewables and phasing out oil, at least for energy

    Something that I would have said was obvious for decades, that renewables is a matter of national security almost, but you know, people are stubborn

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      I remember these discussions being had in the 90’s, and the excuse was always: “But it’ll cost a lot and take decades.”

      And now here we are. Decades.

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    Trump hikes Americans’ (Democrats and Republicans alike) cost of living “just for fun”.

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      He’ll just lie to his cult and tell them that gas is under $2 a gallon…like he’s been doing for months…they’ll believe him and continue to support him - even as they pay over $3 at the pump - “it MUST be $2 SOMEWHERE…duh president wouldn’t, lie - he’s a gud Christian man!” It’s back over $3 a gallon in Charlotte, NC and we’re considered relatively cheap here. The economy has NEVER gotten better, but ask any Republicans and they’ll tell you how wonderful life is under Rump!

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    For the first time ever, the orange child rapist is doing something good: he’s convincing people to switch to EVs at a rate nobody ever did. Seeing gas prices skyrocket has changed the mind of more coworkers to buy an EV as the next car than anything else. So… thanks, I guess?

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      There’s a part of me that wants to believe that Trump is basically a double agent meant to be so blatantly corrupt and awful, taking advantage of every system in the US, that it finally wakes the US up and to realize how fucking awful everything actually is, almost like penetration testing.

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        In his first term I liked to think that he was actually Andy Kaufman in a fat suit. That he’d faked his death and this was his Gesamtkunstwerk.

        It would have been legitimately on brand, and as a punchline being “humanity is fucking stupid you’re all fucked,” would be hysterical.

        Alas…