Wow. You really are that brain damaged. And similar idiots upvote you.

The mullahs of Iran literally killed tens of thousands of their own citizens for protesting. Recently. They are the fascists. Just a little remedial reality lesson for you.

What? Expensive? Since when is expense a priority over Planet Saving? Just stop with your planet wrecking planes. This jet fuel supply problem is a good thing: think of all the CO2 particles Europe won't be emitting!

So? Isn't Europe full of planet saving trains, unlike stupid 'murika? What's the problem?

Add that to the list of benefits that come from all this.

That's over now. And thank fucking Christ. America still leading the way for the Western world.

Now, Europe needs to be enlightened to the path. No more pretending equivalence of kleptocracies and theocracies and commie dictatorships. No more fake neutrality. No more hiding behind the US umbrella while pretending the umbrella doesn't exist. Sounds like a excellent change, and Europe should be dragged kicking and screaming into this new day.

If you use more than you produce, you are going to run into shortages.

The rest of the world can produce enough oil to make up for the oil lost in the straits, but they can't ramp up quickly. It would take years.

btw the biggest fear right now is that Pakistan might give nuclear missiles to Iran. It's something they've talked about in the past, and if I were Iran, I would be using all my persuasive power to get one from Pakistan.

If the missile works, if the missile still exists, if it gets past missile defenses, if mine sweepers don't clear up the mines, etc.

A treaty needs to be ratified by the senate to be legally binding.

Note that Ukraine has caught on to this trick, and is now insisting that any defense treaty make it through congress. Earlier we promised to help Ukraine, but the Budepest Memorandum wasn't ratified by congress.

The Iraq war only affected Iraq.

Closing the straights affects oil from Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.

As an American, I'm still just hoping we don't end the Trump presidency in WW3.

The real question is, how will the government abuse this?

We've seen that every time we give the government power, they abuse it. This will be the same.

This would not be a problem if it weren't for war.

We should work towards world peace.

If your point is that vaping is bad, ok, I can agree with that.

If your point is that cigarettes are better than vaping, no you are wrong. Smoking is much worse. The mechanism is well understood.

Switching to vape from cigarettes will give you immediate health improvements. If a dermal patch works for you, then do that. If vape works for you, then do that. But stop the cigarettes.

Paul Ehrlich, is that you? Noel Brown? Well, perhaps a Polymarket bet will open up and you can put some money on that bet (and lose it). I'm with the PP, this is bullshit. They'll be flying around like it's fucking free in 6 weeks no matter what happens in The Strait. I say you can throw this prediction in with "There will be no more sea ice" or "Africa will be depopulated by starvation" or my favorite "entire nations will be wiped out by sea level rise by 2000".