It’s a sacrifice israel is willing to make.
Or Trump. In his own words he doesn't care about American citizens financial troubles at all.
One wonders if the people who hated Biden for egg prices feel any shame at all?
Hormuz closure could trigger 'agrifood shock', price crisis within a year
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#32Here are two articles Reuters wrote about how the war in Ukraine was going to do something similar in 2022[1][2]. Make of this what you will. [1] https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/FOOD/zjvqkgo... [2] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-war-ukraine-bla...
And like other articles pointed out, wealthy western countries will always just outbid poorer countries for their food. No one in Germany, Poland or the UK was going to go hungry without the grain or fertilizer from Ukraine - but it does mean we have a much tighter supply than before, and poorer countries got quite literally priced out. Combined with the reduction of foreign aid(not just by US) there is a humanitaria…
Wait a minute! Dutch people were forbidden from buying more than 2 bottles of sunflower oil for a few months!
It was my generation's 1945 winter of starvation.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/17/massie-aipac-record... It literally was. And wait till you find out you find out who Epstein et al. were working for.
It literally wasn't. It was an ouster pushed by Trump. From your own article: "Prominent pro-Israel GOP donors have funneled millions more into a super PAC stood up by President Donald Trump’s political operation" > And wait till you find out you find out who Epstein et al. were working for. Oooh, please tell me. I'm all ears.
The classic HN trope of a non-rebuttal presented as rebuttal. And you conveniently left out the link in the sentence: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/31/congress/ma...
It’s true, “MAGA KY” has Trump’s name slapped on. Like the Zionist war againt Iran. Which you clearly support.
> I'm all ears.
You’re clearly not.
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#34It’s a sacrifice israel is willing to make.
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#35The knock-on effects of a prolonged Hormuz closure will coincide nicely with those of a super El Niño, if one develops as predicted this year.
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#36It’s a sacrifice israel is willing to make.
Or Trump. In his own words he doesn't care about American citizens financial troubles at all. One wonders if the people who hated Biden for egg prices feel any shame at all?
Not really. It’s a cult.
Well there’s a handful. For them you can suggest
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#37Tough problem! Perhaps the US commentariat should listen to Thomas Friedman's wisdom and start loudly hectoring the rest of the world to step up and fix this problem.
Or we could just accept defeat and leave.
But then we might look weak! (Like Trump does every time he slouches over in his chair next to Xi Jin-Ping)
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#38Meh they said that about Ukraine as well.