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Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by WickyNilliams »

rkomorn wrote: post #219
WickyNilliams wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

B-b-but the bananas, and the bureaucrats!! What's particularly amazing about Brexit is that many of its chief architects have not been shamed or exiled from society for spinning a yarn that fell apart when confronted with the smallest slither of reality. No, instead, the primary advocate may very well be our next prime minister.

A slither of reality sounds snaky... and I ended up googling it and Google AI convincingly says both that it exists and also that it is confused with "sliver of reality", and its examples of "slither of reality" point to pages that use "sliver" instead. What a time to be alive.

Oh lol. Good catch. Wrote that with my morning coffee in hand where it appears my brain was still asleep

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by nickserv »

watwut wrote: post #26
Jensson wrote: post #15

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What are on about now? France explicitely and vocally refused to enter the war. That is why their tanker passed.

Given French companies' past activities, a sizeable under the table payment from CMA CGM wouldn't surprise me.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by nickserv »

ceejayoz wrote: post #147
Jensson wrote: post #15

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> France and Japan never distanced themselves from USA here. Trump sure seems to think France did. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/trump-attacks-uk-france-x-po... "President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned the U.K. and France that the U.S. “won’t be there to help you anymore,” as he vented his frustration over the close allies’ refusal to join military action against Iran."

Which is strange given a lot of US airpower is flying out of UK airbases.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by OneMorePerson »

swarnie wrote: post #32
e2le wrote: post #16

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We are 1 Year and 3 months into this current administration, 2 years and 9 months remain. Despite the short period in office, so much damage and chaos has being caused by one individual and the sycophants who surround him. It is a fact that the reputation of the USA has being damaged, perhaps not repairable for decades or more. This will have consequences. Perhaps, I hope, Americans will take action to save the democ…

> 2 years and 9 months remain You think. Peaceful transfers of power are always tricky in younger democracies.

Honest question, which modern democracies (there's been a few different forms) besides the UK are older than the US?

The word younger is implying to me that US would be considered the youngest in a list of current democracies, which I wasn't aware of.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by jjtwixman »

ted_bunny wrote: post #220
jjtwixman wrote: post #213

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But Trump was even more egregiously poor. That’s what Americans don’t seem to understand. They’ve revealed to the whole world that they are a retarded people.

Well, revealed it even more. All they had to do was put a little daylight between their platforms. Show that they believe in something different. But that is not their role in the Ratchet Effect.

I don’t think it’s helpful to treat the American people like children and do silly things like blame the democrats for Trump, especially for a people that is usually so obsessed with personal responsibility. The Americans voted for the retarded senile paedophile and they got him. It says something truly awful about the American people, mind, but personal responsibility extends to the political sphere, too, not just the private or economic one.

The American people are to blame for Trump. They got what they voted for.

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Post by morgoo »

Jensson wrote: post #23
zzzeek wrote: post #3

The US , when finally back in control by reasonable adults, will need to offer great concessions to Iran in order to extricate from the effects of a disastrous, illegal (both from a US as well as an intentional standpoint) and of course, completely, utterly failed war. And it might be just that Iran gets to be a permanent toll collector for the global economy.

> The US , when finally back in control by reasonable adults Betting says next president will be Gavin Newsom or JD Vance or Marco Rubio, so I wouldn't bet on that happening anytime soon. It is weird how so bad people bubble up in american politics.

We're 2 1/2 years away from the next election...

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by nozzlegear »

faizmokh wrote: post #206
nozzlegear wrote: post #22

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> Obama blew up as many kids using drones as Trump put into cages. Obama didn't deliberately target kids using drones.

He is bruh. Just because he apologized or worded it differently doesn't mean it's okay.

What?

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by rsynnott »

Jensson wrote: post #23
zzzeek wrote: post #3

The US , when finally back in control by reasonable adults, will need to offer great concessions to Iran in order to extricate from the effects of a disastrous, illegal (both from a US as well as an intentional standpoint) and of course, completely, utterly failed war. And it might be just that Iran gets to be a permanent toll collector for the global economy.

> The US , when finally back in control by reasonable adults Betting says next president will be Gavin Newsom or JD Vance or Marco Rubio, so I wouldn't bet on that happening anytime soon. It is weird how so bad people bubble up in american politics.

I flatly refuse to believe that people will vote for _JD Vance_. Trump, like him or loathe him (I’d be firmly in the ‘loathe’ camp) has a style/personality which is appealing to some people. Vance, by contrast, is a non-entity.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by nozzlegear »

feb012025 wrote: post #160
nozzlegear wrote: post #18

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Never is a long time. Look at where Germany was after both WWI and WWII, and where it is now; it's demonstrably possible to cause irreparable damage to everyone around you, and then rise back to the top (multiple times!). The only questions are timeline and scale.

Look at where Germany is now? They're a total non-player on the world stage. They completely kowtow to the US. Hardly a good example

> They're a total non-player on the world stage.

It's the biggest economy in Europe and the de facto "head country" of the EU.

Re: Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz

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Post by xphos »

soared wrote: post #10

This seems like one of the first very clear indications that separating your country from the US can be beneficial. The first stone unturned - will we see more countries aligning with other powers?

I like the progress but I think the article oversell the hope here. Its not about getting to 10s of crossings a day. The previous volume of ships was 130-140 per day. If the capacity of the strait is down +90% their is going to be long lasting problems. I've seen as many as 3 million of the ~20 million barrals might be getting through. The 17m/day deficit has to come from somewhere i.e more coal or increased oil prices or reduced World GDP by reduced production/consumption.

Also Iran's leverage is in the reduced world volume. If they allow 110 Ships to go through but block the 20 american-aligned (vastly over stated US-bound ships are not anywhere near 20/day). Than the problem for the US is minimized because that would stablize oil prices a reduction of 2% of the world supply might be managable 20% is very hard to make up. Being seperated from the US does not = safety because Iran's leverage is the world shock that will effect the US last. The US is net exporter of Oil. They also import a ton of oil from other nations though due to the Jones act (temporarily on hold). Oil is a world market if cheap oil flows Iran's leverage is gone.

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