• circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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    For those confused, they’re basically saying that if America tries to seize any of its Islands, or attack its coast, they won’t just close the strait, they will mine the entire Persian Gulf, which has many ships currently loitering waiting for the straight to open.

    They also claim to have mines that they can simply drop from their own coastline, which will then subsequently travel into the the Gulf. Which is entirely plausible.

    The environmental damage will be catastrophic from all of the blown up oil tankers still in the Gulf, and those oil tankers are not easily replaceable for the shipping companies, so even more medium term economic damage will be added to the pile as a result.

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      Dang, they’ve really been preparing for this for a while, haven’t they. A lot more than I can say for the Trump administration.

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      Thanks Israel!

      The entire human race has to pay for their entitlement. I can see why they’ve been persecuted throughout history!

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        I can see why they’ve been persecuted throughout history!

        The irony is that you’re parroting Israeli propaganda by conflating Zionism with Judaism.

        The state of Israel thanks you for your service and doing the work of Hasbara for them.