Middle East Defence & Security

[rsemmes]

The US has a plan... Removing sanctions, to everyone.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/removing-sanctions-iran-oil-will-bring-supplies-into-ports-us-energy-secretary-2026-03-20/

Maybe he could impose tariffs on Netanyahu, afterwards, for being naughty...

 

[Arji]

Won't it be awkward if the US removed sanction on Iranian Oil only for the Israeli to bomb Iranian Oil infrastructure after.

 

[Redshift]

Truly shocking. Apparently we're also only now learning that Iran is located right next to a major shipping artery chokepoint where it has the ability to disrupt global trade. This is definitely an unprecedented state of affairs. I can only wonder how Iran managed to quietly move their entire landmass to this crucial position without anyone noticing.

One very famous pro Brexit government MP in the UK expressed surprise at how much trade came through Dover from France , I mean would have thought the English channel was a major source of trade, I mean it's only been in use for a couple of thousand years

 

[hauritz]

For those thinking that ground forces could be inserted on the Iranian side of the Strait of Hormuz. Apparantly this is pretty typical of the sort of coastline they would encounter.

 

[KipPotapych]

What does it even mean “to put boots on the ground to take control of Hormuz”?

 

[swerve]

One very famous pro Brexit government MP in the UK expressed surprise at how much trade came through Dover from France , I mean would have thought the English channel was a major source of trade, I mean it's only been in use for a couple of thousand years

He's now in the Reform (read xenophobic, racist) party.

The really mind-blowing thing about what he said about Dover was that he seemed unaware of how it would be seen. He was so ignorant that he didn't have any idea how ignorant he was. And the Tories made him a government minister - four times!