Originally Posted by
Excargodog
I’m thinking the timing of this pseudo ceasefire correlates pretty well with the time necessary to get the remaining Marine Expeditionary Unit and the 82nd airborne into position. I think Iran is about to lose possession of a number of islands - perhaps permanently. The big loser? China. They buy the vast majority of Iran’s oil - as much as 1.4 million barrels a day prior to the war.
As repeated many times here and elsewhere; oil is a global commodity. You take a big chunk out of circulation, we all pay more. Short of the U.S. banning oil exports & nationalizing our own industry to include recalibrating our refineries or building new ones to use our own oil (not happening anytime soon), taking that oil off market will hurt everyone. The reason we de-sanctioned Iranian and Russian oil in the middle of a war was to put downward pressure on prices that were quickly becoming untenable. As usual, these issues are far more complex than an evening news sound bite or even a 3hr podcast hosted by a UFC fighter can convey.