Originally Posted by
Hubcapped
this is the kicker. Im still genuinely confused where these pro war (prob anti war during the election but hypocrisy aside) think this war is going. Iran CONTROLS the straight. Period. Full stop. Theyve been goaded into a eureka strategic windfall moment of realizing that they can apply pressure anytime they want with almost zero (relative) monetary cost.
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Huh? Iran is losing $450 MILLION per DAY… And their storage tanks are about to fill, requiring them to shut down production.
That doesn’t even begin to tally the billions in infrastructure and military losses from the kinetic campaign.
I’m not arguing for, or against. But the bolded is clearly demonstrably untrue.