Economic Impacts of Iran War
03-13-2026 | 12:27 PM
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Or perhaps automatically move politically fraught discussions to Hangar Talk?
Atsomoto is correct. EVERYTHING involving people is political.
I use techniques used by writers in the former communist controlled countries. Write something with an oblique reference and rely on the reader to make correlations so as to understand what and whom is actually being refered to.
It is a method that has its limitations.
03-13-2026 | 01:12 PM
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Perhaps it's time to revise the TOS? ( which I have never read)
Or perhaps automatically move politically fraught discussions to Hangar Talk?
Atsomoto is correct. EVERYTHING involving people is political.
I use techniques used by writers in the former communist controlled countries. Write something with an oblique reference and rely on the reader to make correlations so as to understand what and whom is actually being refered to.
It is a method that has its limitations.
Or perhaps automatically move politically fraught discussions to Hangar Talk?
Atsomoto is correct. EVERYTHING involving people is political.
I use techniques used by writers in the former communist controlled countries. Write something with an oblique reference and rely on the reader to make correlations so as to understand what and whom is actually being refered to.
It is a method that has its limitations.
Again, partisan politics are off limits, and will get posts deleted, infracted, account time-outs, and/or threads closed. APC is not the place for it.
03-13-2026 | 01:12 PM
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Perhaps it's time to revise the TOS? ( which I have never read)
Or perhaps automatically move politically fraught discussions to Hangar Talk?
Atsomoto is correct. EVERYTHING involving people is political.
I use techniques used by writers in the former communist controlled countries. Write something with an oblique reference and rely on the reader to make correlations so as to understand what and whom is actually being refered to.
It is a method that has its limitations.
Or perhaps automatically move politically fraught discussions to Hangar Talk?
Atsomoto is correct. EVERYTHING involving people is political.
I use techniques used by writers in the former communist controlled countries. Write something with an oblique reference and rely on the reader to make correlations so as to understand what and whom is actually being refered to.
It is a method that has its limitations.
03-13-2026 | 01:13 PM
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03-13-2026 | 03:47 PM
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I haven’t really been following the longer term discussions on the Jones Act, but a permanent repeal would be a huge detriment to our maritime capability.
03-13-2026 | 04:04 PM
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/oped...s-china-525576
An excerpt:
Once a dominant global maritime power, the United States today operates a commercial fleet of fewer than 80 ocean-going vessels under the U.S. flag engaged in international trade — a startling figure compared to China’s rapidly expanding commercial fleet of over 5,500 ships. While China aggressively invests in shipbuilding, port infrastructure, and international shipping dominance, the U.S. fleet has withered due to decades of policy neglect, cost disadvantages, and a reliance on foreign-flag carriers.
03-13-2026 | 05:01 PM
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You had it right before.
Iran can lay low for a while, and when the traffic starts flowing drop a few mines and send a few drones. All they need is one burning tanker or even the threat of one in the SOH. The US DOE Sec already said no escorts until next month at the earliest and I don't think escorts will be close to 100% effective.
Asymmetrical.
Iran can lay low for a while, and when the traffic starts flowing drop a few mines and send a few drones. All they need is one burning tanker or even the threat of one in the SOH. The US DOE Sec already said no escorts until next month at the earliest and I don't think escorts will be close to 100% effective.
Asymmetrical.
Again, the entire global economy isn't irrevocably bound to the bureaucratic protocols in a binder in a file cabinet at Lloyds of London... ships will sail, one way or another. Read my link above.
But it's hard to argue opinions on how this plays out, probably just going to have to check back in a month and see how it's going.
03-13-2026 | 05:48 PM
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