• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 month ago

    The problem is that the US and Iran don’t have anything that will get them close to getting a peace deal. Even if the USA were to leave the region, Iran’s claims on the Strait of Hormuz would likely trigger a continuation war as nations with ocean access to the strait wouldn’t accept the toll which Iran is trying to charge.

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      1 month ago

      That’s nonsense.

      They will pay to get their oil out because it’s more profitable than leaving it in the ground. None of the nations near the straight have a chance against Iran since even the US can’t win. So no one will go to war over paying a toll.

      They’re just bitching because it eats into their profit.

      Iran would not have charged a toll without the war in the first place.