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The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse? (www.cnn.com)

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[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Iran wants to maintain trade with China through the Straight. Filling it up with wrecks would hurt them as well.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing this situation is the existential threat they feared most. They are ruthless. Revenge is in the culture (so I hear), so I think they are acting on "if I'm going down, you're coming with me" mode.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Revenge is in everybody's culture, it's human