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‘Worse than Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Combined’: Donald Trump Faces a Political Crisis Like No Other if Hormuz Isn’t Opened by Labor Day (nationalsecurityjournal.org)

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

From what I've read, there's no way to restore shipments in the foreseeable future even if the war ended tomorrow. Just clearing the backlog of current tankers is going to take a whole year. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/dow-ceo-says-clearing-the-strait-of-hormuz-logjam-will-take-almost-a-year.html