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It gets better:

Kharg island, that place we bombed, to soften up for a Marine invasion?

Not even visible in that image.

Because its further up north, practically all the way up the Gulf, to Iraq.

So... we're gonna... do an ambibious invasion... that requires the amphib landers... to go through the Strait of Hormuz...

Which is the thing that we currently cannot secure to the point of being able to guarantee safe passage through.

...

It is such a ludicrously stupid plan that if it were anyone but Trump and Hegseth in charge, I would say it is a laughably obvious false attack / psyop diversion.

But, they are in charge, so... it might essentially be an intentional Gallipoli, to serve as a rallying cry, after a bunch of Marines get killed.

Who is saying this is unfair? People are really fighting ghosts here

reminds me of a discussion I had on Reddit, they said that houtties blocking traffic to/from Israel was inhumane, as some cargo included food and medicine...

but he had absolutely no comment on Israel's decades long blockade on Gaza that was causing a mass starvation.

I really hope those redditors stay there

Bully logic

Why doesn't Cuba just build a canal through Panama?

We are way beyond the point where it makes sense to call them out on hypocrisy.

Yes. If you haven't been paying attention, this has always how conservatives operate.

Idk why people keep thinking that pointing out this "hypocrisy" is clever. The current government is operating from an exceptionalist standpoint. Many people believe America is anointed by God, the agent of good and right. Others simply believe in the law of self-interest.

Either way, (I can feel the downvotes coming now), this isn't really hypocritical behavior by any means. This is like criticizing a sports team: "Wait, so it's good for YOU to get the ball in the basket, but it's bad for THEM to get the ball in the basket?". The people who approve of America's behaviour do not see other countries and people as being on the same team, and while that may be stupid, it isn't hypocritical. Imagine someone saying this about you with some instsnce of yourself being self-interested.

"Oh, so when you get a promotion it's a reason to party, but when that lying asshole in your department gets the promotion instead of you, now suddenly you feel upset? Hypocrite!"

That's not hypocrisy. That's just you believing that you deserve the promotion and believing that the other guy doesn't. Now, if you don't actually deserve the promotion, that still makes you wrong, but not via hypocrisy.

Its important to understand this distinction because all these "hypocrisy" call outs from the left ring so hollow even to many people on the left, and they certainly won't wake up or bother anyone on the right, because they're fundamentally missing the point.

The problem isn't that America coherently pursued its interests by wanting a passage opened for it in one place, and pursues its interests by wanting a passage closed in another place.... The problem is that those things are not actually in America's interests, or that they are selfish and disregard other innocent people, etc.

Thank God someone finally pointed out the hypocrisy of MAGA.

Now you're thinking with American Exceptionalism!

We just need to rename the Gulf of Oman to the Gulf of America. Problem solved.

That is the reason European countries do not block Russian oil exports. There are sanctions and if there is any chance of stoping a ship in line with international law is being used. However it is not a full blockade.

America is the world police and that means everything they do is legal.

Damn the is became a Cuba