Oh right, more escalation! I see no other possibility but for that to have a productive ending.
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At this point its almost as if Iran is enjoying themselves.
yes they love it because they dont feel the full pain of this war tucked safely away in their bunker. Thats all on their citizens who have to live their lives day to day.
That's smart, actually. Trump might not care about the Gulf being flattened, or realise that also is bad for the market, but another Strait? He understands that (now).
That's where you're wrong, dummy. The Gulf is water therefore ipso facto it is already flat. Checkmate beeotch
Hey look another thing everyone knew would happen and nobody has the power to stop
Hell yeah.
The drone revolution is truly something to behold.
i honestly expected the next transportation revolution to be a different one (maybe boat "drones", so we don't have to have nearly as much crew on tankers and ships and whatnot, that had been my prediction. i rather enjoyed being wrong on this one, in the way one can enjoy armchair predictions) but this is really interesting to watch how the war in ukraine and now around iran is pushing tech
Genocide begets resistance and technology closes the gaps between rich states and oppressed ones.
Except Ukraine and Iran are on opposite sides.
More like, war continues to change, but the age of guerillas is still ongoing.
Fair enough, considering Ukraine is an imperial proxy vs Iran and Yemen, which are independent countries acting in self-defense.
Wouldn't Yemen be an imperial proxy of Iran, by any reasonable definition?
Agreed, and wouldn't the US be an imperial proxy of Israel, by the same definition? So this really a Israel vs Iran war when you get right down to it. Too bad everyone else is being swept up in it. I guess thats war for you, especially when Israel is involved.

If anyone wants a good video covering this strait and other important ones, here's one by TLDR News Global:
Mapping the World’s (other) Maritime Chokepoints - YouTube
- Something like 16 % of all sea‑borne trade by value passes through the Bab‑el‑Mandeb compared to about 6 % for the Strait of Hormuz.
- In normal times something like 20 % of all oil and gas trade consumed by the world passes through the Strait of Hormuz compared to more like 10 % for the Bab‑el‑Mandeb.
- Saudi Arabia started relying more heavily on exports via the Red Sea which mostly flow out towards Asia via the Bab‑el‑Mandeb
- Most sea‑borne trade between Europe and Asia passes through the Bab‑el‑Mandeb.
- The next most direct maritime route includes an 8,000 km detour around Africa.