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China and Japan have been reducing their holdings in U.S. debt.

While Iran's capabilities are being eroded, they still have enough drones to inflict major damage throughout the region. They haven't been stopped from attacking refineries and other critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.

Are you trying to deny the truth? Things are going as planned.

At least they fed you. Hope you had a lot of hand sanitizer with you when you used the restroom.

Thailand produces about 31% of the oil it consumes. www.worldometers.info/oil/thailand/oil

What kind of infrastructure is required to launch them?

Fuel shortages in Thailand have become widespread. Even if you are willing to pay highly inflated prices to fill your your vehicle most stations are out of gas and diesel. Those with all-electric vehicles are happy that they own one. One plus is this should cut down on air pollution.

First of all, condolences for those four you mentioned. Back on topic, what you have described is a major disaster with no end in sight. Trump continually moves the targets and his own camp is calling him out and even contradicting him before the whole world.

Iran still has thousands of drones left, more than enough to threaten shipping in the strait. As I mentioned in a previous post, drones are cheaper and more effective at this job than navy vessels. The waterway is only a short distance from the Iranian mainland. The U.S. forces already have their hands full and no matter what Trump says they can't do everything at once.

This is not going to be the slam/dunk Trump envisioned. It doesn't look if Iran will be running out of steam anytime soon.

He needs to get real. Higher oil prices translates into to higher prices for fuel, fertilizer, transportation, and almost everything else. The suspension of flights will surely put a crimp in tourism numbers.

Any one claiming that Donald Trump has reasonable intellectual capacity lacks reasonable intellectual capacity. This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. After all the bluster, Trump is finally admitting it.

From what I have seen so far, drones are cheaper and more effective at controlling the waterway than naval vessels. A squadron of ships is not necessary.

I did not claim to be an esteemed professor of political science, just as you have not claimed to be a renown clown no matter how entertaining you are.

The danger of "long-term risk" is the catastrophe that may occur if preventive action is not taken soon enough. Since Iran had not recovered from previous attacks the timing was right to take this preventive action.

Everyone has their own opinion about Israel's true intent for attacking Iran.

Says the laughing fool who denies the Chinese have offered to supply Iran with advanced missiles.

The draft has been suspended for many years, so everyone serving today is a volunteer.

www.yahoo.com/news/articles/china-send-iran-aircraft-carrier-15520653.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall LOL, you fool. And this is only one of the advanced weapon systems negotiated with the Chinese.

I have no power to conspire with anyone. I am merely outlining some of the justifications for attacking Iran. And this is not even considering Iran's nuclear ambitions. Again, war is hell.

Who are the economists predicting $150 to $400 oil? This situation is being highly exaggerated as Iran loses it ability to enforce such a closure.

So it would be better for the Chinese to arm Iran with more long-range missiles so they can continue to threaten everyone within striking distance? This was already in the works, but now probably off the table as Iran's military get pummeled. As I posted, war is hell, but at this point what are the alternatives? Negotiations were going nowhere. Besides, Iran cannot be trusted to keep their word.

Yes, this is tragic, just as is the thousands of Iranian protesters killed by government forces. War is hell, especially when innocent lives are lost.

I don't recall anyone asking me about this incident. Horrendous, if true. And isn't this just as bad or worse as all the other atrocities committed by Hamas and other Iranian proxies.

Trump has said the U.S. will continue attacking targets for at least a week, or longer.