Iran orders closure of Strait of Hormuz — putting one-fifth of world’s oil supply at risk

[Mike_Hunt]

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Haven't you heard? Murikkka is the World Police!

Someone has to do it.

[Mike_Hunt]

This is getting popular again.

[quake]

7 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Windmills do kill birds

 

They also make you eat Edam Cheese.

Nasty business.

 

[stevenl]

7 minutes ago, quake said:

 

They also make you eat Edam Cheese.

Nasty business.

 

Dutch windmill but not Dutch Edam. Nasty stuff.

[AndreasHG]

1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

So..........Trump WANTED to blow 'em up.

Nothing legal about his actions under international law.

Just so we're clear on that bigly important point.

 

 

The Ayatollah's Iran has violated international law for decades, starting with the taking of American hostages in 1979 and continuing with the creation and financing of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis responsible for indiscriminate attacks against the Israeli population and commercial traffic in the Red Sea.

They have financed the criminal Assad regime in Syria and attempted to destabilize the monarchies in the Gulf by playing on sectarian divisions between Sunnis and Shiites.

The time has come to present the bill to that bunch of incompetent, fanatical, ignorant mullahs who have been oppressing the Iranian people for 45 years.

[seajae]

1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

But, but Xi wanted to bomb Australia.

The rules say if Xi has more ships and planes he can do it.

He claimed he had to remove the threat, even though his intelligence services reported there was no threat.

He really, really.....bigly.........wanted to do it.

That makes it okay.

just a woke troll trying to stir up sh*t and conflict on the pages, showing your lack of mental capacity and reasoning as well as a very young mindset, the woke  left is getting more and more pathetic.

 

[frank83628]

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

If you go back to the very first tread you will see, but as long the war reached a no point of return, I'm all in for continue fighting. Can not give in to Putins terms. Russia cant dictate a sovereign country, and murdering innocent civilians. Terror bombing civilians to end a war.

 

Well UK and US did that in Iraq for a decade, so? 

 

The fight for resources and territory is real

All in from your laptop, while actual people die.

Russia bombs = bad,

US bombs = good 

Israel bombs = good

[lordgrinz]

[frank83628]

40 minutes ago, AndreasHG said:

 

The Ayatollah's Iran has violated international law for decades, starting with the taking of American hostages in 1979 and continuing with the creation and financing of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis responsible for indiscriminate attacks against the Israeli population and commercial traffic in the Red Sea.

They have financed the criminal Assad regime in Syria and attempted to destabilize the monarchies in the Gulf by playing on sectarian divisions between Sunnis and Shiites.

The time has come to present the bill to that bunch of incompetent, fanatical, ignorant mullahs who have been oppressing the Iranian people for 45 years.

And of course the US havent funded any one in the ME themselves, only those pesky Iranians.

[Yagoda]

Close the straits then. China is the one who gets major screwed

[jvs]

2 hours ago, JAG said:

He has a Sharpie, indispensable for unilaterally renaming international bodies of water and diverting hurricanes.

 

Phones, more of a problem. Trump phones (gold don't you know) are not due to be available for a couple of months ( takes time to ship them from China of course) and no-one knows what the "coverage will be like). Should be good, as the cost $45.47 is almost twice that of competitors, and all the data will be kept "onshore"!

Well Trump can change the name to" Trump's straight" and pretend it is part of the US.

[IvorBiggun2]

3 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

Iranian airspace belongs to Iran.

How can the US just fly in and bomb them?

 

Because they can.

[jvs]

Is it ok to bomb a rogue nation that has or wants to have nukes?

So North Korea is next?

Oh wait,too close to a country that can and will strike back.

Israel is receiving 4 billion dollars a year from the US.

Israel has free health care,paid for by American citizens who can not afford health care.

Does that make sense to you all?

DOGE anyone?

 

 

 

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

The outbound and inbound lanes of HS belongs to UAE. Iran's territorial waters are just north of the inbound lane. How can the Iranians just close the Strait?

With a naval background, you must have heard of mines, surely?

[ezzra]

5 hours ago, annotator said:

Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which around 20% of the world’s daily oil flows.

The move, which could block $1 billion in oil shipments per day, is likely to send oil prices soaring.

It will come into effect pending a final decision by Iran’s Supreme Council.

https://nypost.com/2025/06/22/world-news/iran-orders-closure-of-strait-of-hormuz-putting-one-fifth-of-worlds-oil-supply-at-risk/

 

If anything good comes out of President Trump's mistake, it will be the end of the American people's support of Israel.

With what pray tell are you going to do that? you have no Airforce, (at least not the ones you want to send up and lose them, right?) you're hiding your Navey vessels, yes, you have 8 subs, but if you want to lose them too, send out to initiate

a blockade. Go On.

 

[ezzra]

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

With a naval background, you must have heard of mines, surely?

And you must have heard of a mine sweepers, have you?

[stevenl]

20 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

 

Because they can.

And someone else missing the point made.

[hydraides]

29 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Close the straits then. China is the one who gets major screwed

The cult operates in nearly every country, probably all countries....especially China/Iran/Israel/ America

 

Islam and Judaism worship the cube of Saturn...I.e Satan, they are worshipping and answering to the same being.......who has got them fighting each other for him while he is laughing hysterically at the mayhem he is causing

 

Iran vs Israel + America , is just pure theatre, The cult desired outcome is to jack up oil prices to abusrb levels $150-200+.........(Close strait of homuz, damage irans oil facilities + iran could launch massive strikes on Saudi Aramco fields etc)

 

How long can China Economy survive with $200, It can't and the whole world economy will fold because of it.....and the cash economy gone

 

The cult wants every human to have ...... No paper money but Trackable Digital Currency with AI....where governments can approve or dissprove any transaction.........don't take a vaccine.........you are shut out of the whole system etc.....

[atpeace]

6 hours ago, annotator said:

Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which around 20% of the world’s daily oil flows.

The move, which could block $1 billion in oil shipments per day, is likely to send oil prices soaring.

It will come into effect pending a final decision by Iran’s Supreme Council.

https://nypost.com/2025/06/22/world-news/iran-orders-closure-of-strait-of-hormuz-putting-one-fifth-of-worlds-oil-supply-at-risk/

 

If anything good comes out of President Trump's mistake, it will be the end of the American people's support of Israel.

Do you really believe anything that Iran announces? Probably more likely the opposite will be the reality.  Iran is Trump x100 when it comes to spewing garbage.  I just ignore what the latter vomits and look at his actions and results.  As of today I think Trump is doing OK and Iran's leadership are terrible humans.

[Patong2021]

4 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

Thank you TACO.

 

You do know that Iran has been threatening shipping  in the Straits since 1979 and has in the past blocked the passage of vessels. It had its proxy  military, the Houthis of Yemen attack shipping in the Gulf. It was only after international retaliation and a few well placed bomb strikes from israel, that the Houthis backed off.

 

4 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

@EVENKEEL seemed to be saying Iran can't do dat, it's against international law.

You know, like bombing some country you're not at war with.

 

Iran attempted to assassinate President Trump on at least two occasions.  Iran has regularly threatened to destroy the USA. It's mosques end their Friday prayers with chants of Death to America. In the week prior to the US intervention, Iran threatened to unleash terror attacks on the USA. The USA action has sent a  strong message to iran, not to try it.

 

4 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Thanks, I think I'm getting a handle on this "rules-based international order" thingie.

Guess it's okay under international law for China to bomb the Philippines or Australia if they get the urge......If supported by other countries.........Russia or North Korea or what's left of Iran.

International law is fun.

 

It was iran that threatened the USA and that has sponsored attacks on international shipping. 

 

3 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

They don't have to actually close the straits, they just need to one tanker with a drone or missile and shipping insurance will become prohibitively expensive.   

 

The western and arab governments will step in and offer financial guarantees. The Chinese and Indians don't care about insurance. The countries that need to worry are China, and India. The Iranian tanker oil goes to them. Kuwait, and Qatar would suffer if their oil can not be transported. Iran would lose its much needed income. No big  concern. Kuwait is an ingrate. The west incurred losses to liberate it from iraq, and  it has repaid that sacrifice by betrayal. Qatar finances terrorism and hosts terrorists. The UAE will send its oil to Abu Dhabi or to Saudi Arabia or to Oman. Iran would not dare to harm the Gulf Arab nations. The UAE and Saudi  airforces would turn Iran's  cities to dust. They did it in Yemen.

If gas prices increase in the USA, that is the oil industry profiteering. It can be dealt with by Presidential executive order.

[NoDisplayName]

2 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

starting with the taking of American hostages in 1979

 

Now do 1953.

[Social Media]

@NoDisplayName 3 off topic posts removed. Please discuss the topic, this is not about Israel's alleged nuclear weapons. There is already a topic on that.

[sammieuk1]

Level it but....🤔

 

 

[ThreeCardMonte]

5 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Iranian airspace belongs to Iran.

How can the US just fly in and bomb them?

Because WE CAN!

[ThreeCardMonte]

Pity the Iranian vessel that attempts to block shipping in international waters.

 

As we have witnessed.  It won’t end well.

[jerrymahoney]

Iran controls the northern side of the strait, which runs along its border, and Oman and the United Arab Emirates control the southern side.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/strait-of-hormuz-iran-oil-trade-route-what-to-know/

[tomazbodner]

5 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

The outbound and inbound lanes of HS belongs to UAE. Iran's territorial waters are just north of the inbound lane. How can the Iranians just close the Strait?

They can't legally close it, but they can certainly threaten it enough to grind the shipping to a halt. Like Yemeni did before - it really doesn't take much to hit a large tanker from a few miles away. You sink a few and insurance costs skyrocket, ship operators refuse to sail through without military protection, which isn't unlimited and turns out to be very costly - and you've caused a major disruption. It would cost them just a few rockets or torpedoes. So maybe not completely close it, but still cause a significant pain.

[Hanaguma]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Is it ok to bomb a rogue nation that has or wants to have nukes?

So North Korea is next?

Oh wait,too close to a country that can and will strike back.

Israel is receiving 4 billion dollars a year from the US.

Israel has free health care,paid for by American citizens who can not afford health care.

Does that make sense to you all?

DOGE anyone?

 

 

 

Well, the NorKs already HAVE their bombs built, so it is sadly moot point.  Maybe bombing them ten or fifteen years ago would have been better. Also, to my knowledge they are not sponsoring or supporting terrorist groups like Hamas or Hezbollah.

[zyphodb]

4 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Because they’re a super power and have man sized balls. Iran would do the same if it could. Threatening to close the Strait was predictable and lame. They might even try to mine it. Either way, unless they meekly give in, it won’t end well for them. 

 

And what do you think will happen to them if they "meekly" give in? Just leave their fate in the hands of the Israeli war criminal and his puppet in the US? 

[mogandave]

3 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

 

The Ayatollah's Iran has violated international law for decades, starting with the taking of American hostages in 1979 and continuing with the creation and financing of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis responsible for indiscriminate attacks against the Israeli population and commercial traffic in the Red Sea.

They have financed the criminal Assad regime in Syria and attempted to destabilize the monarchies in the Gulf by playing on sectarian divisions between Sunnis and Shiites.

The time has come to present the bill to that bunch of incompetent, fanatical, ignorant mullahs who have been oppressing the Iranian people for 45 years.

No wonder Obama loved them…