Why wouldn’t China just cut a deal with Iran for access the way they did with the Houthis? It turns out you can cut deals with people when you aren’t bombing them or supplying arms to the people who are bombing them.

US attacks Iran
China condemns it
Iran threatens to close major oil route
US asks China to help prevent the closure

We Americans look like bigger assholes every fucking day.

“I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them [Iran] about that, because they heavily depend on the Straits of Hormuz for their oil,” Rubio had said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. “If they [close the Straits]… it will be economic suicide for them. And we retain options to deal with that, but other countries should be looking at that as well. It would hurt other countries’ economies a lot worse than ours.” Around 20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, with major oil and gas producers in the Middle East using the waterway to transport energy from the region. Any attempt to disrupt operations in the Strait could send global oil prices skyrocketing. Oil prices jumped briefly when trading began on Monday, with Brent climbing to $81.40 a barrel. However, it then slid back to around $78, up 1.4% on the day.

“We made a huge mess, you clean it up.”

The US is a joke and all the world is laughing at us.

the American government really are assholes

China … Wut?

“C’mon, China, there’s still plenty of room for more dicks in this hornet nest!”

Close it. This insanity needs to have a high price. Take gas to $10 a gallon.