He says other nations will have to guard and police the Strait of Hormuz as necessary, after his attacks on the country prompted Iran to target vessels in the crucial world shipping lane. Mark Stone analyses the Truth Social post.

  • TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
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    4 days ago

    What the fuck do you mean sanction the USA? Do you realize how badly that would fuck over any middle power? Even if the USA didn’t retaliate at all, even the act of sanctioning the USA would be a death sentence to the economies of most western allies

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      22 hours ago

      “We can’t take action to be less dependent on the USA because we’re dependent on the USA.”

      OK, then, lick those Florsheims.

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        17 hours ago

        Uhhhhh… No were literally taking action and have been for close to 2 years now to become less dependant on the USA. It’s been quite effective and I’m happy how things are going. We’re not taking this particular action because it’s suicide.

        I could kill all the cancer in my body by blowing my brains out sure, but I don’t want to do that and it defeats the purpose of destroying the cancer.

        I’d love to live in your world though where we can just always do the best and most optimal thing and there are no negative consequences to consider